On July 20, 2025, Pakistan’s security forces conducted a successful intelligence-based operation in Kalat district, Balochistan, neutralizing four terrorists associated with the group termed Fitna-tul-Hindustan by authorities. The operation, executed on July 19–20, targeted militants linked to attacks aimed at destabilizing the region. A significant cache of weapons, explosives, and a flag associated with the...
On July 20, 2025, Pakistan’s security forces, in collaboration with the Police, Levies, Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), and district administration, conducted a successful joint operation in Malakand district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, targeting militants associated with the group referred to as Fitna al-Khawarij, a term used by Pakistani authorities to describe the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The operation, which...
Pakistan’s Senate passed the Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2025, abolishing the death penalty for publicly stripping a woman and harboring hijackers, replacing it with life imprisonment or up to 25 years in prison. The bill, introduced by Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry, aligns with EU GSP+ trade requirements and ICCPR standards, aiming to...
On July 19, 2025, the District and Sessions Court in Islamabad issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur in a case involving the alleged recovery of liquor and illegal weapons from 2016. Judicial Magistrate Mubashir Hassan Chishti rejected Gandapur’s plea for exemption from personal appearance and ordered the police to...
The Karachi Water Corporation (KWC) is once again under scrutiny following allegations of serious irregularities in the issuance of subsoil water licenses. The corporation has suspended Engineer Muhammad Subhan Akhtar and issued a show-cause notice to Chief Security Officer Lieutenant Colonel (Retd.) M. Anjum Tauqeer Malik, signaling the start of a formal departmental inquiry. The...
The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has announced a strong crackdown on illegal, counterfeit, and non-Federal Excise Duty (FED) stamped cigarettes across Pakistan, issuing formal orders under Statutory Regulatory Order (SRO) 1279(I)/2025, effective immediately. The directive empowers provincial tax officials to seize illicit cigarettes and aims to curb tax evasion, boost government revenue, and protect...
Musa Maneka, son of former First Lady Bushra Bibi and her ex-husband Khawar Farid Maneka, has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after allegedly shooting a domestic worker at his family’s residence in Peer Ghani village, Pakpattan. According to the First Information Report (FIR) filed at Saddar Police Station under Section 324 of the...
Another incident of infrastructural collapse claimed the lives of two women, injuring three more in Karachi’s Lyari area, when the roofs of the fifth and sixth floors of a residential building in Khadda Market collapsed. The tragic incident, which occurred in the densely populated Baghdadi area, has raised fresh concerns about the safety of aging...
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif expressed profound grief over the tragic deaths of three innocent civilians in a terrorist attack on a passenger bus traveling from Karachi to Quetta in Balochistan’s Kalat district on Wednesday. Attributing the attack to “Fitna al-Hindustan” terrorists, Sharif vowed that those responsible for targeting unarmed citizens would pay a heavy...
An attack on a bus traveling from Karachi to Quetta claimed the lives of three individuals and left seven others injured in Balochistan’s Kalat district on Wednesday. The incident, which occurred in the Neemargh area, involved unidentified armed assailants opening fire on the moving bus, fueling concerns over security on key intercity routes. According to...