Pakistan’s Punjab to release wheat stocks to curb rising prices
Currently, the Commodities and Price Control Department holds 0.89 million tonnes of carryover wheat stocks from last year’s procurement.
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Pakistan’s Supreme Court acquits father jailed for 12 years over allegations of raping daughter
In a court order dated Aug 26, seen by Dawn.com, Justice Ali Baqar Najafi said that the prosecution’s evidence was discarded, noting it was “deficient of trustworthiness."
Pakistan’s Gwadar port to be powered via solar energy in bid to enhance efficiency: minister
Gwadar Port, built more than a decade ago, still remains a non-starter, prompting the federal government to speed up efforts aimed at the maximum utilisation of the port. Earlier…
Heavy rains hit Himalayas, spread havoc in India and Pakistan
The landslide killed 33 people near the Hindu mountain shrine of Vaishno Devi on a pilgrim route in India-occupied Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday afternoon, officials said.
Pakistan’s May 9 riots: Faisalabad ATC sentences key PTI leaders Omar Ayub, Shibli Faraz, 57 others to 10 years in jail
PTI legal team head Malik Khalid Shafiq confirmed the convictions to Dawn.com. He said that out of the total 109 accused, 59 were handed 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment and 16…
From celebration to fear: How monsoons now haunt Pakistani district of Tharpakar
Between 2023 and 2025 alone, 60 people were killed, over 50 injured and more than 1,600 animals perished. Officials concede that the actual figures are likely to be much higher,…
Why the two-state solution is dead
Ejaz Haider explains why this idea was always a red herring in the face of recalcitrant Zionism, violent apartheid and engineered Palestinian bantustans and why the improbable —…
Pakistan’s apex court accepts former PM Imran’s bail pleas in eight May 9 cases
However, Mr Imran, imprisoned since August 2023, has multiple other cases against him.
At least 2 dead, 33 injured following explosion, blaze at warehouse in Karachi
An official said that the facility contained explosive material, not raw material for fireworks.
Land for peace?
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