The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Apex Committee has reiterated its resolve to eliminate terrorism, however, stressing that no military operation is being launched against terrorists in the province. The province’s top security body met Thursday after representatives of the Bannu Aman Jirga put forward their demands to eliminate terrorism and establish peace in the province. The provincial government’s resolve against terrorism came in a joint communique issued earlier today after Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur chaired the apex committee’s meeting attended by top civil, police and military officials. Five representatives of the jirga also attended the meeting. In today’s meeting, the civil-military…
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ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday moved the Supreme Court to seek guidance on “legal and factual issues” in implementing its July 12 ruling on allocating reserved seats to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). The electoral body submitted a plea to the top court’s registrar via its secretary Omar Hamid Khan to seek an elaborated version of its July 12 order regarding the PTI-backed independent candidates in which the SC declared the former ruling party eligible for reserved seats. Following the apex court’s ruling, PTI lawmakers in the national and provincial assemblies had submitted their affidavits of allegiance…
A terrorist identified as Ali Jan was killed and two others got wounded in a gun battle with the security forces during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Balochistan’s Hoshab district, Inter-Services Public Relations said Thursday. During the IBO, intense fire exchange took place between the troops and the terrorists. Resultantly, the terrorist was killed, while two terrorists got injured, the military’s media wing said. “Weapons, ammunition and explosives were also recovered from the killed terrorist, who remained actively involved in multiple terrorist activities in the area including kidnapping and target killing of innocent civilians,” it added. The security forces commenced…
LONDON: Scotland Yard has decided not to further investigate the allegations against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz Sharif and their colleagues of links with the killing of journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya and a gun attack on PTI founder Imran Khan in Wazirabad around two years ago. Scotland Yard has told Geo News that it’s Counter Terrorism Command Unit has decided not to commence an investigation after establishing that there are no grounds to begin a formal investigation as the complainant Sayed Tasnim Haider didn’t produce evidence to back up his claims against the Sharifs and their colleagues Mian…
A man in Lahore has been arrested for “fraudulently” marrying a woman to siphon off her wealth. According to the police, the case was filed by a woman against her husband after he allegedly lured her into marriage to steal her wealth. The complainant is a British citizen who only came to Pakistan in 2023 due to her mother’s health risks and that is when she was “deceived” into marriage by the suspect. She also stated that she returned to the UK after marriage and her husband refused to travel to UK to join her and later took away her…
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is scheduled to attend the oath-taking ceremony of President-elect of Iran Dr Masoud Pezeshkian on July 30 in Tehran. The swearing-in ceremony of Pezeshkian will be held on July 30, Iran’s state news agency IRNA said, quoting Mojtaba Yousefi, a member of the legislature’s presiding board as saying. Pezeshkian, a 69-year-old cardiac surgeon and a reformist, won a runoff presidential election earlier this month. Iran held presidential elections earlier than the scheduled time after the death of president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash in May this year. “The prime minister will attend the ceremony at the…
LAHORE: The Punjab Home Department on Thursday imposed a ban on organising public gatherings, rallies, sit-ins and protests under Section 144 amid “terrorism threat”. A notification was issued by the province’s home department in this regard, banning public events for three days from July 26 to 28. The order read that the ban was placed to maintain law and order and protection of citizens’ lives and properties. It added that any kind of public gathering could be a soft target of terrorists. The home department ordered the local authorities to ensure full implementation of the order. The provincial government had…
Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, extended her heartfelt wishes for success to Team GB during her visit to Paris ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, set to commence on July 26. The royal, who competed in eventing at the 1976 Montreal Games, met with British athletes, including diver Tom Daley and rower Helen Glover, named as joint flag bearers for the team’s representation. This visit marked Princess Anne’s first trip abroad since sustaining a concussion and minor head injury in a horse-related incident in June. As president of the British Olympic Association, she delivered a motivational speech and joined athletes for…
Ryan Reynolds has recently praised his co-star Hugh Jackman’s work ethic on the set of Deadpool & Wolverine. Speaking with PEOPLE, the Free Guy revealed he was “impressed” with Hugh’s performance while he reprised his X-Men role as Logan / Wolverine for Marvel’s movie. Ryan said, “I couldn’t believe what I saw with what you did physically for this movie.” Gushing over Hugh, the Green Lantern actor stated, “Not just the aesthetic transformation. That’s amazing. That’s incredible that anyone could do that.” “But just the sheer relentlessness that you dedicated yourself towards stunts and choreography,” he added. Ryan shared Hugh had not performed his famous superhero role since 2017…
Royal insiders have labelled Meghan Markle as insincere in connection with a notable 2017 TV interview, where the then-future Duchess of Sussex joined Mishal Husain and Prince Harry for a televised discussion marking her engagement. In the Sussexes’ Netflix series, she criticized the interview as resembling an “orchestrated reality show.” Meghan had said: “It was, you know, rehearsed… So we did the thing out with the press and then we went right inside, took the coat off, sat down and did the interview. So it was all in that same moment.” According to one royal source, she felt Husain “wasn’t…
