PM SHEHBA Z THANKS REGIONAL ALLIES AS PAKISTAN STEPS UP PUSH FOR US-IRAN PEACE TALKS
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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday called on President Asif Ali Zardari here at Aiwan-i-Sadr to deliberate on the country s overall national security situation and key challenges according to a statement issued by the President s Secretariat
The high-level meeting brought together senior civil and security leadership including Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar PPP Chairman Bilawal BhuttoZardari, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, National Security Adviser and ISI Director General Asim Malik among others
Participants held a detailed review of the evolving regional environment, particularly in light of ongoing Middle East tensions and their potential implications for Pakistan’s security and economic stability
The meeting followed closely on the heels of the recent quadrilateral ministerial meeting in Islamabad, where the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia Türkiye and Egypt explored pathways for an early and lasting
resolution to the regional conflict
The discussion also focused on domestic challenges including economic pressures energy security and internal stability with particular attention to the impact of global oil market volatility The leadership underscored the importance of maintaining preparedness and ensuring effective policy responses amid rapidly changing geopolitical conditions
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similar high-level consultation chaired by President Zardari which also included Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir, where officials reviewed economic and energy challenges, fuel conservation measures and public relief efforts amid rising global uncertainties
“The people of Iran are incredible people, very resourceful, very entrepreneurial,” he added But it s their regime that s been a problem And instead they ve chosen to spend the wealth of their country to support Hezbollah and Hamas and Shiite militias inside of Iraq and to try to destabilise Syria when [Bashar al-Assad] was
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Gwadar, Karachi and Port Qasim, along with border stations at Sost, Taftan and Gabd, have been enabled to process such cargo TIR consignments are being handled at ports as well as border crossings
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TH E decision by the Pakistan Cricket Board
(PCB) to fine star fast bowler Naseem Shah Rs
2 crores over a deleted tweet makes no sense
The facts of the case are simple The PCB posted a video of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz
visiting Gadaffi Stadium Lahore on the occasion of the beginning of the HBL PSL Naseem responded to the tweet by seemingly questioning the VIP protocol surrounding the visit The tweet was sarcastic, but it contained no foul language, no real insult, and was milquetoast fare as far as criticism goes
More importantly perhaps the tweet was deleted within minutes Naseem immediately clarified that his account had been hacked and the tweet was not made by him
Despite the clarification the PCB called Naseem up over it and swiftly delivered the fine The board of course, is relying on clauses in Naseem s central contract which bind him to a code of conduct
Was Naseem’s tweet in violation of his contract?
One could make a case But the question arises of why an apology was not enough? He disavowed the words fired his media manager, and has made another follow up post taking full responsibility for the action What more was needed?
In the history of a cricket team that has had players caught in spot fixing scandals intrigue indiscipline corruption and all manner of ill dealings, this is the highest ever fine exacted by the PCB on any player It is over nine words (35 characters without spaces, 43 with) that included no foul language or even outright political message It was a mild expression of dislike over a very public gesture
It is fair enough for the PCB to call him out on it The board is an employer and should care how its employees behave in public However, an apology was more than enough The heavyhanded decision betrays a pettiness that is unbecoming of a national institution
This is not the first time free speech and tweets have resulted in heavy crackdowns In the past the explanation has been that the tweets were against the national interest Is this is any way against the national interest or for that matter even against the interests of Pakistan Cricket?
One would do well to remember here that the extreme action indicates the board’s political inclinations more than anything else How can one forget that PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi also serves as Interior Minister in Maryam Nawaz s uncle s cabinet The PCB has perhaps gone too far in its rebuke of Naseem, and a review of this decision is well warranted
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Most impor tantly, as said by an exper t, we must realiz e now that ever y piece of land is not a plot Ver tical housing may be promoted to accommodate the people , and the population must be kept in balance . Is it not alarming that in 1998 PakistanÊs population was about 13 2 crore , and now it has grown to over 24 crores?
