SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met with numerous world leaders on Monday at the Sharm el-Sheikh Peace Summit, where the signing of a historic peace deal ended months of conflict in Gaza. The summit, co-chaired by US President Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, brought together leaders from more than twenty countries […]
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LAHORE: At least five people, including a police officer, three Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) employees and a bystander, were killed as law enforcement carried out a major operation before dawn in Muridke on Monday to disperse what authorities described as “armed and violent crowds.” According to official sources, the crackdown came amid a multi-day protest march
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PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) managed to overcome a series of constitutional and legal hurdles to hold the election of the new chief minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), resulting in the victory of its candidate, Muhammad Sohail Afridi, on Monday. Afridi secured 90 votes in a one-sided election marked by drama, loud slogans and a total
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PESHAWAR: The election of Sohail Afridi as the new chief minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has plunged the province into a legal and political controversy, with opposition parties, legal experts and the governor’s office openly questioning the legitimacy of the process. What began as a routine change of direction quickly turned into a test case for
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US President Donald Trump has praised the efforts of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, among other world leaders, for their role in securing the Gaza peace deal. Speaking at a news conference after signing the Gaza peace deal in Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday, Trump praised Prime Minister Shehbaz and the
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The Punjab government has once again thrown local elections into uncertainty by hastily passing a new law, the Punjab Local Government Act 2025, just as the Election Commission of Pakistan had started delimitation under the existing Act 2022. The ECP had already notified its schedule of demarcations at the union council level under the Punjab
Internet users across Pakistan may experience slower speeds and intermittent connectivity as maintenance work will be carried out on one of the country’s main submarine cables, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited said. According to a statement issued on Monday, a scheduled repair operation will begin at around 11 a.m. Pakistan Standard Time on Tuesday to repair
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WASHINGTON: “What worries me is that if I’m deported as an illegal immigrant, everything will go back to zero. I’ll have nothing,” said Mushtaq Ahmad*, 48, a Pakistani national living in New York state who applied for asylum earlier this year. A former truck driver in the Middle East, Mushtaq now works long days at
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The Pakistan Army team won a gold medal during the prestigious Exercise Cambrian Patrol 2025, held in Wales, United Kingdom from October 3 to 13. This year marked the 66th edition of the world-renowned military competition. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the exercise maintained its highly demanding professional standards, testing the endurance, tactical
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The Peshawar High Court has sought the opinion of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi on a petition filed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf seeking immediate swearing-in of newly elected Chief Minister Sohail Afridi. The PTI filed a petition urging the court to ensure that Afridi takes oath without delay, arguing that the province cannot remain without
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