Pakistan’s Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar had a telephone conversation with EU High Representative Josep Borrell, welcoming positive developments in Pakistan-EU relations and discussing ways to deepen bilateral cooperation. The two leaders also exchanged views on recent regional and international developments, including the situation in Iran. According to the Foreign Office, the Foreign Minister reiterated the importance of sustained dialogue and engagement while both parties agreed to maintain close communication.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed solidarity with the families of the deceased, calling for better medical facilities for the injured. Karachi recorded a minimum temperature of 15°C, and the Sindh Chief Minister ordered an investigation into the fire safety arrangements in the building and strict enforcement of fire safety laws. Police said that several villages in Mir Ali have been cut off from the mainland due to the bridge collapse. Rescue workers said that the body of firefighter Farqan has been shifted to the trauma center.
A senior provincial minister said that government machinery has been working overnight to put out the fire, and the extent of the damage will be assessed after the fire is extinguished. The neighbor had asked for his daughter’s hand in marriage, but was refused, and he was later killed. The father of the victim is in Lahore, along with most of Punjab’s plains, which are shrouded in fog, causing several highways to be closed.
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s son, Junaid Safdar, married his bride, and a walima ceremony will be held at the Jati Umra farmhouse in Raiwind tomorrow. A police and forensic team collected evidence from the house and shifted the bodies to the mortuary for post-mortem, starting the hunt for the suspects. A three-story building with over 1,000 shops was completely gutted. In the Jourakalan area of Mianwali, a sister shot and killed her younger sister.
The Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Suhail Aftab, was stopped by municipal representatives near Haileyan, and Mahmood Khan Achakzai said that foreign policy should be made in parliament, and a conference should be held on the situation in the region. The National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) said that the crackdown on the organized group continues, and further arrests are expected, with the suspect being an advertiser and wanted in several cases.
An inquiry report by an SSP implicated a DSP. A three-story building with over 1,000 shops was completely gutted. Senior Provincial Minister said government machinery has been working overnight to put out the fire, and the extent of the damage will be assessed after the fire is extinguished. He added that Americans always lie to their people in the media, saying the Iranian government is oppressing its people. All vegetables have food compounds that affect human health in some way, and some vegetables have natural compounds that can help reduce the risk of cancer.
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz and Captain Retired Safdar’s son, Junaid Safdar, have tied the knot. Protesters have shown solidarity with Greenland and strongly condemned the threat made by US President Donald Trump to annex Greenland.