Tfact a persistent effort to label Pakistan as the global terrorist state of the 21 t century This is not incidental but a calculated recurring and even highly interwoven cinematic assault connected to the Kashmir issue Indian filmmakers reinforce Indian foreign policy by repeatedly depicting Pakistan as a funder of terrorism, which enables New Delhi to legitimize its policies in the occupied valley India focused on the absconding international criticism of its human-rights violations and socialized people within the country and has specifically focused on molding its public opinion to perceive Pakistan as an adversary and threat
The outcome is the intentional spread of hate that contaminates bilateral relations and hurts the image of Pakistan way outside South Asia Against a backdrop of the Himalayas where decades of suffering and struggle are hidden beneath the charm of the Kashmir Valley another war is unfolding on the silver screens of India In Bollywood, it has become a propaganda machine that is unrelenting as it pumps out film after film slandering Pakistan as the sponsor of terrorism with the Kashmir conflict twisted and deformed to extinguish Kashmiri hopes of self-rule It is not a faint piece of storytelling but a blood libel that is carefully constructed to establish Pakistan as a rogue nation However, in the midst of this onslaught of hatred, the indomitable nature of the Kashmiri nation comes through a silent, rebellious triumph of their entitlement to justice self-respect and freedom from the infidels occupation
The most recent example is Dhurandhar (2025) It has sparked outrage for depicting Karachi s Lyari as a hub of gangs and mafias that supply lethal weapons to ISI-sponsored jihadi groups This portrayal reflects a recurring trend in Bollywood’s spy-thriller genre Not surprisingly the film is Jio Studio s production owned by Mukesh Ambani who is a beneficiary of Modi s globetrotting Another instance is URI: The Surgical Strike (2019) It romanticizes Cross-LoC attacks in the aftermath of the Uri incident, which labels
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bitrary arrests The revenge missions in Pakistan depicted in Phantom (2015) as well as in other films such as Baby (2015), Naam Shabana (2017), and Raazi (2018), feature the ISI as the perennial villain, while Pakistanis are stereotyped as fanatics This misrepresentation is further outrageously heightened by Kashmir-specific movies Hyped by the Indian leadership For example The Kashmir Files (2022) highlights the 1990s Kashmiri Pandits exodus and depicts the Kashmiri Muslims as a uniform block of bloodthirsty barbarians, lusting after Hindu women, betraying their neighbors and committing atrocities without shades of grey It was denounced by critics across the world as Islamophobic propaganda which overemphasized events omitted Muslim suffering in the conflict, and provoked anti-Muslim hate, and theater audiences were shouting derogatory phrases An international jury head termed it as vulgar propaganda and charged it with inciting communal violence As of Article 370 (2024) it glorified the 2019 repeal of the special status of Kashmir as a heroic victory portraying the region as anarchic when it had autonomy and peaceful when it had been abrogated, despite actual consequences such as communication blockages, mass arrests and unrest It holds Kashmiri politicians in derision as corrupt militants in derision as Pakistani puppets and stone-pelters in derision as paid The critics termed it a thinly disguised piece of propaganda in favor of the ruling party Although even earlier movies, such as Haider (2014), a Hamlet adaptation set in the 1990s insurgency, provide some sort of nuance they all still set the conflict within an Indian context and silenced Kashmiri voices
The older ones such as Mission Kashmir (2000) and Roja (1992) set the atmosphere in which the landscape is idealized and militancy is depicted as alien Indian films summon Pulwama, Uri, or fantasy infiltrations to present Kashmiris as not a nation that needs freedom but as misled chess pieces or terrorists Ignoring the fact of documented human-rights violations and the UN-
sanctioned self-determination According to the recorded data Pakistan has lost an estimated 80 000 human lives in the war against terrorism and crippling militant cells The ideological irony is unbelievable: India boasts that it is victimized, but it was spreading divisions with the help of blockbusters, justifying crackdowns in Kashmir and isolating Pakistan The foreign and cultural repercussion is also harsh Following the Uri and Pulwama attacks India banned Pakistani artists from working in the Bollywood industry effectively terminating a short phase of peopleto-people interaction in the form of cinema and music Pakistan reacted by banning Indian films There has been a consistent withdrawal from cricket series between the two countries trade between them has stagnated and channels of dialogue have been forced to freeze Within such a setting movies that depict the entire Pakistani nation as devils are worrisome, for that will only ignite hatred and violence Therefore, the international community must realize why only one of the two Asian rivals feels the need to spread hate speech against the other produce propaganda films and use anti-Pakistan slogans to win elections while the other shows restraint As long as Indian cinema continues to perpetuate this unhealthy trend, it will remain complicit in fostering cross-border hostility Most importantly, entertainment should serve as a bridge between societies not as a vehicle for cultural hatred or the promotion of communal violence
