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Swedish businessman Carl Lundstroem, co-founder of illegal file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, has died in an aeroplane crash in Slovenia, according to the far-right party he was linked to. Slovenian police confirmed on Wednesday to AFP that they found a body — “likely of the pilot, a Swedish citizen” — but declined to identify him…

A schoolteacher in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Mansehra district was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly raping a female student and filming it, police told Dawn.com. According to a first information report filed by the victim’s brother on March 10 — a copy of which is available with Dawn.com — he received the video over Facebook Messenger and…

Representational image of Islamabad police and security personnel stand guard at a road. — AFP/File ISLAMABAD: Two police officers who were taken hostage by a group of drug peddlers in Phulgran’s Uthaal village, a suburban area of Islamabad, were successfully rescued by federal police on Wednesday. In a statement, the SSP operations said that both…

The Trump administration has ended $20 billion in funding for greenhouse gas reduction projects in a move that climate advocates and Democrats say illegally seizes money allocated for clean energy and transportation for disadvantaged communities. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin had publicised his campaign to claw back money from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund,…

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said on Wednesday that the clearance operation in Balochistan launched a day earlier after the Jaffar Express train was attacked and hijacked has been completed. He added that all terrorists present there have been killed. “On March 11 in Bolan, terrorists targeted a…

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said on Wednesday that the operation in Balochistan to rescue the passengers on a Jaffar Express train has been “completed” and that all terrorists present there have been killed. Earlier, state media, citing security officials, said that at least 190 passengers have been…

Balochistan CM Sarfraz Bugti addresses the Balochistan Assembly session on March 12, 2025. — Screengrab via Geo News Condemning the terrorist attack on the Jaffar Express train, Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti vowed on Wednesday that whoever takes up arms and talks about breaking the state will be eliminated. “Why are we afraid to name…

Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Lieutenant General Ahmad Sharif Chaudhry addresses a press conference on September 5, 2024. — Screengrab via Facebook/OfficialDGISPR  Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director-General Major General Ahmed Sharif stated on Wednesday that all passengers remained unharmed during the clearance operation launched to free hostages taken hostage by terrorists in Balochistan’s…

At least 190 passengers have been freed and 30 terrorists killed, security sources said, as a rescue operation enters its “final stages” after terrorists hijacked the Jaffar Express near Balochistan’s Bolan district, state media reported on Wednesday. State media reported that casualties were being determined. The unprecedented hostage situation began on Tuesday near the Mashkaf…