ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency said on Friday it had dismantled an alleged network smuggling processed human placenta out of the country, arresting five suspects, including three Chinese nationals, following raids on two properties in the capital.
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Seven militants killed in drone strike, four shot dead in ambulance in violence-hit Bannu
PESHAWAR: Security forces killed at least seven militants in a drone strike targeting a weapon-laden vehicle in the northwestern district of Bannu on Friday, as unidentified gunmen separately shot dead four people inside an ambulance in the same district overnight, police and security officials said.
After wartime rollercoaster, Islamabad freezes pump rates as global oil rout deepens
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan held petrol and diesel prices unchanged on Friday, pausing weekly wartime fuel revisions that have swung costs at the pump by as much as 320 rupees a litre since a US-Iran conflict choked off oil supplies through the Strait of Hormuz, as global crude benchmarks sank more than 10% on the week on mounting evidence that the vital waterway is recovering.
Pakistan returns 22 crew of US-seized Iranian tanker, completing repatriation of over 70 seafarers
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: Twenty-two Iranian crew members whose oil tanker was seized by United States naval forces during the brief but disruptive conflict earlier this year arrived in Karachi on Friday, Pakistani and Iranian officials said, marking the fourth such repatriation mission facilitated by Islamabad since hostilities ended.
Pakistan restores long-idle hydro unit in militant-scarred South Waziristan after decade of delays
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s state utility has restored a hydropower station in the volatile tribal belt of South Waziristan to its full generating capacity after nearly a decade of running at half power, officials said on Thursday, in a rare infrastructure win for a region long troubled by militancy and neglect.
Pakistan marks Ashura with massive processions and heavy security presence nationwide
ISLAMABAD: Millions of Pakistanis took to the streets on Friday for Ashura, the most solemn day of the Islamic month of Muharram, as authorities deployed tens of thousands of security personnel across the country — a day after four people died from suffocation during a procession in the southern province of Sindh.
Pakistan’s one-time used-car import waiver splits govt, auto sector over cost and scale
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Commerce has issued twin directives to break a deepening customs logjam at the country’s ports, granting a conditional one-time waiver on pre-shipment inspection requirements for used vehicles imported from Japan — a move that has drawn fierce opposition from domestic automakers who warn of a $180 million haemorrhage from the country’s foreign exchange reserves and a systematic erosion of consumer road safety.
AJK police chief warns of AI-fuelled disinformation as territory’s protest shutdown enters new phase
MUZAFFARABAD: The police chief of Azad Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday warned residents at home and abroad to guard against AI-generated disinformation, as the government suspended more than a dozen state employees, lodged a formal complaint against a foreign media outlet and deployed law enforcement to clear roads blocked by a banned opposition group.
Pakistan’s digital payments hit Rs168.8 trillion in Q3 as mobile transactions surge
KARACHI: Pakistan processed 3.7 billion retail banking transactions worth 168.8 trillion rupees in the January-March quarter, with digital channels accounting for the vast majority of that activity, the State Bank of Pakistan said on Thursday, underscoring the sweeping transformation of the country’s payments landscape.
Pakistan plans encrypted govt mobile network as India conflict reveals digital vulnerabilities
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has ordered the development of a sovereign, airgapped mobile communications network for at least 10,000 government officials, citing critical information leakages identified after its recent conflict with India and drawing lessons from military engagements across the Middle East.