SWAT: The death toll from a suicide bombing outside a police station in Swat Valley rose to 17 on Monday, as the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for an attack that struck during a rally against lawlessness in the restive region.
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Body of Nirmal Purja, who redefined the impossible, recovered from Broad Peak
GILGIT: The body of Nirmal Purja, the Nepali-British mountaineer who rose to global fame for his record-breaking ascent of the world’s 14 highest peaks, was recovered from Pakistan’s Broad Peak on Sunday, three days after an avalanche swept away his entire ten-member expedition team.
Pakistan’s judiciary hit by presidential delay as judges’ terms lapse without notice -report
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s superior judiciary is grappling with a mounting crisis over judicial appointments, after delays in securing presidential assent left one additional judge in legal limbo and put four more on course to suffer the same fate within days.
Pakistan braces for fresh flooding as monsoon system threatens Chenab and hits Punjab cities
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s weather authorities have warned of heavy to very heavy rainfall across Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan over the coming days, with forecasters cautioning that the River Chenab could reach a high flood level as a fresh monsoon system moves in from India.
UAE resumes visit visas for Pakistani families as months-long delays begin to ease
ISLAMABAD: The United Arab Emirates has resumed issuing visit visas to Pakistani nationals who apply through registered travel agents, according to industry representatives and an embassy official, bringing relief after months of delays that had unsettled one of Pakistan’s most important travel and remittance corridors.
Army major martyred as forces kill 12 militants in North Waziristan and Balochistan raids
ISLAMABAD: An army officer was martyred on Saturday when security forces battled militants in North Waziristan, one of two intelligence-led operations in Pakistan’s restive western provinces that also left seven militants dead in Balochistan, including a would-be suicide bomber, according to the military’s media wing.
Mountaineering icon Nirmal Purja dies in Broad Peak avalanche along with nine other expedition members
GILGIT: Record-setting Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja has died after an avalanche struck an expedition on Pakistan’s Broad Peak, his expedition company confirmed on Saturday, in a disaster that also killed one of Oman’s most accomplished climbers.
Search resumes for seven climbers missing on Broad Peak as rescuers battle weather and altitude
ISLAMABAD: Rescue teams backed by Pakistan Army helicopters resumed the search on Saturday morning for seven climbers still missing on Broad Peak, two days after an avalanche tore through a 10-member international expedition on one of the world’s most formidable 8,000-metre peaks.
Nadeem’s Commonwealth title defence ends in stunning ninth-place exit
KARACHI: Arshad Nadeem’s reign as Commonwealth javelin champion came to an abrupt and unexpected end on Friday evening, as Pakistan’s Olympic gold medallist was eliminated from medal contention at Scotstoun Stadium in what ranked among the most startling results of the Glasgow Games’ athletics programme.
Fears grow for flood-hit provinces as key dams edge towards maximum levels
ISLAMABAD: Water levels at two of Pakistan’s largest dams have surged dramatically over the past fortnight, as authorities battle a monsoon season that has already claimed 122 lives and left hundreds injured across the country.