PAKISTAN BREAKING NEWS

LAHORE: Lahore High Court’s (LHC) Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani resigned on Wednesday, citing personal reasons, including health concerns following a recent surgery, and “reasons of conscience”. In his resignation letter to the president of Pakistan, a copy of which is available with Dawn , Justice…

Nine Indian-sponsored terrorists were killed in two separate intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in Balochistan’s Kachhi and Wadh districts, the military’s media wing said on Wednesday. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that on October 26, security forces conducted…

LAHORE: Lahore was ranked the world’s most polluted major city on Wednesday morning as smog thickened over the city with the onset of colder weather. In the past few years, air pollution has become one of the most pressing public health and environmental crises facing Pakistan. Various cities of…

President Donald Trump may be facing a political pounding at the US midterm elections next month — but in Europe expectations are low that a big Democrat win would change much. From the battlefields of Ukraine to the boardrooms of Europe, Trump has sent multiple shockwaves across the continent…

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi condemned on Wednesday the latest instance of firing from across the Afghan border in Lower South Waziristan, asserting that Pakistan would “never tolerate” attacks on its people or violations of its sovereignty. The incident took place on Tuesday…

Ferocious winds and torrential rain lashed India’s southeastern coast after a cyclone made landfall on Wednesday, but there were no initial reports of deaths, a top official said. Cyclone Arnab hit southeastern Andhra Pradesh state as a “very severe cyclonic storm”, with winds of 115-125 kilometres…

GWADAR: A massive pod of more than 500 dolphins was spotted near a fishing boat in the coastal waters off Gwadar. Marine experts and environmentalists have described the sighting of such a large group of dolphins as a positive indicator of abundant marine life, rich food sources and a healthy ocean…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and rival Gadi Eisenkot each vowed on Wednesday to form a government after both came up short in the first election since the events of October 7, 2023. Voters turned out Tuesday in the highest numbers in decades to give their verdict on the divisive rule…

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has held that an offer to settle a civil dispute through a “special oath” on the Holy Quran, coupled with a condition of divorce if the oath is false, is not a lawful offer. Justice Anwaar Hussain issued the ruling allowing a civil revision filed by Muhammad Azam Khan…

The US military has spent over $47 billion so far to prosecute the war in Iran , more than 25 per cent higher than the Defense Department’s estimate in July, according to Pentagon data obtained by Reuters . The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment on its estimate, which has…

PAKISTAN has had three constitutions. Two given to it by its people in 1956 and 1973. One promulgated by a field marshal in 1962. The 1973 Constitution was adopted by the people through their representatives in the constituent assembly. Article 1 states that Pakistan shall be a federal republic.…

HELD amid the threat of a renewed US-Israeli attack on Iran and escalating conflict in the Arabian Peninsula, the meeting between Iranian leaders and members of the Makkah Defence Alliance was deeply significant — though it remained unclear whether the talks had produced any major breakthrough. The…

THE fact that high officials from the Makkah defence pact partner states — Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye — were in Tehran on Monday made global headlines, and with good reason. At a time when the clouds of war are once again hovering over the Gulf, the meeting sent a strong message that…

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Functio­nal Committee on Human Rights on Tuesday expressed concern over delays in compensation to families of Pakistani seafarers affected by a hostage-taking incident off Somalia. The committee, chaired by Senator Samina Mumtaz Zehri, also discussed cybercrime,…

GUWAHATI: India has deployed hundreds of additional security personnel in its remote northeast, authorities said on Tuesday, after youth protesters clashed with police last week over a plan to build a mega-dam to counter a Chinese hydropower project upstream. Protests in Arunachal Pradesh’s Siang…

WASHINGTON: Pakistan has warned that the situation surrounding Iran’s nuclear programme has sharply deteriorated, urging all sides to exercise restraint and resolve the dispute through diplomacy amid continued hostilities and divisions within the UN Security Council. Speaking at a council briefing…

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Tuesday said prisoners from Islamabad will be shifted to the new model jail in the capital which is awaiting inauguration by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Talking to media at the newly-built Islamabad Model Jail at H-16, Mr Naqvi, accompanied by State…

LAHORE: Additional District & Sessions Judge (AD&SJ) Rafaqat Ali Gondal on Tuesday recused himself from hearing the bail application of Ahmed Tanveer, a key suspect, in the rape case of an Azeri woman, and referred the matter to the Lahore High Court for further proceedings. Earlier, Advocate…

ISLAMABAD: A majority of PTI lawmakers on Tuesday opposed further efforts to negotiate with the powers that be, arguing that the latter had already secured what they wanted, and that pursuing further talks would “only show weakness”. Several members also expressed dissatisfaction with the party…

ISLAMABAD: Power Minister Awais Leghari told the Senate on Tuesday that the government has decided to scrap the electricity slab system that punishes consumers for crossing the 200-unit threshold even by one unit, and to provide targeted subsidy only to those deserving. Under the current mechanism,…

ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court’s (SC) Justice Ayesha Malik on Tuesday challenged victim-blaming assumptions that suggested that women ‘invite’ rape and called for such attitudes to be re-examined. The judge was addressing participants at the launch of a bench book on the adjudication of rape cases for…

Pakistan fuel prices, 2026 Official ex-depot prices (PKR/litre) — OGRA & Ministry of Energy notifications Petrol (MS-92) Diesel (HSD) Pre-crisis baseline Source: OGRA / Ministry of Energy (Petroleum Division); Dawn.com · .fpw-root { --fpw-navy: #0a2240; --fpw-red: #b5341a; --fpw-grey:…

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva turned 81 on Tuesday, promising to work “24 hours a day” following his historic re-election for a fourth term. Lula won Sunday’s runoff against Flavio Bolsonaro with 51.8 per cent of the vote to the right-wing senator’s 48.2pc. He is one of the world’s…

The government and Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) on Tuesday decided to form a joint committee to recommend proposals for expanding the ongoing fuel relief scheme , while JI warned of marching to Islamabad next month if no relief “package” was announced by then. The decision was made during a high-level…