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KHANEWAL: Police and the district administration have pledged to continue relief and rescue operations in flood-hit areas, assuring displaced families that they will not be left unattended. District Police Officer (DPO) Ismail Kharrak and Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. Salma Suleman visited Fasal Shah and Mamdal Bund to review the ongoing operations. They were accompanied by ADC-R, SDPOs, SHOs, and other senior officers. During the visit, the officials inspected relief camps and tent villages and interacted with victims. DPO Kharrak said protecting the lives and property of citizens remains the top priority. “So far, more than 6,000 people have been moved…

LAYYAH: The Layyah district police have arrested 283 alleged criminals involved in illicit business of narcotics including 16 female drug-peddlers in August 2025 so far. A police spokesman said on Friday that over 304kg narcotics substances including hashish, heroin and others, valuing Rs 21.5 million, were recovered during the period. Moreover, police also dismantled distilleries and recovered relevant equipment

PESHAWAR: Upper Chitral police have made a major breakthrough in the Shehla Yaqoob murder case, arresting the prime suspect, Junaid son of Muhammad Hashim, following an extensive investigation. According to police, Shehla Yaqoob, a resident of Nishko, went missing from her home on August 14. Her father, Muhammad Yaqoob Shah, lodged a missing person’s report at Morkho Police Station. A week later, on August 21, suspicions of abduction emerged, prompting the registration of a case under Section 365-B of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC). Tragically, on August 24, Shehla’s body was recovered from a river near Ayun, Lower Chitral. The…

PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister, Ali Amin Khan Gandapur, has directed the provincial Health Department to strengthen monitoring mechanisms and ensure uninterrupted healthcare delivery across the province. He issued these instructions while chairing an important meeting to review the six-month performance of the department’s Independent Monitoring Unit (IMU). The meeting was attended by Advisor on Health, Ehtesham Ali, the Secretary Health, and senior departmental officials. The forum was briefed on the implementation of earlier decisions and the overall performance of the IMU. Officials informed the chief minister that during the last six months, IMU staff carried out 17,743 visits to healthcare…

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Friday disposed of petitions filed by Sunni Ittehad Council Chairman Hamid Raza, Rai Hassan Khan, Rai Murtaza Iqbal, Rai Haider Ali, and Rai Ansar Iqbal against their disqualification by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), directing them to approach the concerned high courts instead. The case was heard by a two-member bench comprising Justice Waqar Ahmad and Justice Muhammad Ijaz Khan. During the proceedings, the petitioners’ counsels, Additional Attorney General Sanaullah, Additional Secretary Law of the Election Commission, and other officials appeared before the court. The petitioners’ lawyers argued that their clients, elected…

Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson relationship update Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson’s relationship is very much the real deal, despite speculation suggesting otherwise. Sources close to the pair tell PEOPLE that their romance is not a publicity stunt, shutting down claims that their connection was manufactured to promote their new film The Naked Gun.“Everything between them has been genuine. Neither would ever take part in a publicity stunt. They have a great time. Neither of them needs the publicity,” a source close to the film explained.  Another insider added, “Their relationship isn’t just for show. They have a real connection. There’s…

The recent revelation by the Auditor General of Pakistan that 324 government officials embezzled over Rs37 million from the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) funds is a stark reminder of the systemic corruption eating away at the nation’s social safety net. According to AGP officials, BISP staff from Grade 1 to Grade 22, or literally every level of seniority and qualification, were involved in graft. BISP was designed to provide a lifeline to millions living in poverty, but has repeatedly been undermined by corruption and malfeasance at multiple levels. The Rs37 million graft is merely the tip of the iceberg.…

Serious education reforms are being pushed in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, but they reflect the scale of decay in the province’s schools. The government has chosen to replace the outdated annual examination system up to grade 8 with a two-semester model. Officials argue that this will reduce the burden on students, prevent months-long learning gaps and lighten schoolbags with smaller books. Yet, education experts note that the measure stems not from foresight but from necessity as majority of students are failing their middle school examinations, exposing the depth of the crisis. More significantly, the government is considering outsourcing and privatising thousands of public…

As a society, we are not too mindful of sanitary workers who are unfortunately treated as pariahs. But that is not the case in literal sense, as these marginalised, poor and ignored workers are one of the prime contributors in civic edifice, and their job is worth appreciating. A latest report by the National Commission of Human Rights (NCHR) has brought to the fore the discrimination, bias and neglect faced by sanitary workers across the country. Incidentally, most of them belong to the Christian community and are also a victim of apartheid when it comes to compartmentalising the community on…

Pakistan’s green spaces — particularly its forests and mountainous regions — are in a desperate struggle for survival. They face a double threat: an increasingly volatile climate and a ruthless timber mafia. Both forces, one natural and the other man-made, are devastating precious tree cover. While nature’s fury may be beyond human control, the human predators are not — yet those tasked with reining them in often act as their protectors. No surprise, then, that a well-entrenched nexus of vested interests — corrupt officials, their political patrons and greedy timber traders — has placed the fast-depleting forests of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa at the heart of what may…