Pakistan killed 2,410 terrorists in nine months, interior ministry tells National Assembly
The ministry also said 255,139 identity cards obtained by Afghans through fraud had been cancelled this year, and that X removed just 7.4% of flagged content.
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Karachi man shoots dead two sisters over TikTok use, police say
Sobia, 25, and Hira, 20, were killed at home in New Rehmanabad. Police said their brother, who fled, had warned them against using TikTok.
Supreme Court upholds reinstatement of 40 FIA officers sacked over Greece boat disaster but allows fresh probe
The FIA argued the officers at Lahore, Karachi and Multan airports should have questioned why so many people were flying to war-torn Libya.
Health ministry scraps pilgrim vaccine contract and arrests officials after inquiry finds cost more than tripled
An inquiry ordered by PM Shehbaz Sharif found the contract raised the cost of jabs for pilgrims to about Rs4,500 from Rs1,250.
ECP orders local government polls in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa but excludes 12 districts under special arrangement
Delimitation is complete in 23 districts. Bannu, North Waziristan and ten others under the Area Development Secretariat are left out.
Federal Constitutional Court chief justice rebukes Justice Munib Akhtar’s Supreme Court bench over ‘judicial discipline’
Justice Aminuddin Khan said a 2022 bench should not have reopened a settled ruling on the Income Support Levy while review petitions were pending.
Fazl says cabinet overruled his PTI deal, accuses government of ‘misusing’ Constitution for KP governor’s rule
The JUI-F chief told the National Assembly that Ishaq Dar called him on October 11 to say the cabinet wanted governor’s rule “at all costs”.
Pakistan says it destroyed seven Afghan Taliban posts, dismisses Kabul’s Angoor Adda claims as ‘fabricated’
The information ministry said Taliban forces fired first on civilians in South Waziristan, as KP Governor Faisal Karim Kundi warned Kabul to “have no illusions”.
Court issues arrest warrants for suspended KP chief minister Sohail Afridi over May 9 Radio Pakistan attack
Former ministers Taimur Jhagra and Kamran Bangash are also named, as prosecutors cite forensic analysis of footage from the 2023 arson.
Imran Khan’s sister Noreen Niazi hospitalised with high blood pressure after weeks in detention
The 70-year-old, held without charge with her two sisters since September under public-order law, was moved from Kot Lakhpat jail to the Punjab Institute of Cardiology.
