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Israelis and Palestinians end a dark year on Sunday, with no end in sight to the deadliest military offensive on Gaza. There has been no respite from Israel’s air raids, artillery fire or ground fighting with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, to the despair of Palestinians surviving the onslaught. “We were hoping that 2024 would arrive under better auspices and that we would be able to celebrate the new year at home with our families,” said Mahmoud Abou Shahma in a camp for displaced people in Rafah, on the Egyptian border. “We hope that the war will end and that we will be able to return to our homes and live in peace”, said the 33-year-old from Khan Yunis, an epicentre of the conflict in the south of Gaza. Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry says the Israeli military campaign has killed at least 21,672 people, mostly women and children — by far the heaviest death toll of any Israeli operation. On Sunday the ministry reported numerous deaths in overnight strikes on central Gaza’s Zawayda an...

KARACHI: The district administration has imposed section 144 in Karachi division on the eve of New Year, ARY News reported on Saturday. According to the notification issued by the Karachi commissioner, section 144 will remain in force from Saturday (today) evening to January 1st, 2024. The notification said that aerial firing will be banned in the metropolis while strict action will be taken against the violators. Meanwhile, the Karachi traffic police have finalized a strategy to deal with drunk drivers on New year’s eve in the port city. According to DIG traffic Iqbal Dara, the police have formed separate teams to launch crackdown against drunk drivers. The police have acquired breathalysers to check alcoholism in suspicious drivers amid a growing number of such cases which have led to many fatal road accidents in Karachi, he said. He further said that case would be registered against drunk drivers and their cars would be seized. Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on...

Days after the second wedding of her ex-husband Arbaaz Khan, Bollywood actor-dancer Malaika Arora also spills her remarriage plans, hinting at a breakup from beau Arjun Kapoor. Watch ARY News live on  live.arynews.tv In a recently dropped teaser of an upcoming episode of the Indian dance reality show, on which Malaika Arora is part of the judges’ panel, she answered a few questions regarding her marriage plans in the year 2024, fuelling the breakup rumours with actor Arjun Kapoor. When asked by fellow judge and filmmaker Farah Khan, “In 2024, will you go from being a single parent cum actress to double parent cum actress?” seemingly confused Arora questioned “Should I take someone in my lap again? Was this mean?” to which host Gauahar Khan joined in to explain, “This means, are you going to get married?” Revealing her future plans, she replied, “If there is someone then 100 per cent I will get married.”   View this post on Instagram ...

Actor Madiha Imam credited luck and fate in shaping her Bollywood career as she recalled being offered ‘Dear Maya’ from India while making breakfast. Watch ARY News live on  live.arynews.tv In an interview with a digital magazine, actor Madiha Imam, who played a pivotal role in the Bollywood title ‘Dear Maya’ opposite Manisha Koirala, recalled how she got the film out of nowhere, without any agent or publicist in India. She said, “I remember I was making breakfast for my father and I got a call from somebody saying ‘I’m calling from India and we would like to speak to you regarding a film’. I thought it was a prank call so I hung up.” “I was like ‘What nonsense’ and continued making eggs for myself,” she quipped. Imam continued, “Then she called again and said ‘My name is Sunaina Bhatnagar and I used to associate with Imtiaz Ali on big films like Rockstar . I am making my first movie,’ so it was then that I got a sense and asked her if it was a Bollywood movie and she said ...

Mbongeni Ngema, writer of the acclaimed musical ‘Sarafina’ about student riots in apartheid Soweto, was killed in a car crash on Wednesday at the age of 68, his family announced. Watch ARY News live on  live.arynews.tv Ngema died just as the 1992 movie, developed with legendary jazz musician Hugh Masekela, was making a return with a screening at this year’s Cannes Film Festival classic section and a streaming release. “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the sudden passing of our beloved brother, father, husband and a patriot, Mbongeni Ngema,” the family said in a statement. “Ngema was killed in a head-on car accident whilst returning from attending a funeral,” in Eastern Cape province, the statement added. He was a passenger in the vehicle. ‘Sarafina’ made Ngema a pan-African music star. A stage version had earlier played on New York’s Broadway for two years. It was nominated for Tony and Grammy awards. The film starred Leleti Khumalo, who had been in the stage versi...

