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Pakistani Ambassador to the United States Masood Khan addressing the interfaith dialogue event in Washington on June 26, 2024. —Embassy of Pakistan in USWASHINGTON: Pakistani Ambassador to the United States Masood Khan on Wednesday said the Pakistani government was taking all measures to......

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Published: 27 June 2024

Read more: Govt taking steps to curb religious intolerance: ambassador

An attendant waves a handheld fan over a patient who is receiving treatment at the heatstroke emergency ward of a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan on June 25, 2024. — INPKARACHI: Karachi Commissioner Syed Hasan Naqvi Wednesday denied the reported death toll figures related to the ongoing......

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Published: 27 June 2024

Read more: [Pakistan] - Karachi heatstroke deaths not as high as being reported: official

Clouds darken the Karachi sky in this undated photo. — Online/FileKARACHI: As citizens continue to reel under scorching high temperatures in the port city, the Pakistan Meteorological Department Thursday said that the country's financial hub is likely to witness rains from......

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Published: 27 June 2024

Read more: Karachi weather update: Met Office forecasts rain in city today

A collage of PTI leader Arif Alvi and Defence Minister Khawaja Asif. — AFP/ X/@FarhatJaved/FileThe US House of Representatives' resolution seeking an impartial probe into alleged poll irregularities in Pakistan has sparked war of words between the ruling parties and Pakistan......

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Published: 27 June 2024

Read more: 'Foreign intervention': US resolution sparks war of words between PTI, ruling parties

PTI leaders Shehryar Afridi, Shandana Gulzar Khan and Sher Afzal Marwat — Facebook/Instagram/@shehryarkhanafridi1/@shandanagulzarkhan/Sher Afzal MarwatISLAMABAD: A group of disgruntled Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf lawmakers, who are now part of the Sunni Ittehad Council , have hinted at forming......

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Published: 27 June 2024

Read more: Cracks in PTI widen 'as 21 disgruntled lawmakers mull forming forward bloc'

Commuters ride motorbikes along a street during a monsoon rainfall in Karachi on July 5, 2022. — AFPKARACHI: The Pakistan Meteorological Department said on Wednesday that rain showers along with thunderstorms are anticipated to hit Karachi on Thursday and Friday as the city reels under the......

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Published: 27 June 2024

Read more: [Pakistan] - Rain with thunderstorms anticipated to hit Karachi from Thursday

A man uses his mobile phone as he walks past the Supreme Court of Pakistan building in Islamabad, May 13, 2023. — AFPISLAMABAD: The Attorney General of Pakistan termed the Sunni Ittehad Council&s appeal for reserved seats an "antithesis to the democracy" in his written response to......

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Published: 27 June 2024

Read more: PTI-SIC plea for reserved seats to be 'antithesis to democracy', AGP tells Supreme Court

Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch addresses a press conference. — Radio Pakistan/FileAfter the United States House of Representatives raised objections on Pakistan's 2024 nationwide polls via passing a resolution, the Foreign Office rejected the claims and termed it the......

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Published: 27 June 2024

Read more: Pakistan rubbishes US resolution on poll probe as 'neither constructive nor objective'

A TikTok logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration. — AFP/FilePESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to clean the social media short-video sharing platform TikTok of all kinds of blasphemous, objectionable, and immoral......

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Published: 27 June 2024

Read more: PHC tasks PTA to purge TikTok of sacrilegious content, seeks report in seven days

Late Itteqa Moeen Khan who was killed during a robbery in Karachi on June 1, 2024. — Facebook/@itteqa.khanKARACHI: Criminal negligence of Sindh police officials came to the fore as one of the suspects arrested in the high-profile Itteqa murder case fled from their custody.Itteqa Moeen, 27, a......

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Published: 27 June 2024

Read more: Itteqa murder suspect flees from custody revealing police negligence

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and PTI Chairman Imran Khan. — AFP/ Reuters/ FileISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has offered talks to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan to settle political disputes."If their founder is facing troubles , then I reiterate: come, let's sit......

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Published: 27 June 2024

Read more: PM Shehbaz offers talks to jailed Imran Khan on resolving political disputes

Senator Faisal Vawda addresses the press conference at National Press Club, Islamabad, May 10, 2023. — OnlineISLAMABAD: Senator Faisal Vawda Wednesday apologised unconditionally to the Supreme Court in the contempt case, stressing that he is leaving himself at the mercy of the top......

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Published: 27 June 2024

Read more: Contempt case: Faisal Vawda submits unconditional apology to SC

Members are seen in the US House of Representatives. — The HillLawmakers in the United States, by a massive majority, Wednesday voted in favour of supporting democracy and human rights in Pakistan via a resolution urging to investigate claims about manipulation of results during the......

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Published: 27 June 2024

Read more: US House of Representatives wants 'manipulation' in Pakistan polls probed

A volunteer sprays water on commuters to cool off during a hot summer day along a street in Karachi on June 24, 2024. — AFPKARACHI: The Pakistan Meteorological Department has predicted that Karachi will continue to experience hot and humid weather on Wednesday, without any chance of rain.......

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Published: 27 June 2024

Read more: Temperature expected to drop in Karachi; no possibility of rain today

TTP terrorist Nasrullah alias "Maulvi Mansoor" seen in his confessional video released on June 26, 2024. — Screengrab via Geo NewsAs Pakistan continues its efforts to curb the scourge of terrorism, Balochistan government Wednesday said that it has arrested two high-value commanders of the......

