PM to visit Balochistan today after Jaffar Express hijacking

PM Shehbaz Sharif (right) interacts with Balochistan CM Sarfraz Bugti upon reaching Quetta in this undated image. — PTV/File Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will visit Quetta on Thursday to express solidarity with the people and review law and order situation in light of the deadly Jaffar Express hijacking incident. The PM’s visit follows the culmination of security…

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PTI’s Jhagra files Rs1bn defamation case against Marwat

PTI leader Taimur Khan Jhagra and former PTI member Sher Afzal Marwat. — ITDP website/Facebook@Sher Afzal Khan Marwat/File ISLAMABAD: Taimur Saleem Khan Jhagra, a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa minister, has served a defamation notice to ex-party member Sher Afzal Marwat, seeking Rs1 billion in damages over false allegations. The legal notice,…

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Deadline for appointing new CEC passes with no sign of action by govt – Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The constitutional deadline for the appointment of new chief election commis­sioner and two Election Com­mission of Pakistan members exp­ired on Wednesday, with no action from the government in sight. The five-year terms of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja, Sin­dh Member Nisar Durrani and Baloch­istan Member Shah Muhammad Jatoi ended on Jan 26,…

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Afghan opium prices soar after poppy ban – World

VIENNA: Opium prices in Afghanistan are soaring and handing “massive profits” to criminal groups following a poppy cultivation ban imposed by the Taliban authorities, the United Nations’ drugs watchdog said on Wednesday. In 2024, opium prices reached $750 per kilogram, a tenfold growth from $75 per kilogram in 2022 when the Taliban government banned poppy…

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