ISLAMABAD: Security forces have killed seven militants in a raid in North Waziristan, state media reported on Friday, the latest in a run of operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as the country endures its worst spell of militant violence in more than a decade.
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PTA says it lacks power to bar under-16s from social media
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s telecoms regulator has told the Islamabad High Court that it has no legal authority to impose mandatory age verification or to stop children under 16 from using social media.
Sindh extends judicial inquiry into death of Mir Raza Ali until 15 October
KARACHI: The Sindh government has extended the term of a judicial commission investigating the death of Mir Raza Ali, a 25-year-old Karachi entrepreneur whose killing police initially treated as a possible suicide.
Security forces kill four more militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan operations
ISLAMABAD: Security forces have killed four militants in separate operations in the country’s north-west and south-west, security sources said on Wednesday, in the latest raids this week that have left dozens dead.
Punjab reschedules Basant for January and lengthens festival threefold
LAHORE: Lahore’s kite festival Basant will run for 10 days next year, a sharp extension of the revival held in February, after Punjab’s chief minister approved a new schedule on Wednesday.
Pakistan works to bring home bodies of sailors killed by Somali pirates
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: Pakistan said on Wednesday it was working to repatriate the bodies of three sailors killed by Somali pirates, and to bring home the survivors of the hijacked oil tanker MT Honour 25, a day after Puntland forces retook the vessel following five months of captivity.
Somali pirates killed five hostages, including three Pakistanis, on Honour 25
KARACHI: Somali pirates killed five crew members, including three Pakistanis, on the hijacked tanker MT Honour 25, the authorities in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region said on Tuesday. The announcement ended months of uncertainty for families who had been trying to find out what had happened to the sailors.
Lahore court gives police six days with suspects in rape case involving Azerbaijani woman
LAHORE: A court in Lahore has ordered two men accused of gang-raping a young Azerbaijani woman to be held in police custody for six days, as detectives search for a third suspect and the complainant’s account of the night has emerged.
Pakistan confirms fifth polio case of the year in Bannu
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has recorded its fifth polio case of 2026, after the virus was confirmed in a 17-month-old girl in the north-western district of Bannu.
Pakistan seeks to verify reports of deaths on tanker freed from Somali pirates
KARACHI: Pakistan said on Tuesday it was trying to establish what happened aboard a hijacked oil tanker off Somalia. A rights group had released recordings in which people described as crew members reported that five sailors were killed and four wounded during an operation to free the ship.