The writer ia a Research Fellow at the Balochistan Think Tank Network (BTTN), Quetta
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organised and are free to attend why the Lahooti Melo is an exception in terms of charging an entry fee The official grant of Rs14 million for the event should not be underestimated especially considering the dire circum-stances faced by people across the province Organising a festival with an admission fee using public funds seems unfair and incomprehensible It should be conducted free of charge, similar to other festivals DR
Healing hear ts first
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When justice dies, nations fall
HProphet Muhammad s mission in Mecca began in a society structured around inequality Tribal elites monopolized wealth and power the poor women and slaves had little recourse His earliest message challenged not only idolatry but also exploitation The Quran condemned hoarding wealth, cheating in trade, and devouring the property of orphans The transformation in Medina was not simply spiritual, it was constitutional The Charter of Medina established mutual obligations among diverse tribes and religious communities recognizing Jews and Muslims as part of one political community with shared rights and responsibilities Justice was institutionalized, not left to rhetoric The first four caliphs, often referred to as the Rightly Guided treated justice as the cornerstone of governance Umar ibn alKhattab famously declared that even if a mule stumbled on the road in Iraq he feared being held accountable before God for neglecting it Whether apocryphal or not, the story captures an ethos, rulers are custodians, not owners, of power During his rule, public accountability was rigorous governors were audited and complaints against officials were heard directly Yet Islamic history also illustrates the inverse, when justice erodes, decline follows The later Umayyad Caliphate achieved vast territorial expansion, but internal grievances particularly perceptions of ethnic and fiscal discrimination undermined its legitimacy The revolution that brought the Abbasid Caliphate to power was fueled as much by a call for justice as by political ambition Over time, however, segments of Abbasid rule also succumbed to courtly excess, factionalism, and administrative corruption Military and economic pressures mattered but moral and institutional decay hollowed out resilience long before the Mongols arrived in 1258
Consider Almohad Caliphate rule in North Africa and Spain What began as a reform movement emphasizing doctrinal purity and moral renewal gradually hardened into
he Quran speaks of a balance set by God so that humanity „does not transgress within the balance‰ (55:8) When human beings violate moral balance through exploitation, corruption, or tyranny the consequences are not arbitrary punishments but the restoration of equilibrium.
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Perceived failures are far more likely when political leaders manipulate, ignore or even revise intelligence findings for their own purposes. Donald Trump administration appears to be playing politics with intelligence
IN T E L L I G E N C E agencies are often blamed when the use of military force has an unexpected or negative outcome
Pundits often argue leaders end up in difficult situations because they are not fully informed, or intelligence agencies got it wrong Of course analysis is sometimes wrong Intelligence failures do happen and can lead to bad decisions and disastrous outcomes When intelligence agencies fail, as they did before 9/11, the price is steep But, more often than not, intelligence analysis is very good
Perceived failures are far more likely when political leaders manipulate ignore or even revise intelligence findings for their own purposes The Donald Trump administration appears to be playing politics with intelligence regarding the ongoing United States-Israel war in Iran Tulsi Gabbard, the current director of national intelligence, told US congress last week that the judgment of whether Iran posed an imminent threat belonged to the president This statement exposes how intelligence was politicized and various agencies ignored in the lead-up to the conflict
Modern intelligence agencies resulted from difficult experiences; the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), for example, was only established in 1947 six years after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor The U S had sufficient information to foresee the attack but the institutions of the time and the interpretations of political leaders failed to put a complete picture together
Dramatized spycraft makes for great entertainment But the more important work of intelligence agencies is painstakingly collecting and assessing bits and pieces of information of various kinds
Experiences like Pearl Harbor resulted in practices that guard against individual interpretation, force analysts to consider alternatives and subject assumptions to the critical eye of experts It’s a massive undertaking: between 100 000 and 120 000 people now work in the US intelligence community
THE IMPORTANCE OF AUTONOMY: Intelligence agencies, by the nature of what they examine, often have incomplete data They must