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Published: 27 June 2024

Read more: [Pakistan] - Blow to TTP as 2 high-value leaders apprehended

People sit outside at a cafe in Pakistan amid loadshedding. — AFP/FileKARACHI: As the residents of the city continue to swelter due to scorching temperatures, the Sindh government has warned that murder cases will be lodged against K-Electric if loadshedding is found to be the reason......

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Published: 27 June 2024

Read more: KE to face FIRs if loadshedding caused fatalities: minister

This representational image shows a bullet being fired from a gun. — UnsplashAt least 16 people have been killed while several others were injured in a series of six tragic incidents that occurred within a few hours in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.The incidents resulted in the deaths of......

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Published: 27 June 2024

Read more: 16, including women, children killed in series of tragic KP incidents

State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller speaks during a press briefing conducted on June 25, 2024. — Screengrab/State Department websiteAmid much controversy and criticism, Islamabad's reinvigorated counter-terrorism strategy devised under the title of Operation Azm-e-Istehkam has......

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Published: 27 June 2024

Read more: Operation Azm-e-Istehkam: US 'supports' Pakistan's efforts to curb terror

Chhipa ambulances carry the bodies of unidentified persons in Karachi in this undated photo. — ReporterThe mystery of mysterious deaths in Karachi further deepened as five more bodies were recovered from different areas on Tuesday, taking the total number to 22.A spokesperson of the Chhipa......

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Published: 27 June 2024

Read more: In Karachi, number of 'mysterious deaths' rises to 22

Women walk amid heavy rainfall in Pakistan. — AFP/FileThe Met Office has forecast that isolated heavy rainfall is expected to lash different parts of Sindh including Karachi today as at least eight people died of intense heat in the port city a day earlier.The Pakistan Meteorological......

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Published: 27 June 2024

Read more: Karachi to breathe sigh of relief as rain predicted in Sindh from today

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Abbas Afridi. — X/@AbbasKAfridiAfter former Sindh governor Muhammad Zubair, Senator Abbas Khan Afridi also joined the list of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz deserters as he tendered his resignation to the senior leadership of the party on Tuesday. The......

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Published: 27 June 2024

Read more: [Pakistan] - After Muhammad Zubair, Abbas Afridi signs up with list of PML-N deserters

Rescue workers shifting bodies from crime scene where nine of a family killed in gun attack in Peshawar's Badaber village on June 25, 2024. — ReporterPESHAWAR: In a gruesome incident, armed men killed at least nine members of a family after storming a house in Badaber village located in......

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Published: 27 June 2024

Read more: [Pakistan] - Shooters eliminate nine of a household in Peshawar's Badaber

Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa presides over a hearing on June 25, 2024. — YouTube screengrab/Supreme Court ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court's Justice Ayesha A Malik asserted Tuesday that the allocation of reserved seats in the legislature cannot be done in a manner that......

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Published: 27 June 2024

Read more: SC judge says proportional representation must for reserved seats allocation

A car seen through a windscreen with raindrops. — APP/FileISLAMABAD: Pakistan Meteorological Department Tuesday rains across various parts of the country from June 26 .As per the Met Office, low pressure of air is in the south of Indian Gujarat and monsoon winds from the Arabian Sea......

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Published: 27 June 2024

Read more: [Pakistan] - PMD forecasts rains from tomorrow in the middle of extreme heat

Pakistan´s former Prime Minister, Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi at the Lahore High Court in Lahore on July 17, 2023. — AFPISLAMABAD: A district and sessions court Tuesday announced reserving the verdict on petitions filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan......

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Published: 27 June 2024

Read more: Iddat case: Verdict reserved on pleas seeking sentence suspension

PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari speaks on the floor of the National Assembly, on June 25, 2024. — Screengrab/GeoNewsPakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday stressed the importance of taking political input in the formation of federal......

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Published: 27 June 2024

Read more: Bilawal assails 'babu budget', calls for political input to achieve targets

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chairs a meeting of the federal cabinet in this undated photo. — PID/FileThe federal cabinet Tuesday okayed the Azm-e-Istehkam military operation as well as other decisions of the Central Apex Committee, Geo News reported citing sources.According to the......

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Published: 27 June 2024

Read more: Federal cabinet 'okays' Operation Azm-e-Istehkam

Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rashid talking to media in Islamabad on June 25, 2024. —Screengrab/Facebook/ @Sheikh.Rashed.OfficialThe Islamabad High Court Tuesday dismissed a case brought against Sheikh Rashid, chief of the Awami Muslim League , for allegedly using "immoral"......

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Published: 27 June 2024

Read more: [Pakistan] - 'Unethical language' case versus Sheikh Rashid dismissed

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif speaks during a press conference in Lahore, on June 25, 2024. — Screengrab/GeoNewsLiveAfter the opposition flagged reservations against the announcement of a new anti-militancy operation, Azm-e-Istehkam, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif Tuesday......

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Published: 27 June 2024

Read more: Govt to address PTI's concerns over Azm-e-Istehkam: Khawaja Asif

CJP Qazi Faez Isa administers oath to Justices Malik Shahzad Ahmad, Aqeel Abbasi, and Shahid Bilal at the Supreme Court in Islamabad, on June 25, 2024. — Geo.tv via Arfa Feroz ZakeISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa Tuesday administered oath to three high court......

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Published: 27 June 2024

Read more: [Pakistan] - Three high court judges take oath after visit to SC