<p>GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly on Thursday unanimously adopted a resolution asking the federal government to grant provisional provincial status, as well as constitutional and political rights, for the people of the mountainous region.</p> <p>The resolution, supported by both sides of the aisle, was presented by lawmaker Jalal Ali Shah during the session on Thursday.</p> <p>It recalled the historical background of GB’s liberation, subsequent administrative reforms, and constitutional

<p>MUZAFFARABAD: With preparations for the <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2005383">upcoming elections</a> in Azad Jammu and Kashmir gathering pace, political strategies seem to be moving towards more engagement with the region’s main malcontents — the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC).</p> <p>A recent <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2015516">visit</a> by Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari saw the PPP chief and his team engaging with political bigwigs from the region, including AJK PM Faisal Mum

<p>Security forces have killed 24 terrorists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district and its adjoining areas in the last 24 hours, the military’s media affairs wing said in a statement on Friday afternoon.</p> <p>The statement by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that recently, there had been a “surge” in terrorist activities against police and suicide bombings in Bannu.</p> <p>In these incidents, the statement said, “Indian proxy <em>Fitna-al-Khawarij</em> targeted law enforc

<p>Multiple X users have been sharing a video on the social media platform since July 14, claiming that it shows the Iranian Navy destroying a ship in the Strait of Hormuz amid <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2015869/us-strikes-irans-coastal-defences-in-fresh-salvo-tehran-again-targets-american-assets-in-gulf-states">renewed hostilities</a> in the Middle East.</p> <p>However, the video is old and shows the US Navy destroying an Iranian Soleimani-class corvette vessel in the Persian Gulf.</p>

<p>The recovery plan for war-battered Gaza, under US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace (BoP), has been significantly scaled back and, instead of reconstructing the entire territory, now envisions a small pilot project in the south of the besieged territory, the British publication <em>The Guardian</em> <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/16/trumps-board-of-peace-drops-full-gaza-recovery-plan-for-tiny-pilot-s

<p>ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday reserved its ruling on a thorny jurisdictional dispute over whether it retains the authority to hear bail applications in pending National Accountability Bureau (NAB) appeals, or if such pleas must be transferred to the newly established Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) under the <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1955038">27th Amendment</a> of the Constitution.</p> <p>Headed by Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, a three-judge SC bench —also consist

<p>LAHORE: A judicial magistrate on Thursday dismissed the post-arrest bail petition of podcast host Rehan Tariq in a case registered under blasphemy laws and the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act.</p> <p>The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2013901">registered</a> a first information report (FIR) against the YouTuber on June 25, after he conducted a podcast with a religious scholar and discussed highly sensitive and controversial sectarian i

<p>LAHORE: A judicial magistrate on Thursday extended the physical remand of three suspects for another four days in a case of <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2012477">alleged kidnapping and rape</a> of two foreign women.</p> <p>Defence C police presented the suspects before the court on <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2013835">expiry</a> of their <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2012674/lahore-police-get-custody-of-4-suspects-arrested-for-alleged-abduction-sexual-assault-of-two-foreign-

<p>“Sonam sir is not doing so well, and his rib cage has started showing,” said Vijeta Dahiya, spokesperson for the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), speaking from New Delhi, where the educationist, Sonam Wangchuk, is on the 19th day of hunger strike. “He’s nearly 60, has lost muscle mass; the heat and humidity are not helping either and I can see him having dizzy spells,” he added.</p> <p>Wangchuk, a well-known public figure in India and among international water conservation circles, is

<p>KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Thursday granted police week-long physical remand of three suspects in the murder case of a young doctor that drew widespread <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2015580">condemnation</a>.</p> <p>Dr Akash Kumar, a doctor at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), was <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2015224/jpmc-doctor-shot-dead-as-robbers-take-away-rs25m-in-clifton">killed</a> on Monday after robbers intercepted his vehicle near Teen Talwar and escap