rigidity and persecution Social cohesion fractured and intellectual vibrancy waned The lesson recurs, injustice whether economic, political, or intellectual stifles vitality
This pattern is not unique to Muslim societies The Quran presents it as a universal law Pharaoh s Egypt is condemned not for disbelief alone but for oppression Power without justice breeds revolt or implosion Even modern secular analysis echoes this principle, inequality and institutional corruption correlate strongly with instability When citizens lose faith that the system is fair they disengage or they rebel Islamic jurisprudence developed elaborate mechanisms to curb injustice independent judges (qadis), charitable endowments (awqaf) to protect social welfare, and market inspectors (muhtasibs) to ensure fair trade These were imperfect but they reflected a worldview in which justice was structural not ornamental The classical scholar Ibn Taymiyyah observed that God upholds a just state even if it is unbelieving, but does not uphold an unjust state even if it is believing The statement underscores a radical idea, justice is a universal moral law embedded in creation
Which brings us to the notion that “nature ensures balance In Islamic cosmology the universe is created in equilibrium Mizan The Quran speaks of a balance set by God so that humanity does not transgress within the balance (55:8) When human beings violate moral balance through exploitation corruption or tyranny the consequences are not arbitrary punishments but the restoration of equilibrium
Environmental degradation offers a contemporary example, reckless extraction and consumption destabilize climate and ecosystems, and the resulting crises force correction Moral imbalance likewise triggers social correction whether gradual reform or abrupt upheaval
One may debate whether the central theme of the Quran apart from divine oneness, is the eradication of injustice Yet it is
undeniable that the Quran persistently pairs faith with justice Belief is not a private sentiment but a public ethic Ritual without righteousness is hollow The Quran castigates those who pray yet neglect the orphan and fail to feed the poor (107:1–7) The early Muslim community was defined as one that enjoins what is right and forbids what is wrong” (3:110), a mandate for moral vigilance in public life
Today many Muslim-majority societies wrestle with corruption authoritarianism and widening inequality Invoking Islamic identity without embodying Islamic justice rings hollow The Quranic warning remains, injustice invites decline But the Quran also offers hope, reform is always possible “In-
The Quran repeatedly links injustice with societal destruction. The stories of earlier societies such as those of Pharaoh or the people of ÂAd and Thamud are not merely moral fables, they are political warnings. Tyranny, exploitation, and arrogance invite downfall „And your Lord would not destroy a people unjustly while they were reformers‰ (11:117). Reform both moral and social is por trayed as the antidote to collapse
deed, God does not change the condition of a people until they change what is within themselves” (13:11) Accountability transparency and compassion are not Western imports they are Quranic imperatives The lesson extends beyond the Muslim world Injustice whether manifested as systemic racism, economic exclusion, or political repression erodes the moral capital of any society Prosperity built on inequity is fragile Military might cannot indefinitely suppress moral imbalance In the end Islam s message is starkly re-
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Sis replete with examples of political interference in intelligence assessment to their own country’s detriment The greatest American strategic folly of the 21st century the invasion of Iraq was abetted by the George W Bush administration s misrepresentation of CIA assessments that did not further the goal of invading Iraq In the lead-up to the Iraq invasion, Bush and his inner circle reportedly “cherry-picked” intelligence assessments to justify their case for war leading them to fall victim to a form of bias known as groupthink The Iraq invasion has had long-lasting consequences it still compromises America s geostrategic position in the Middle East and globally The invasion in fact helped bolster the regional strength of the current US adversary Iran
FAILURE TO LEARN FROM THE PAST:
It seems the Trump administration has learned no lessons from the Iraq debacle In her congressional testimony, Gabbard avoided the topic of whether intelligence agencies agreed that Iran posed an imminent threat to the US Given that Gabbard was under oath her evasion suggests the White House interpreted information differently or dismissed intelligence reports Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, recently resigned in protest over the decision to attack Iran Kent regardless of his own problematic past noted in his resignation letter that Trump chose to ignore intelligence briefings that Iran did not pose an imminent threat and instead relied on an inner circle of supporters to justify his decision to wage war The problems emerging from Trump’s attack on Iran are both grave and predictable Not only has the US failed to bring about regime change ostensibly one of the reasons to attack but the government now in charge in Iran is even more radical than the one it s replaced While Trump is trying to frame his decision to attack Iran as a victory it is likely to be anything but not only America’s strategic position in the Middle East but for the intelligence community and global security