Bollywood starlet Tripti Dimri is reportedly set to romance Kartik Aaryan in the next film of the romance franchise, ‘Aashiqui 3’ . Watch ARY News live on  live.arynews.tv As reported exclusively by an Indian entertainment outlet, the makers of the ‘Aashiqui’ franchise have finally locked in the female lead opposite Aaryan for the third film of the series. After much back and forth and speculations of several young stars making the cut to be the next ‘Aashiqui’ girl, the latest reports suggest that the newest internet crush, Tripti Dimri, is the one to romance the ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2’ star, as confirmed by the source close to the production. “Triptii has been the talk of the town following the historic success of Animal  and the makers feel that she would set the screen on fire with Kartik Aaryan,” spilt the insider. “The conversations have been on for quite some time and the makers have now locked her as the female lead.” For the unversed, the third film in the blockb...

A-list actor Ayeza Khan penned a moving tribute to her ‘Jaan-e-Jahan’ co-star, TV veteran Asif Raza Mir, with a BTS picture from the set. Watch ARY News live on  live.arynews.tv Following the airing of ‘Jaan-e-Jahan’ episode 2 over the weekend, where Murad Shah [Asif Raza Mir] breathed his last, Ayeza Khan aka lead protagonist Mahnoor of the drama serial, posted a behind-the-scenes picture with the veteran artist on her Instagram handle, alongwith a warm tribute, crediting him for his special part in shaping her career as an actor. “I want to share something special with you all,” she began. Khan continued, “In this picture i am sitting next to someone who not only believes in Mahnoor but has been a real Sunshine in Ayeza’s career as well.”   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Ayeza Khan (@ayezakhan.ak) “During our Tvc shoot, he asked my mom, ‘This chatterbox can do wonders in acting if you allow her’, and he ke...

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WASHINGTON: A joint US-Canadian military monitoring agency continued this year its decades-long Christmas tradition of tracking Santa’s whereabouts, helping children around the globe find out when his reindeer-powered, present-filled sleigh would be coming to town. A 3-D, interactive website at www.noradsanta.org showed Santa Claus and his reindeer on their imagined worldwide delivery route, allowing users to click and learn more about the various cities along the way. The Santa tracker presented by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) dates to 1955, when a Colorado newspaper advertisement printed a phone number to connect children with Santa but mistakenly directed them to the hotline for the military nerve center. To avoid disappointing the little ones, NORAD’s director of operations at the time, Colonel Harry Shoup, ordered his staff to check the radar to see where Old Saint Nick might be and update the children on his location. When not spreading holiday cheer,...

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LAHORE: Most Punjab areas including Lahore are facing gas shortage after a drop in mercury, ARY News reported, quoting Sui Northern Gas Company sources.  Sources within Sui Northern Gas Company (SNGC), residents in the majority of Punjab areas including Lahore are facing gas shortage at the three fixed times (breakfast, lunch and dinner) due to an increased gap in demand and supply after an increase in coldness. The demand for gas is 2100 million cubic feet, while the supply is about 1200 million cubit feet. Read more: SNGC slaps additional fixed charges on consumers Earlier this week, Sui Northern Gas Company (SNGC) added fix charges to the November bills of the consumers after approval from the caretaker government. According to officials, protected consumers using 0.9 hectometer gas will pay Rs400 as fixed monthly charges, while non-protected users consuming up to 1.5 hecta meters will be charged an additional Rs1,000 in their bills. Officials say consumers whose usage o...

ISLAMABAD: The judicial magistrate on Saturday approved the bail of the arrested Baloch protestors – marching for the release of Baloch ‘missing persons’ in the federal capital, ARY News reported. According to the details, the judicial magistrate judge Murid Abbas approved the bail of 162 arrested Baloch protestors and directed them to submit a surety bond of Rs 5000 against their bail. READ: Govt ‘releases’ all women, children of Baloch protest Yesterday, President Dr Arif Alvi and Caretaker Prime Minister (PM) Anwaarul Haq Kakar held a telephonic conversation wherein they expressed concern over the inappropriate police treatment of the Baloch protestors. Discussing the situation, the president and prime minister viewed that the police should not have dealt with the protestors strictly, a President House press release said. Meanwhile, PM Kakar told President Alvi that the detained protestors were being released on personal bonds. Balochistan Governor Malik Abdul Wali Khan Kakar...

