A bomb blast ripped through a mosque in South Waziristan during Friday prayers, injuring JUI district chief Abdullah Nadeem and three others, police said. District Police Officer Asif Bahader told Dawn.com that an improvised explosive device (IED) blast occurred at 1:45 pm at Maulana Abdul Aziz Mosque on Azam Warsak Bypass Road, with the device…
A bomb blast ripped through a mosque in South Waziristan during Friday prayers, injuring JUI district chief Abdullah Nadeem and another person, police said. District Police Officer Asif Bahader told Dawn.com that an improvised explosive device (IED) blast occurred at 1:45 pm at Maulana Abdul Aziz Mosque on Azam Warsak Bypass Road, with the device…
The Johns Hopkins University said on Thursday it will slash over 2,000 jobs in the US and abroad after the administration of President Donald Trump terminated $800 million in grants to the renowned academic institution. It marked the biggest layoff in the university’s history and involved 247 domestic US workers for the academic institution and…
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday praised the Balochistan government and law enforcement agencies (LEAs) for the Jaffar Express rescue operation, saying it “exposed the terrorists to the whole country.” The hijacking took place on Tuesday afternoon when the Jaffar Express train, en route from Quetta to Peshawar with 440 passengers aboard, was attacked…
TURIN: Pakistan’s special athletes made a historic splash at the Special Olympics World Winter Games clinching two gold medals in cross-country skiing and snowshoeing events. Muneeb Ur Rehman led the charge, winning Pakistan’s first gold medal in the men’s 50-meter cross-country skiing event. Moazzam Iqbal followed suit, securing another gold medal in the 800m snowshoeing…
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb on Friday expressed the government’s commitment to supporting European Union (EU) businesses in Pakistan and facilitating their operations, which included ensuring the timely repatriation of dividends and profits, state-owned Radio Pakistan reported. In Jan, exports to European countries grew8.62 per cent in the first five months of FY25, driven by higher…
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lieutenant Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry will hold a press conference at 3:30pm today to disclose details of the Jaffar Express hijacking and the subsequent clearance operation. Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti will also be present. The hijacking incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon, when the train, travelling from Quetta to…
PTI founder Imran Khan speaks during a video message from Islamabad High Court in Islamabad, on May 12, 2023, in this still taken from the video. — Instagram@ptiofficial ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday ordered Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan’s video link hearing at 2pm during the Mashal Yousafzai’s case. Yousafzai had filed…
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday sought a report from the Ministry of Interior on the use of X as it heard a petition against the ban on the social media platform. Access to X has been disrupted since February 17, 2024 when former Rawalpindi commissioner Liaquat Chattha accused the chief election commissioner and…
A Pakistan Army soldier walks next to a rescue train, after the attack on a train by militants in Bolan, at the railway station in Mushkaf, Balochistan, March 12, 2025. — Reuters Government and opposition leaders have stressed the need for political unity in the wake of the Jaffar Express terrorist attack, where militants hijacked the train in…