The Pakistani newspaper said of the 417 people, 152 were men and 265 were women. Around 152 incidents of honour killings were reported in Punjab province. Sindh stood second with 96 cases.
While addressing the ceremony organized with regard to the development projects for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday, an audience stood up and shouted during Sharif's speech, after which the PM said, "Please sit down, the food will be served soon."
After Pakistan was rocked several blasts on Sunday, Australia on Monday issued a new travel advisory for its citizens in Pakistan urging them to increase caution and limit travel within the city.
The TTP in the last year has conducted hundreds of terror attacks on the police and army headquarters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Quetta in the Balochistan region.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan has summoned all PTI lawmakers to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) House in Islamabad on December 28 to chalk out a strategy for their resignations, according to a report in Geo News.
In a letter written to Islamabad's chief commissioner, the DIG recommended pf forming the eight-member JIT where 3 DSPs and two officers from intelligence agencies will be there and would be headed by the SSP of the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD).
"The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly was not dissolved due to the new developments in Punjab. Both the assemblies were supposed to be dissolved simultaneously but it didn't happen due to the new political situation in Punjab," Khan said.
Former Pakistan Prime Minister earlier this month announced that provincial governments in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will dissolve their assemblies on December 23 to pave the way for fresh elections.
Taking to Twitter, the Islamabad police said that while checking the vehicles, they stopped a suspicious car. As soon as the car stopped, the suicide bomber blew himself up.