LAHORE: Lahore is preparing to welcome back its famous Basant festival for a second consecutive year, with Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif confirming the kite-flying celebration will take place from 12 to 14 March 2027.
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Gunshot residue found on both hands of murdered Karachi entrepreneur, forensic report reveals
KARACHI: Gunshot residue was found on both of Mir Raza Ali’s hands as well as his chest and back, according to forensic test results that have deepened the mystery surrounding the killing of the 25-year-old Karachi entrepreneur, whose death has become one of Pakistan’s most closely watched murder investigations.
‘A tragedy and a comedy’: Pakistan military tears into India’s Operation Sindoor documentary
ISLAMABAD: The military has launched a scathing attack on a recently released Indian documentary chronicling last year’s four-day conflict between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, dismissing it as a “propaganda video” that recasts what it called a “military blunder” as a triumph.
Jailed ex-prime minister’s vision improving, but blood pressure report fuels new dispute
ISLAMABAD: Prison officials told the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday that former prime minister Imran Khan’s eyesight has improved dramatically since he began treatment for a vision-threatening condition earlier this year, even as internal medical records attached to the same filing revealed the jailed opposition leader has reported uncontrolled blood pressure, heart palpitations, and mounting anxiety tied to his prolonged isolation.
Jamaat-i-Islami threatens to turn fuel price protests into anti-government movement
LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami has warned that its escalating campaign against fuel taxes could tip into a full-blown push to remove Pakistan’s government, as the Islamist party’s sit-ins entered their second phase across four provincial capitals.
Carriage ride through Islamabad parade draws cries of ‘colonial’ excess
The horses arrived first. The applause never did.
That is the image Pakistanis have been passing around since Saturday: two of the country’s senior bureaucrats, riding into an Independence Day parade in a carriage built for heads of state, to a crowd that would not clap.
Hunza bids farewell to Sohail Sakhi as avalanche-hit climber laid to rest
HUNZA: The body of Pakistani mountaineer Sohail Sakhi was laid to rest on Sunday in his home village of Aliabad, in the Hunza district of Gilgit-Baltistan, following funeral prayers attended by hundreds of mourners, more than a fortnight after he was killed in an avalanche on one of the world’s highest peaks.
Rain, gusty winds to sweep Pakistan for five days as authorities warn of urban flooding
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is bracing for another bout of heavy monsoon weather, with the Meteorological Department forecasting rain, gusty winds and thundershowers across the upper and central parts of the country from August 17 to 21, alongside warnings of urban flooding and landslides in vulnerable districts.
Business partner ordered to join Mir Raza Ali’s murder probe as court extends his bail
KARACHI: A Karachi court on Saturday extended the interim pre-arrest bail of the business partner of murdered entrepreneur Mir Raza Ali, ordering him to join the ongoing investigation and restraining him from leaving the city while police continue their inquiry into one of the most closely watched cases the city has seen in years.
Murder inquiry turns to dead entrepreneur’s bank records and smartwatch
KARACHI: The team investigating the murder of a 25-year-old Karachi dessert entrepreneur are examining a trail of drained bank accounts and deactivated social media profiles in the days before his death, as a dispute has broken out between his family and police over who has had access to a smartwatch that may hold crucial digital evidence.