<p>PESHAWAR: A house fire in the Tehkal Payan area of Peshawar killed a couple and their four children on Thursday, Rescue 1122 said.</p> <p>Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Rescue 1122 spokesperson Bilal Ahmed Faizi told <em>Dawn</em> that the rescue service received the report of the fire at around 2:30am.</p> <p>After reaching the site of the incident, it took the rescue team 45 minutes to bring the fire under control.</p> <p>The team recovered the bodies of six people from a room during its search ope

<p>ISLAMABAD: The Privatisation Commission Board on Friday approved the signing of a transaction advisory services agreement (TASA) with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the outsourcing of operations of Islamabad International Airport.</p> <p>In February, the board formed a <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1974297">negotiation committee</a> to engage with the ADB and discuss terms for a financial advisory services agreement. This committee would undertake negotiations and submit recommenda

<p>Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi on Friday urged the National Assembly speaker and the Senate chairman to convene a meeting for deciding on a single bill for lawmakers’ privileges.</p> <p>His remarks come after the KP Assembly passed the <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2013735/kp-enacts-new-law-to-raise-mpas-privileges">KP Provincial Assembly (Powers, Immunities and Privileges) Act, 2026</a> on April 30. The law expanded provincial assembly members’ powers and immunities,

<p>Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti on Friday stated that a total of 75 terrorists had been killed since July 5 in various intelligence-based operations in the province.</p> <p>In a post on social media platform X, CM Bugti said: “Operation Shaban is progressing successfully following the terrorist attack on Mangi Dam Police Station.”</p> <figure class='media w-full w-full media-- media--embed media--uneven media--tweet' data-original-src='https://x.com/paksarfrazbugti/statu

<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday called on Iran and all other parties involved in the Middle East conflict to <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2014275/iran-launches-attacks-on-us-military-bases-after-american-strikes-gulf-conflict-escalates-dawn">exercise restraint</a> and not jeopardise the “hard-earned peace gains” achieved over the past few months following an escalation in tensions between Washington and Tehran.</p> <p>Efforts to end the Middle East war have suffered a setbac

<p>PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Friday decided to withdraw the controversial clauses from recently enacted legislation that expanded lawmakers’ powers and privileges after widespread backlash.</p> <p>In April, the provincial assembly <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1996445">passed</a> the KP Provincial Assembly (Powers, Immunities and Privileges) Act, 2026, granting blue passports to members and their spouses, arms licenses, blanket immunity from preventive detention and m

<p>ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the ultimate purpose of procedural law was to give voice to human suffering and not to silence it.</p> <p>The observation came while setting aside rulings of lower courts in a criminal appeal moved by Nayab Umrani before the Supreme Court regarding the murder trial of her sister Sanam Umrani. Advocate Sanam Umrani, who used to fight for women’s rights, was <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1418441">killed </a>on May 31, 2018, in Jacobabad

<p>THE security situation in Balochistan remains alarming, with a recent uptick in terrorist violence resulting in a large number of casualties amongst security forces. The seriousness of the situation can be gauged from the fact that the<a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2014127"> country’s top civilian and military leaders</a> — led by the prime minister and chief of defence forces — were in Quetta yesterday to take stock of matters.</p> <p>On Tuesday, the ISPR chief, while addressing th

<p><strong>• Sets July 14 as deadline for ‘acceptance’ of its demands<br>• Two die near Rawalakot as forces clear path for convoy carrying food items</strong></p> <p>MUZAFFARABAD: The proscribed Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) announced on Thursday that it would resume its long march on Muzaffarabad on July 15, if its demands remained unmet.</p> <p>Addressing participants at the Eidgah sit-in, JAAC core member Umar Nazir Kashmiri said the alliance would stage a long march on Muzaffar

<p>ISLAMABAD: After failing to control the population growth for over three years, the federal government has now pinned hopes on Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir to play a role in curbing the population growth rate.</p> <p>This was disclosed by Federal Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal during a joint meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on National Health Services and the Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights on Thursday.</p> <p>Jointly chaired by Senators Amir Waliuddin Chishti and Sam