A seventh polio case was reported in Dera Ismail Khan district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, taking the total tally to 56 for the current year on Wednesday, Dawn reported.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf party's protests, demanding the release of its leader Imran Khan, took a violent turn on Tuesday, resulting in deaths of four security personnel and two PTI supporters, the dawn reported.
The protestors blocked major highways connecting Balochistan to Sindh, Punjab, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with barricades and boulders. In Quetta, vehicles remained off the roads, and railway services, including the Quetta-Chaman passenger train, were suspended. Dawn reported that transporters c
The Pakistani government has decided to implement a phased approach for the ongoing Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) over three years, aiming to ensure the timely completion of high-priority projects and meet the International Monetary Fund (IMF) requirements, the Dawn reported on
After the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) convoys arrived in Islamabad for the party's planned protest, defying a court order and government warnings, the party claimed its workers were being arrested and dispersed using teargas, Dawn reported.
Following the deadly Kurram Terror Attack, the central chairman of the Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimeen Pakistan (MWM) Allama Raja Nasir Abbas Jafri declared three days of national mourning, Dawn reported.
The incident occurred against the backdrop of a significant rise in attacks on security forces, law enforcement agencies, and checkpoints, especially in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as reported by Dawn.
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged voters in Jharkhand and Maharashtra to participate with full enthusiasm in the voting taking place on Wednesday.
Pakistan's heavy-handed restrictions on border trade with Iran have plunged the border towns of Balochistan's Rakhshan and Makran divisions into turmoil, crippling the local economy and intensifying poverty in one of the country's most neglected provinces, according to a report by Dawn.
Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly by-polls, Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav claimed that the BJP is frequently lying to the people and does not work.
In response to concerns raised by British MPs regarding the imprisonment of former Pakistan PM Imran Khan, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy in a letter to a Labour MP issued a detailed statement, saying there is "no indication" that Khan will be tried in military courts, Dawn reported.
The provincial capital of Quetta experienced a major traffic disruption on Friday, lasting several hours, after tribesmen and family members of an abducted 11-year-old boy blocked the main Zarghoon Road in protest, as reported by the Dawn.