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RAWALPINDI: The Sessions courts on Saturday sentenced four individuals to death and imposed fines totaling Rs2 million in connection with a brutal murder case took place in the limits of Jatli police station. Additionally, two suspects involved in drug smuggling were handed prison terms of 19 years. Additional District and Sessions Judge Gujar Khan, Abdullah Usman, at the Tehsil Court in Gujar Khan, presided over the case. The four convicts — Mohsin Ali, Ameer Hamza, Nadeem Akhtar, and Amjad Ali — were found guilty of killing Muhammad Irfan, the husband of the…

ISLAMABAD: The country’s major political parties have closed ranks in support of national security following what they described as unprovoked attacks by the Taliban regime and Pakistan’s befitting response, though their prescriptions range from forceful retaliation to restraint and dialogue. Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry on Friday warned that those responsible for unprovoked firing and attack would regret their actions. He vowed that Pakistan would respond decisively to protect its sovereignty and ensure public safety. “They will regret the day they carried out unprovoked firing and attack yesterday,”…

ISLAMABAD: Friendly nations and global leaders on Friday urged calm between Pakistan and Afghanistan following overnight border clashes and Pakistan’s punitive retaliatory action against Kabul that killed hundreds of Taliban operatives and destroyed their several check posts. Top diplomats from several countries took to social media urging restraint, dialogue and adherence to international law, while Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar reached out to his counterparts from key regional partners to brief them on the unfolding situation. Pakistan launched operation Ghazab Lil Haq soon after Taliban attacked Pakistani posts along the Pakistan-Afghanistan…

ISLAMABAD: The government has assured the nation that Pakistan holds ample crude and petroleum product stocks, and there is no cause for panic despite the emerging security situation in the Gulf region. The assurance came during a high-level meeting jointly chaired by Federal Minister for Petroleum Ali Pervaiz Malik and Federal Minister for Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb on Saturday. The meeting reviewed the country’s fuel supply position in the wake of the US-Iran war, which is going to affect regional shipping routes, particularly around the Strait of Hormuz. The session was…

ISLAMABAD: Opposition leaders on Saturday vehemently condemned the US-Israeli attack on Iran, warning that the strike could destabilise the entire region and endanger global peace. Addressing a joint press conference, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Allama Raja Nasir Abbas, former senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar, Tehreek Tahaffuz Ayeen Pakistan (TTAP) spokesperson Akhunzada Hussain Yousafzai and other leaders of Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen called on the government to adopt an immediate and unequivocal stance on the issue. Allama Raja Nasir Abbas said he had come to brief the nation on an extremely…