PESHAWAR: Twenty-five opposition lawmakers in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province were sworn into office on Sunday by Governor Faisal Karim Kundi after a provincial assembly session collapsed due to a lack of quorum, setting the stage for a high-stakes showdown in Monday’s Senate elections.
Politics
Disgruntled PTI leaders defy party, set to contest Senate elections
ISLAMABAD: A group of disgruntled leaders from former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party has pledged to contest the upcoming Senate elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, rejecting demands from their party leadership to withdraw their candidacies ahead of the July 21 vote.
Pakistan Air Force wins top honors at prestigious UK airshow
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Air Force captured top honors at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) 2025, one of the world’s premier military airshows, showcasing its advanced aircraft and reinforcing its rising prominence in military aviation just months after clashing with India.
Nine terrorists killed, three officers injured in fierce clash in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
ISLAMABAD: Nine terrorists were killed and three security officers injured in a fierce gunbattle in the Zargari Shinawari area of Hangu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, police officials said on Saturday, marking another deadly confrontation in Pakistan’s ongoing struggle against militancy.
Record monsoon rains in Pakistan’s Punjab province claims 123 lives
ISLAMABAD: A relentless deluge of monsoon rains has claimed 123 lives across Pakistan’s Punjab province since June 25, with more than half of the fatalities, 71 deaths, occurring in just the last 48 hours, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) reported on Friday.
PTI Peshawar defies leadership over Senate seat deal, risks party rift
PESHAWAR: A rebellion within Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Peshawar chapter threatens to upend the party’s strategy for the upcoming Senate elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as local leaders vow to contest independently, accusing the party’s top brass of favouring wealthy newcomers over loyal workers.
Anti‑terrorism court extends detention of Mahrang Baloch, five BYC activists by 15 days
QUETTA: An anti-terrorism court in Quetta on Friday extended the detention of Dr. Mahrang Baloch, a prominent right activist and the leader of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC), and five other activists for an additional 15 days, a case that has sparked international criticism and and drawn sharp focus on human rights issues in Pakistan’s volatile Balochistan province.
Security forces foil infiltration attempt, arrest five suicide bombers along Afghan border
ISLAMABAD: Security forces have thwarted a major infiltration attempt by terrorists along the volatile Pak-Afghan border, arresting five alleged suicide bombers in a tense operation that highlights the escalating threat of militancy in the region.
Pakistan says US terror label on TRF shields India from Kashmir scrutiny
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday sharply denounced the United States for branding The Resistance Front (TRF), a Kashmir-based militant group, as a foreign terrorist organisation, calling the move a groundless bid to tie it to the outlawed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and shield India from scrutiny over its conduct in the contested region.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa parties agree to uncontested Senate elections
ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Tehreek‑e‑Insaf (PTI) and four opposition parties in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have agreed to fill all 11 of the province’s Senate seats without contest, ironing out differences that had left the upper house of the parliament vacant for more than 17 months.