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PTI leader Shireen Mazari's arrest declared 'unlawful' by IHC

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Justice Kayani remarks leader was arrested 'without legal justification'; court nullified commission's arrest report

‘Freedom is near’: PTI's Sanam Javed asserts legal challenges will not silence her
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Two key TTP commanders apprehended in Balochistan
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Punjab on alert as heavy rainfall predicted from today
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Islamabad

islamabad high court ihc orders bushra bibi s transfer to adiala jail photo file

IHC sets one-month deadline for decision on Iddat case appeal

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Govt unleashes tax tsunami

pml n led coalition government in the centre now has 229 members in the na photo app

Opposition alliance to head 11 NA panels

sources said that pakistan also took up the issue of decoupling the two policy loans amounting to 1 05 billion that the world bank wants to approve together photo file

World Bank greenlights $1b loan for Dasu project

Punjab

monsoon rains predicted by met photo express

Punjab on alert as heavy rainfall predicted from today

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Justice Shujaat takes oath as acting CJ

patients wait in the emergency department of the services hospital during a doctors strike on monday photo ppi

Hospital high-ups examine OPD patients

afghan woman basa holds her newborn child at the msf run maternity hospital in khost afghanistan december 8 2023 photo afp

Woman strangled to death

Sindh

pregnant women wait at the corridor of the doctors without borders msf run maternity hospital in khost afghanistan photo afp

Emergency declared at govt hospitals

a child gulps down water as she braves the fury of the heatwave currently gripping the province photo zahoor ahmed express

No respite from heatwave till Thursday

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Man arrested for acid attack on wife, daughter

sindh minister for excise and taxation transport and mass transit sharjeel inam memon addresses to media persons during press conference in karachi on may 6 2024 photo ppi

Sharjeel asks armed criminals to surrender

Balochistan

two key ttp commanders apprehended in balochistan

Two key TTP commanders apprehended in Balochistan

police officials record statements of the family members about the harrowing incident photo express

Eight of a family killed over property dispute

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Rs30b to be spent on K-P rural uplift

another child crippled by poliovirus

Another child crippled by poliovirus

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa

pakistan peoples party ppp chairman bilawal bhutto zardari speaking at the floor of the national assembly na on june 25 2024 photo file

Bilawal urges opp for solutions

the army chief appreciated the training standards operational preparedness and high morale of officers and troops photo ispr

Kundi voices support for ‘Azm-e-Istehkam’

construction of medical college in karak to start soon

Construction of medical college in Karak to start soon

body to prepare proposals for drug addicts rehab

Body to prepare proposals for drug addicts rehab

Azad Jammu & Kashmir

former azad jammu and kashmir prime minister sardar tanveer ilyas khan photo social media

Islamabad Police arrest ex-AJK PM over property dispute

prime minister shehbaz sharif photo pid file

AJK situation comes to national spotlight

azad jammu and kashmir ajk senior minister waqar ahmad noor

AJK ministers dismiss govt change rumours

this stern approach underscores the gravity with which the ajk government views the impact of online content on communal harmony and societal well being photo express

AJK tightens law against hateful, sectarian content

Gligit-Baltistan

foreign office spokesperson mumtaz zahra baloch

India has no right to object to Pak-China joint statement on Kashmir: FO

pakistan and european union flags photo afp

EU launches programmes to promote skills, clean energy in G-B

speaking for balti

Speaking (for) Balti

labourer s laying down pipes for gilgit s sewerage and sanitation project photo express

Historic moment: Gilgit gets its first-ever sewerage system project

MORE NEWS

instead of following the international competitive bidding process the government decided to directly send requests for proposal documents to top 25 firms photo reuters

PIA crew’s frequent disappearances overseas raise alarm, airline under scrutiny

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Crew member Noor Sher is the latest to vanish during an overseas assignment, sparking concern

taliban soldiers stand guard at the second anniversary ceremony of the takeover of kabul by the taliban in kabul afghanistan august 15 2023 photo reuters

Kabul warned against proxy use

pti chief imran khan along with other party leader during azadi march in islamabad on may 25 2022 photo facebook pti

Qureshi acquitted in Azadi March case

defence minister khawaja asif speaking during a session of national assembly on may 13 2024 photo national assembly facebook

Asif spells out contours of new ‘rebranded’ op

deputy prime minister and foreign minister ishaq dar photo file

Dar praises Senate panel on finance

former first lady bushra bibi photo file

Iddat case verdict on 27th

ppp chairman bilawal bhutto zardari interacts with students in islamabad on january 29 2024 screengrab

PPP to throw weight behind ‘new operation’

awami muslim league leader sheikh rashid gesturing during his interview screengrab

IHC dismisses cases against Rashid

AJK govt announces over Rs220b budget

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