<p><strong>• One seat still contested; unofficial results show PML-N on top in seven constituencies; PPP ahead in five<br>• One killed, two injured in Nakyal violence<br>• PPP alleges ‘rigging, ballot stuffing’ by ‘N’ candidates in Kotli<br>• TTAP says electoral process failed to inspire ‘public confidence’<br>• PTI insists ‘minimal’ voter turnout reflects ‘discontent’</strong></p> <p>MIRPUR: Scuffles, violence and allegations of rigging marred the first phase of th

<p><strong>• Breaches in Deg and Bherr nullahs erode bridge foundations<br>• Trains bound for Karachi diverted via Sahiwal and Khanewal<br>• Engineering teams waiting for water to recede before making repairs<br>• Tarbela nears maximum capacity; PMD warns of continued flood risk in major rivers</strong></p> <p>LAHORE: As the Ravi and Che­nab rivers continue to flow at med­ium and low flood levels, respectively, breaches in Nullah Deg and Bherr have wreaked havoc across the catchment ar

<p>PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Monday restrained authorities from deporting a petitioner named ‘Quaid-i-Azam’ and directed him to appear before the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra)’s verification board.</p> <p>A two-member PHC bench, comprising Justice Waqar Ahmed and Justice Inamullah Khan, was hearing a petition filed by resident Quaid-i-Azam against the blocking of his national identity card.</p> <p>Advocate Saifullah Mohib Kakakhel appeared on behalf

<p>General Aamer Raza met with Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir at General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi on Monday, according to the military’s media wing.</p> <p>“The field marshal congratulated the general officer on assumption of command,” a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.</p> <p>General Raza was <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2018019">promoted</a> to the rank of a four-star general and appoint

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<p>DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi on Sunday said that more than 1,300 kilogrammes of explosives were used in the recent <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2018066">attack</a> on a Tank checkpost that resulted in the martyrdom of 15 people, including 14 security personnel.</p> <p>The governor made the remarks while speaking to journalists at the Regional Police Office in Dera Ismail Khan after attending a security briefing on the law and order situation in the re

<p>• Small exporters, manufacturers hit as inflows through <em>hundi</em>, <em>hawala</em> shrink sharply<br>• Crypto investments divert billions of dollars from local market</p> <p>KARACHI: The country’s unaccounted foreign exchange inflows through the <em>hundi</em> and <em>hawala</em> network have declined sharply as the prolonged Gulf war disrupted Dubai’s informal trading business, hurting small exporters and domestic manufacturers.</p> <p>Sources in the financial sector said that h

<p>PESHAWAR: Prof. Gul Rahim Khan has been awarded the prestigious Oriental Numismatic Society (ONS) Ashoka Prize 2025 in London for the best paper published in the journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society (JONS) during 2025.</p> <p>This distinguished international recognition celebrates his outstanding scholarly contribution through the research paper titled “Attribution of Coins to the Queens of the Utpala Dynasty of Medieval Kashmir (JONS 260).”</p> <p>Speaking to <em>Dawn</em> regardin

<p>ISLAMABAD: While ventilators are considered the last resort to keep the patient alive and continue efforts for his recovery, the shortage of ventilators has emerged as a major hindrance in saving lives across the federal capital.</p> <p>A ventilator is a medical device which helps a patient breathe by pumping air in and sucking it out of their lungs. It also monitors most of the body functions and keeps the patient alive. It is mostly used in intensive care units (ICUs).</p> <p>Officials of b

<p>LAHORE: While a vast area of Punjab, covering nearly 400 square kilometres, has come under water following ongoing torrential rains and the overflow of several drains carrying water far beyond their designed capacity, the Chenab and Ravi rivers are expected to reach <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2017935">medium</a> to high flood levels over the next 24 hours.</p> <p>The warning at a time when the flooding has already caused widespread damage to standing crops, livestock and infrastructur