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3 weeks ago | 
dawn.com | Umar Bacha |Nadir Guramani
Former federal minister and Senator Abbas Afridi on Friday succumbed to burn injuries sustained in a gas leak explosion a day earlier, while three others were wounded. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Rescue 1122 spokesperson Bilal Ahmad Faizi told Dawn.com that their team had shifted Afridi and three others to Kohl Combined Military Hospital, from where Afridi was taken to a burn centre in Kharian, Punjab, in a helicopter.
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3 weeks ago | 
dawnnews.tv | Abdullah Momand |Nadir Guramani
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3 weeks ago | 
dawn.com | Abdullah Momand |Nadir Guramani
Two high-level multiparty delegations — a part of the country’s broad-based campaign to present its perspective to the international community on the recent spike in tensions with India — will engage in a series of meetings, the Foreign Office (FO) said on Monday.
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1 month ago | 
themuslimtimes.info | Rafiq A. Tschannen |Sanaullah Khan |Nadir Guramani |Imran Gabol
Political leadership condemn cowardly act; DG ISPR says eight people slain, 35 injured; Trump calls India actions a “shame”; PM summons NSC meeting. Sanaullah Khan | Dawn.com | AFP | Reuters | Nadir Guramani | Imran Gabol Published May 6, 2025 Updated 3 minutes agoListen to article1x1.2×1.5xThe Pakistan military has brought down five Indian jets in retaliation for late-night strikes by its neighbouring country launched at six sites, including in Sialkot, Kotli, Bahawalpur and Muzaffarabad.
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2 months ago | 
dawn.com | Nadir Guramani |Jawed Naqvi
The Sindh government on Tuesday wrote to the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) over the “transfer” of water from the Indus River after the Taunsa-Panjnad Link Canal was opened. Last month, Irsa had called back-to-back meetings of its technical and advisory committee on March 25 and 26 for finalisation of water estimates and provincial shares for the coming Kharif season amid uncertainties over filling capacity of Tarbela Dam.
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2 months ago | 
dawn.com | Imran Gabol |Nadir Guramani
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and PPP on Wednesday condemned an inquiry by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on former senator Farhatullah Babar over a “citizen’s complaint” alleging “corruption, tax evasion and illicit asset accumulation”.
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Mar 26, 2025 | 
dawn.com | Nadir Guramani |Syed Ahsan |Zahid Hussain |Mahir Ali
Journalist Waheed Murad was “forcibly disappeared by unknown” individuals from his house in Islamabad’s G-8 sector, his family alleged on Wednesday in a petition filed before the Islamabad High Court (IHC) for his recovery. The petition, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, was filed by Murad’s mother-in-law Abida Nawaz through lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha.
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Mar 19, 2025 | 
dawn.com | Nadir Guramani
President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday emphasised the need to win the “war against terrorism” at all costs during a visit to Quetta amid the prevailing tense security environment in Balochistan. A statement from the PPP said President Zardari arrived in Quetta on a one-day visit to review the provincial law and order situation. He later attended a briefing on law and order in the province.
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Mar 19, 2025 | 
dawn.com | Nadir Guramani
The government has announced a three-day holiday for Eidul Fitr from March 31 to April 2, according to a notification issued on Wednesday. “The prime minister has been pleased to declare March 31 to April 2, 2025 (Monday to Wednesday) as public holidays on the occasion of Eidul Fitr,” the press release by the Cabinet Division stated. However, the announcement of the moon sighting will determine the date for Eidul Fitr celebrations across Pakistan.
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Mar 17, 2025 | 
dawn.com | Nadir Guramani |Irfan Sadozai
Over the last few months, both KP and Balochistan have witnessed a surge in terrorist attacks, mainly targeting the security forces, the police, and other law enforcement agencies. In the last two days, several police stations in KP have come under attack, which were successfully thwarted. Meanwhile, last week, a dramatic showdown unfolded in Balochistan with terrorists who hijacked the Jaffar Express train and took hundreds of passengers hostage.
