Palestinians who say they suffered brutal beatings and sexual abuse in Israeli detention and at the hands of Israeli settlers testified about their ordeals at the United Nations this week. “I was humiliated and tortured,” said Said Abdel Fattah, a 28-year-old nurse detained in November 2023 near Gaza City’s Al Shifa hospital where he worked….
India imposes ban on Mirwaiz Umar Farooq-led Awami Action Committee in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). — AFP/File Pakistan has slammed the Indian authorities for imposing a five-year ban on two Kashmiri organisations in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), terming it an act to “suppress political activities and stifle…
Panic gripped Sehwan city when an armed group of people attacked a government boys high school on Wednesday, according to police. Hyderabad Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Tariq Dharejo confirmed to Dawn that two groups of the Rind community were involved in some dispute and one of them resorted to firing on the school…
Security forces have rescued at least 190 passengers and killed 30 terrorists as a rescue operation continues into its second day after terrorists hijacked the Jaffer Express train near Balochistan’s Bolan district, state media said on Wednesday. The unprecedented hostage situation began on Tuesday near the Mashkaf Tunnel, about 157 kilometres from Quetta, when terrorists…
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Security forces have rescued at least 190 passengers and killed 30 terrorists as a rescue operation continues into its second day after terrorists hijacked the Jaffer Express train near Balochistan’s Bolan district, state media said on Wednesday. The unprecedented hostage situation began on Tuesday near the Mashkaf Tunnel, about 157 kilometres from Quetta, when terrorists…
With inflation cooling, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) hit pause on its multiple rounds of monetary easing that might have risked destabilising its currency or worsening the trade deficit. Economists said the government should shift its focus to implementing economic reforms as interest rate cuts are not the elixir for growth, after the central…
Security forces have rescued at least 190 passengers and killed 30 terrorists as a rescue operation continues into its second day after terrorists hijacked the Jaffer Express train near Balochistan’s Bolan district, state media said on Wednesday. The unprecedented hostage situation began on Tuesday near the Mashkaf Tunnel, about 157 kilometres from Quetta, when terrorists…
Pakistan on Wednesday denounced Indian authorities’ decision to declare two organisations of Indian-occupied Kashmir as “unlawful associations”, according to a Foreign Office statement. A day earlier, the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs declared the Jammu and Kashmir Awami Action Committee (AAC), headed by Kashmiri chief cleric and Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and the Jammu…
Digital wallet app Google Wallet became available in Pakistan on Wednesday, according to a statement issued by the tech giant. According to the statement, Google Wallet provides people a safer, simpler, and more helpful payment experience. It also supports digital items such as loyalty cards and boarding passes. Users can get started by downloading the…