James Horncastle is assistant professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney professor in international relations Simon Fraser University and Jack Adam MacLennan is associate professor of international relations and national security studies and graduate program director for national security studies Park University
I N C E the start of the US-Israeli war on February 28, Iranian authorities have presented a consistent narrative: that a vast network of foreign intelligence operations has been uncovered and disrupted Iranian state and pro-Iranian outlets have reported waves of arrests across multiple provinces often linking detainees to Mossad the CIA or affiliated networks In some cases, these arrests culminated in executions, including individuals accused of planning armed attacks in Tehran using improvised launch systems This pattern has not gone entirely unnoticed outside Iranian media Israeli and international reporting have acknowledged Iran s public claims of large-scale arrests tied to foreign intelligence networks often treating them with skepticism Iranian officials are not merely reacting to wartime paranoia; they are framing an ongoing intelligence confrontation that predates the current war but has intensified dramatically since it began This distinction matters If even a portion of these arrests reflects real networks then the depth of foreign intelligence penetration in Iran was likely far greater than publicly acknowledged and its exposure now signals a serious breach in operational secrecy DID MOSSAD’S STRATEGY IN IRAN COLLAPSE BEFORE IT BEGAN? One of the clearest indications of strategic failure emerges from Israeli reporting itself Investigations published in Israeli media describe a long-developed plan reportedly involving Mossad coordination to trigger internal unrest in Iran through a Kurdish-led incursion from Iraq The concept was straightforward: combine external military pressure with internal fragmentation, pushing Iran toward systemic instability But the plan did not fail on the battlefield It failed before it could begin The Times of Israel reported on March 29 that the plan was abandoned after leaks regional opposition and hesitation among Kurdish factions ultimately deemed too dangerous to proceed Even more revealing, the same report cited Israeli officials describing the plan as imaginary and full of holes, despite being presented politically as a near-guaranteed pathway to destabilization
This is a critical point: the collapse was not simply the result of external resistance but of flawed internal assessment Leaks to international media stripped the operation of surprise Iran responded by reinforcing defenses increasing pressure on Kurdish groups, and mobilizing diplomatic opposition The entire framework unraveled before implementation IS THERE EVIDENCE OF BREACHES TARGETING ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE FIGURES? Parallel to the reported failures on the ground cyber incidents have raised new questions about the resilience of Israeli intelligence systems Haaretz reported on March 30 that the Iran-linked hacking group Handala published material taken from the personal Gmail account of former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo, describing it as part of a broader campaign targeting Israeli security figures The report noted that the group claimed the material exposed sensitive intelligence-related content including alleged operational details Still the breach itself is significant The exposure whether limited or substantial of communications linked to a former Mossad director signals a shift in the intelligence landscape, where Israeli figures are no longer only operators in the shadows but increasingly targets of exposure Israeli reporting has also linked the same
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DO IRAN S RETALIATORY STRIKES REVEAL SOMETHING MORE? Beyond intelligence and covert operations the battlefield itself is offering clues Iran s retaliatory missile strikes have repeatedly targeted sensitive areas in Israel, including zones linked to strategic and industrial infrastructure Because Israeli authorities have restricted reporting on impact sites the full extent and exact nature of many
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ing its position, he said The foreign minister added, Iran has been clear about its position from the beginning and we know very well what the framework is that we are considering The material conveyed to us has been excessive and unreasonable requests The meetings that Pakistan has are a framework that they established themselves and we did not participate in It is good for the countries of the region to be concerned about ending the war but they should be careful about which side started the war Baghaei went on Iran Stands defiant Baghaei said Tehran had received
messages via intermediaries indicating Washington s willingness to negotiate This followed a meeting of the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey in Islamabad on Sunday to discuss mediation efforts But Baghaei criticising the US proposals told a press conference on Monday: Our position is clear We are under military aggression Therefore, all our
Heavy rain, floods kill 22 people in Afghanistan
ern provinces of the war-shattered South Asian nation, including Parwan, Maidan Wardak, Daykundi and Logar, where torrential rain triggered flash floods and caused houses to collapse in rural and mountainous regions the authority said Conditions remained unstable" in parts of the country on
