. RAWALPINDI: PPP-backed Saeed Yousaf Khan won the Rawalpindi High Court Bar elections. According to the results, Khan received 1,520 votes to be elected president of the association. Qasim Mehmood Malik was elected general secretary after securing 887 votes. Shazia Yousaf was elected as Senior Vice President, while Naila Firdous secured the position of Vice […]
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TEHRAN: Iranian judiciary said the death toll from a Saturday US-Israeli strike that hit a school in the country’s south has risen to 108. “The number of martyrs at Minab Girls’ School rose to 108,” the legal website Mizan Online cited the local prosecutor’s office as saying. Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian declared that “this barbaric
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. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Saturday strongly condemned Iranian missile attacks on US military bases in the Gulf and declared its readiness to defend its brother brothers as open conflict erupts in the Middle East. Earlier in the day, the United States and Israel jointly launched strikes against Iran that pushed the Middle
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United Nations Security Council (UNSC). PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE THE UNITED NATIONS: World leaders reacted with suspicion on Saturday to U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran that have sown fears of a broader conflict. The UN Security Council has planned an emergency meeting, convened at the request of Bahrain and France. The meeting will take place at
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. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday condemned Israeli and US strikes on Iran as well as Iranian retaliation against several Gulf countries, in what appears to be a carefully calibrated diplomatic response aimed at maintaining balance in a rapidly escalating regional crisis. In a strongly worded statement, the Foreign Office expressed regret over the “failure of
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The United States and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday, targeting its top leaders and calling for the overthrow of its government, while Iran responded by firing missiles at Israel and neighboring Gulf countries. Iran’s Al-Alam television said Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – who has not yet been heard from on Saturday evening – was
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. ISLAMABAD: Considering the prevailing sensitive national situation, the PTA urges all citizens to be responsible when using social media and digital platforms. All citizens are advised not to share, disseminate, transmit or upload unverified, inflammatory or misleading information/content that may directly or indirectly harm the national interest, public order or state institutions, a press
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. QUETTA: Amid escalating tensions between Iran and Israel and growing military developments in the region, the Gwadar district administration on Saturday issued a public advisory calling on residents to exercise extreme caution and avoid unnecessary risks. In an official statement, the Gwadar district administration warned citizens against traveling to Iran under any circumstances, citing
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. ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has scheduled the hearing of a review petition filed by PTI founder Chairman Imran Khan against termination of his right of defense in a Rs10 billion defamation suit filed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. A three-member bench headed by Justice Ayesha Malik will take up the case on March 6
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Dozens of international flights have been diverted due to airspace restrictions, mirroring the 1990 Gulf Crisis A general view of Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport, where evacuees from Afghanistan will stop to continue their journey to other countries. PHOTO: FILE With the Middle East teetering on the brink of wider conflict, Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport witnessed
