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Final Day of Basant Draws Crowds to Lahore Rooftops
News Desk
Lahore: Residents of Lahore thronged rooftops across the city on Sunday as the kite-flying festival of Basant entered its third and final day, with favourable weather drawing large crowds outdoors.
Skies over the provincial…
A Hunter’s Lament as Bajaur’s Wetlands Disappear
Shah Khalid Shah
Bajaur: For more than three decades, Tariq Rahim’s winters and springs began before sunrise. Wading silently through ponds and wetlands along the Khwar stream near his village of Khar, he followed a ritual inherited…
Afghan National, Four Others Arrested Over Islamabad Blast
News Desk
Peshawar/Islamabad: Security and law-enforcement agencies on Saturday arrested an Afghan national identified as the mastermind of the suicide bombing at the Tarlai Kalan Imambargah in Islamabad, along with four local…
Fire Breaks Out in Margalla Hills Near Bara Kahu
News Desk
Islamabad: A fire broke out in the Margalla Hills on Saturday, triggering an emergency response from the district administration and fire services.
Officials said firefighting teams were dispatched immediately after flames…
Legal Experts Debate Rights Erosion at Asma Jahangir Conference
News Desk
Lahore: Former Senate chairman Raza Rabbani on Friday expressed concern over what he termed the growing politicisation of the bar, saying such trends were absent in the past.
Speaking at the sixth Asma Jahangir Conference, he…
Death toll rises to 32 in Islamabad Imambargah suicide attack
News Desk
Islamabad: The death toll from the suicide bombing at an Imambargah in Islamabad’s Tarlai area rose to at least 32 on Friday, while 169 others were injured, as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif thanked friendly countries and…
Overnight Blaze Contained at Karachi’s Landhi EPZ
News Desk
Islamabad: A major fire that erupted late Friday night at a plastic factory in Karachi’s Landhi Export Processing Zone (EPZ) was brought under control after nearly 11 hours of intensive firefighting, officials said on…
Minister says foreign-backed networks involved in suicide blast
News Desk
Islamabad: State Minister for Interior Senator Talal Chaudhry on Friday said that India-sponsored and Afghanistan-based terrorist networks were behind the suicide bombing at an Imambargah in Islamabad that claimed 31 lives and…
Punjab Cancels Basant Events After Islamabad Tragedy
News Desk
Lahore: The Punjab government has cancelled all Basant-related events scheduled for Saturday in the wake of the tragic incident in Islamabad, Punjab Minister for Information and Culture Azma Bokhari announced on Friday.
She…
Int’l Community Condemns Deadly Islamabad Imambargah Blast
News Desk
Islamabad: The international community has strongly condemned a deadly suicide bombing at an Imambargah in Islamabad, expressing solidarity with Pakistan and offering condolences to the victims and their families.
The…