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The Balochistan government dispatched rescue teams amid reports of “intense” firing at a Peshawar-bound passenger train from Quetta near Bolan district on Tuesday with almost 500 passengers, but specifics regarding the attack and casualties have so far not been shared by the government. “There are reports of intense firing at a Jaffar Express [train], which…

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chairs a meeting of Steering Committee of Danish University on March 11, 2025. — PID ISLAMABAD: In a major development, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday announced establishing a state-of-the-art university in Islamabad by utilising £190 million case proceeds that was transferred from the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) to the…

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Tuesday that for the first time, sugar sent to Afghanistan was not smuggled but exported with the help of all law enforcement authorities deployed at the border. While providing updates on the country’s economic progress, the minister said the remittance inflow for Feb 2025 had reached an impressive $3.1…

The Karakoram highway (KKH) has been blocked in the limits of the Lotar police station in Upper Kohistan due to a heavy landslide since Monday night, police officials said today. This disconnects Gilgit Baltistan and parts of Kohistan from the rest of the country, leaving hundreds of travelers and families stranded on both sides of…

Armed men on Tuesday opened fire on a Peshawar-bound passenger train near Balochistan’s Bolan district, officials said, prompting the provincial government to take “emergency measures.” “There are reports of intense firing at a Jaffar Express [train], which was heading from Quetta to Peshawar, between Pehro Kunri and Gadalar,” Balochistan government spokesperson Shahid Rind said in…

QUETTA: A group of armed men opened fire on Peshawar-bound Jaffar Express in Balochistan’s Bolan on Tuesday, leaving a train driver wounded. This is a developing story and is being updated with more details.

A billboard pointing towards the Supreme Court of Pakistan. — Reuters/File ISLAMABAD: During the Supreme Court hearing on the super tax case, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar raised concerns about the indefinite continuation of the tax, which was originally introduced for a specific purpose. A five-member constitutional bench, headed by Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan, presided over the…

Reports of firing emerged on Tuesday at a Peshawar-bound train in Balochistan, following which the provincial government directed local authorities to take “emergency measures”. “There are reports of intense firing at a Jaffar Express [train] between Peerokanri and Gadalar, which was heading from Quetta to Peshawar,” Balochistan government spokesperson Shahid Rind said in a statement….

The Balochistan government on Tuesday directed the local authorities to take emergency measures as it received reports of a firing incident at a Jaffar Express train in the province. It said the incident could be a possible terrorist incident. This is a developing story that is being updated as the situation evolves. Initial reports in…