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At least 6 dead, 9 injured in gas cylinder explosion at Islamabad house: Rescue 1122 sources

ISLAMABAD: At least six people died and nine were injured in gas cylinder explosion at a house in Islamabad’s Sector G-7/2 on Sunday, according to Rescue 1122 sources. The sources said wedding guests were staying at the house, and the deceased included the bride, groom and mother of the groom. Th...

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Living in interesting times

SINCE the so-called rules-based order is crumbling in whatever flawed form it existed, those with...

At least 6 dead, 9 injured in gas cylinder blast at Islamabad house: Rescue 1122 sources
At least 6 dead, 9 injured in gas cylinder blast at Islam...

ISLAMABAD: At least six people died and nine were injured in gas cylinder blast at a house in Isl...

Israel’s recognition of ‘Somaliland’ an act of ‘political aggression’, says Dar at OIC moot
Israel’s recognition of ‘Somaliland’ an act of ‘political...

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Sunday that Pakistan believed the re...

Cricket concerns
Cricket concerns

SCHEDULE uncertainty persists at yet another multilateral cricket tournament to be held in South ...

Trump says Iranians ‘looking at freedom, perhaps like never before’, US stands ready to help
Trump says Iranians ‘looking at freedom, perhaps like nev...

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Iranians were “looking at freedom, pe...

KP CM Afridi to hold rally at Mazar-i-Quaid in Karachi after PTI alleges police raided Bagh-i-Jinnah
KP CM Afridi to hold rally at Mazar-i-Quaid in Karachi af...

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi is determined to hold a public gathering at Mazar...

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Troubling events
Troubling events

DARKNESS has descended over next-door Iran, where widespread, violent protests refuse to abate, posing the most serious governance and security challenges to the government in recent memory. With a...

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KP sounds alarm as federal transfers fall short in July-December
KP sounds alarm as federal transfers fall short in July-December

• Warns funding gap could derail IMF-linked Rs157bn budget surplus for FY26, provision of essential services in merged districts• Transfers under divisible pool stand short by Rs76bn in first half ...

Analysis by Mubarak Zeb Khan

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Gas shortages trigger protests in Quetta amid severe cold
Gas shortages trigger protests in Quetta amid severe cold

QUETTA: Prolonged gas shortages amid a severe cold spell triggered protests in parts of the provincial capital on Saturday, as residents blocked roads and burned tyres against low pressure and supp...

Analysis by Saleem Shahid

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Supreme Court penalises four registry officers on different charges
Supreme Court penalises four registry officers on different charges

ISLAMABAD: The Su­­p­­­reme Court has imposed major disciplinary penalties on three officers of its Karachi registry for serious lapses in administrative response, and on one officer of its Lahore ...

Analysis by Nasir Iqbal

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‘We don’t want to be Americans’, Greenland says after latest Trump threat
‘We don’t want to be Americans’, Greenland says after latest Trump threat

NUUK: Greenland’s political parties said they did not want to be under Washington as US President Donald Trump again suggested using force to seize the mineral-rich Danish autonomous territory, rai...

Analysis by AFP

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