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TURBAT (BALOCHISTAN): While the provincial government on Tuesday formed a tribunal of inquiry, shutter-down protest and strike continued in this town of Balochistan against the killing of four persons a week ago. The four persons were shot…

SILKYARA, INDIA (Reuters): Indian rescuers on Tuesday pulled out all 41 construction workers trapped for 17 days inside a collapsed tunnel in the Himalayas, hours after drilling through the debris of rock, concrete and earth to reach them.…

PESHAWAR: Caretaker Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Syed Arshad Hussain Shah has decided to involve NAB representatives in conception, planning and execution of development projects and directed the quarters concerned to send a formal…

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Imran Khan has decided not to contest for the post of Chairman of his PTI party in the forthcoming intra-party election and has conveyed his decision to the core committee of the party. The Election…

PESHAWAR: A student of Islamia College Peshawar from Parachinar committed suicide after failing to obtain high marks in the Medical and Dental Colleges’ Admission Test (MDCAT) even after attempting three times. The deceased was a first…

BANNU: A young civil service officer who was posted as the chief executive officer of the Bannu Cantonment Board has committed suicide, local police confirmed today. Muhammad Bilal Pasha belonged to a village in South Punjab and had passed…

SILKYARA, India (Reuters): Rescuers in India are less than 5 metres (16 feet) away from 41 men who have been trapped in a collapsed highway tunnel in the Himalayas for more than two weeks, and are confident of drilling through to reach them…

ISLAMABAD: It was expected that jailed former prime minister and PTI chief Imran Khan will be produced in an open court for the first time since his arrest on August 5, in the cipher case on Tuesday (today). However, special court judge…

ISLAMABAD: A court here has acquired Shahnawaz Mir from holding an illegal gun through which he had alleged murdered his wife Sara Inam in the capital city. Sara was a Canadian national and allegedly murdered by Shahnawaz, her husband and…

CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters): Mediator Qatar said on Monday a truce between Israeli and Hamas forces in Gaza had been extended by two days, continuing a pause in seven weeks of warfare that has killed thousands and laid waste to the…