<p>The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Sunday issued a glacial lake outburst flood (Glof) alert for Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the first week of August.</p> <p>Meanwhile, commuters were stranded in various parts of GB as road access to several areas remained cut off for the fifth consecutive day due to <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2017826/torrential-rains-disrupt-travel-across-gb-as-floods-wash-away-roads-bridges">flash floods</a> and <a href="https://www.dawn.

<p>Security forces have so far killed 16 terrorists during the ongoing Operation Al-Azm in Balochistan, state media reported on Sunday, citing security forces.</p> <p>“Continuing intelligence-based operations under Operation Al-Azm against <em>Fitna-al-Hindustan</em> in Balochistan, security forces [have] killed 16 terrorists, destroyed multiple terrorist hideouts and recovered weapons and explosive materials,” state-run <em>Pakistan TV</em> reported.</p> <figure class='media w-full w-

<p>• In Hyderabad rally, Khalid Maqbool says his party has not rowed back on its demand for separate province to be carved out from Sindh<br>• Existing administrative system has failed to address governance needs of growing population, Kamal tells press conference in Karachi</p> <p>HYDERABAD / KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) intensified its campaign for the creation of new provinces on Saturday, as party chairman Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui led a rally in Hyderabad, while

<p>KARACHI: The State Bank is widely expected to keep its policy interest rate unchanged at its monetary policy meeting on Monday (July 27), as policymakers are unlikely to alter the benchmark rate amid heightened uncertainty following the Gulf war.</p> <p>Economists, researchers and analysts are still assessing the war’s impact on Pakistan, but there is broad agreement that it pushed <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2017818/brent-north-sea-oil-price-hits-100-on-middle-east-attacks">global o

<figure class='media w-1/2 media--right media--uneven media--stretch' data-original-src='https://i.dawn.com/large/2026/07/250354095826be9.webp'> <div class='media__item '><picture><img src='https://i.dawn.com/large/2026/07/250354095826be9.webp' alt='' /></picture></div> </figure> <p>To a majority of people who do not support Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (<a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2018116">PTI</a>), its supporters and leaders appear largely irr

<p>The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Saturday warned of rising flood risks across several parts of Pakistan as <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2017677">monsoon rains</a> continued to swell rivers and streams, with <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2017935">medium-level flooding</a> reported at key points along the Chenab River.</p> <p>According to the NDMA’s National Emergencies Operation Centre (NEOC), medium-level flooding was recorded at Khanki, Qadirabad and Chiniot

<p>Security forces have killed three more terrorists in an ongoing intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Khad Kocha area of Balochistan’s Mastung district, state-run <em>Radio Pakistan</em> reported on Saturday, citing security sources.</p> <p>Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, in a statement commending the security forces, also confirmed the development. The security <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2018229/four-terrorists-killed-in-mastung#:~:text=The%20sweeping%20security%20operation%2C%

<p>Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Mustafa Kamal on Saturday announced that the party would take to the streets against the injustice being meted out to Karachi.</p> <p>Kamal, who is also the federal health minister, made the announcement while addressing a press conference in Karachi, where he railed against the Sindh government’s indifference towards the metropolis and its people.</p> <p>“MQM-P has decided that it will no longer stay quiet. We will adopt all the ways liste

<p>Security forces have killed four more terrorists during an operation in the Khad Kocha area of Balochistan’s Mastung district, the interior ministry and state broadcaster said on Friday.</p> <p>State broadcaster <em>Radio Pakistan</em> initially reported operation, saying that the terrorists belonged to <em>Fitna-al-Hindustan</em> — a term that the state uses for Balochistan-based groups to <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1912930#:~:text=The%20term%20%E2%80%98Fitna%20al%20Hindu%C2%ADst

<p>The government on Friday moved another step towards completing the restructuring of its higher military command initiated under last year’s 27th Constitutional Amendment by appointing Gen Syed Aamer Raza as the country’s first Commander of the National Strategic Command (CNSC), a newly created four-star office that will oversee the operational integration of Pakistan’s strategic forces.</p> <p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2018019/lt-gen-aamer-raza-pro