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Randhawa urges Qatari investors for promotion of hospitalit y industr y in Federal Capital
A meeting was held on Monday via Zoom at the CDA Headquarters between the Chairman of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Chief Commissioner of Islamabad Muhammad Ali Randhawa and Qatari investors regarding the promotion of the hospitality industry in the Federal Capital Islamabad The meeting was attended by CDA Board Members including Member Admin and Estate Talat Mehmood, Member Finance Tahir Naeem, Member Planning and Design Dr Khalid Hafiz Member Engineering Syed Nafasat Raza Member Environment Esfandyar Baloch along with other senior officers The meeting discussed potential cooperation and investment opportunities in the hospitality sector within the Federal Capital, Islamabad The participants were apprised of the investment opportunities in the hospitality industry and various hotel projects in Islamabad Chairman CDA and Chief Commissioner Islamabad Muhammad Ali Randhawa said that there are excellent opportunities for investors in the hospitality industry, particularly regarding the construction of five-star hotels, in the Federal Capital He added that in this regard Islamabad as a capital holds the status of a regional diplomatic and tourism hub During the briefing it was informed that the current number of five-star hotels in the Federal Capital is insufficient to meet the city s growing demands
Consumers Association of Pakistan organizes 5th Women Dignit y Award 2026
t The 5th Women Dignity Award 2026, organized by the Consumers Association of Pakistan was successfully held today at Ramada Creek Hotel Karachi The ceremony was graced by the Provincial Minister for Women Development Ms Shaheena Sheer Ali, as the Chief Guest, while Deputy Mayor Karachi, Salman Abdullah Murad, attended as Guest of Honor Chairman Cable Operators Association, Khalid Arain, was also present as a Guest of Honor In her address Ms Shaheena Sheer Ali emphasized that women are the backbone of any progressive society and highlighted the Government of Sindh s commitment to women empowerment, protection of their rights, and provision of equal opportunities She appreciated the initiative of the Women Dignity Awards, stating that such platforms play a vital role in recognizing and encouraging women’s contributions Renowned industrialist and social leader Dr Mirza Ikhtiar Baig in his speech stated that Pakistani women are excelling in every field, and such awards are a recognition of their dedication and capabilities He further stressed that economic empowerment of women is essential for sustainable national development Chairman Consumers Association of Pakistan Mr Kaukab Iqbal and Acting Chairperson Women Wing Ms Marium Hina stated that the purpose of the event is to acknowledge and honor outstanding women from across the country for their remarkable contributions
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assets were also neutralised during the exchange The confrontation marked one of the most serious escalations in recent years between the two countries and raised alarm in the international community over the risk of a broader conflict Diplomatic efforts eventually led to a ceasefire agreement on May 10, brokered by the
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A prominent businessman Amir Awan was shot dead in a brutal firing incident at a farmhouse in Islamabad s Margalla Town area, police said on Monday The unidentified assailants managed to escape from the scene prompting authorities to widen the scope of the investigation
According to police the incident occurred within the jurisdiction of Shahzad Town police station Initial reports suggested the shooting took place during an alleged robbery However in a surprising development the attackers did not take any major valuables from the house, raising questions about the
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true motive behind the crime Police and forensic teams reached the site shortly after the incident and collected evidence from the crime scene CCTV footage from nearby areas has also been obtained to help identify the suspects An FIR has been registered on the complaint of the victim s wife According to the report, two armed men held security guards hostage before entering the house and reaching Awan’s room, while three accomplices remained in the courtyard The suspects snatched weapons mobile phones and cash from the guards but did not steal any significant valuables from inside the house Law enforcement agencies have launched a search operation to apprehend the suspects while investigators are also examining the possibility of personal enmity and
motives Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry has taken notice of the incident stating that although overall crime in Islamabad has declined a thorough investigation will be conducted and facts will be brought to light He added that similar blind murder cases in the past have been resolved and progress in this case is expected soon The incident has once again raised concerns over security in the federal capital with citizens expressing
partner institutions in Canada, analysed health data from more than 85,000 mothers and infants across Pakistan Women exposed to higher temperatures during pregnancy
