A woman was killed and two others were critically injured after a veranda roof collapsed in a dilapidated house in Kot Addu, according to Rescue 1122 officials. Authorities are investigating the incident. MULTAN: A woman was killed and two others were critically injured when the roof of a veranda in a rundown house collapsed in […]

A fire broke out in a mosque inside a commercial plaza in Lahore’s Shah Alam area, rescue officials said. Firefighters contained the blaze in time and prevented it from spreading to the rest of the building. LAHORE: A fire broke out in a mosque set up inside a commercial plaza in the Bara Market area […]

A man has been arrested after his wife and three children were found dead in Fatah Pur near Mailsi, police said. Officials said initial findings point to a domestic dispute, while the victim’s father alleged a history of abuse. Mailsi: A man was taken into custody after his wife and three young children were found […]

Security forces killed nine terrorists as they repulsed an attack on an army camp in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district, official sources said on Friday. Four security personnel were also martyred during the engagement, they added. The sources said terrorists from Fitna-al-Khawarij — the state-designated term for the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) — attacked the camp with explosives […]

A woman employee was shot dead inside a NADRA office in Gujrat on Monday after her husband allegedly opened fire during an argument and then died by suicide, police said. An FIR filed on the complaint of the couple’s son says they had faced domestic disputes for eight to ten years. GUJRAT: A woman employee […]

Karachi recorded 398 complaints involving domestic violence, harassment, abuse and related offences against women and minors from January to April, according to the Police Women and Child Protection Cell. The report shows domestic violence was the most reported category. KARACHI: Karachi recorded 398 complaints involving domestic violence, harassment, abuse and related offences against women and […]

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi says he is personally monitoring progress in the Maulana Muhammad Idrees murder case and has ordered authorities to arrest the killers. He made the remarks during a visit to Charsadda for the cleric’s Fatiha. CHARSADDA: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi on Thursday voiced serious concern over the law […]

A police constable was abducted and later killed in Bajaur’s Barang tehsil, officials said. Police said the victim was tortured, a case has been registered, and an investigation is under way. BAJAUR: A police constable was abducted and later killed by unidentified armed men in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district, officials said on Friday. Officials said […]

The inquiry report into the Hattar Industrial Estate blast has been sent to the KP chief secretary but has not yet been made public. Political leaders have called for compensation, accountability and disclosure of the findings. HARIPUR: The fact-finding report into the Hattar Industrial Estate explosion has still not been released publicly, although it has […]

MANDI BAHAUDDIN: Police in Punjab’s Hafizabad district said on Saturday they have arrested one of the suspects for the alleged rape and kidnapping of a 13-year-old girl. The arrested suspect was named in a first information report (FIR) registered by the Jalalpur Bhattian police on April 30 on the complaint of the victim’s mother. The […]