SARANG, Indonesia: As one of Indonesia’s leading presidential candidates is driven away from a campaign stop, locals surround his car, screaming his name and jostling to kiss his hand through the window. Anies Baswedan, a former governor of the capital Jakarta, is in a three-way battle ahead of February’s vote to lead the world’s third largest democracy and fourth most populous nation, with polls showing him rising toward a spot in a potential second-round runoff. In his first interview with foreign media since registering to run last month, the 54-year-old told AFP that he is the candidate for change. He has sought to paint himself as an alternative to the other two candidates, frontrunner and current defence minister Prabowo Subianto and Ganjar Pranowo, who has the backing of incumbent President Joko Widodo’s party. Both have promised to largely carry on the current administration’s policies. He suggests strengthening the country’s corruption eradication commission and distribu...

Actor Fatima Effendi Kanwar talks about her experience of playing a negative role on screen for the first time in ‘Adawat’ . Watch ARY News live on  live.arynews.tv In her latest outing on ARY Zindagi’s talk show ‘The Night Show with Ayaz Samoo’ , Fatima Effendi Kanwar aka Areeba of ‘Adawat’ talked about her new serial and shared her experience of essaying a ‘much-requested’ negative character. “I really enjoyed doing this project, because obviously there is much more margin in a negative role, to play with the character – unlike positive, which has more or less the same expressions throughout,” she said. “I hope viewers also enjoy watching it as much as I did filming,” Effendi added. Speaking about her character, the actor explained, “Initially she [Areeba] is not that way, she is actually very positive, who has become that due to circumstances created by people around her. This leads her to seek revenge from them, which is essentially what Adawat means as well.” Effendi...

KARACHI: The manager of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar’s shrine in Sehwan has been suspended over theft of gold offerings to Sufi shrine, ARY News reported on Saturday. A spokesperson of the Sindh Auqaf department has said that the shrine’s manager Zubair Baloch has been suspended and a case has been registered in Jamshoro against him and an absconding employee, Ali Raza Gopang. Sindh Auqaf department has also written a letter for recovery and legal action against accused shrine manager Zubair Baloch. “Zubair Baloch in connivance with Ali Raza Gopang misappropriated offerings to the shrine and stolen gold,” FIR read. Caretaker Sindh Minister for Auqaf and Religious Affairs Mohammad Umer Soomro has said that accused Zubair Baloch has been suspended, while his salary and pension have been seized. The shocking theft was surfaced on Friday as caretaker minister of Auqaf, Umar Soomro, dismissed the manager of the shrine, Zubair Baloch, and directed the authorities to register a robbery case aga...

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More than 1,400 people lost their lives and over 18,000 were wounded in road accidents in Karachi in 2023, ARY News reported, quoting rescue sources. According to reports from rescue sources, overspeeding and riding motorbikes without helmets remained the major causes behind the deaths and injuries in road mishaps in the ongoing year of 2023.  This year, more than 1,400 citizens lost their lives in road accidents and over 18,000 were wounded, the report said and added most of them were handicapped.  The report also highlighted the movement of speeding dumpers, and passenger buses in Karachi, the main cause behind the casualties in road crashes.  According to traffic police officials, the biggest cause of traffic accidents is rash and irresponsible driving۔ Read more: At least three dead in Karachi bus-rickshaw collision On October 11, at least 12 people were dead and 11 others sustained injuries in a collision between a car and van in Khairpur. According to Deputy...

DUKI: At least five passengers died including two women and a child, when a car en route to Barkhan district for a wedding met with an accident near Duki district in Balochistan, ARY News reported on Thursday. According to the police officials, as many as five individuals died – including two women and one child – while eight other children were injured in a car accident. The passengers were traveling to the Barkhan district of Balochistan to attend a wedding, meanwhile, the injured children were shifted to Dera Ghazi Khan Hospital for medical assistance. Last month, at least five passengers drowned in a tragic accident when a car, en route from Mailsi to Multan for a wedding, submerged into the canal. According to the rescue officials, the overspeeding car went out of control and fell into the Dhamaki canal located near Mailsi city, meanwhile, all the five passengers – aged under 18 – traveling in the car were drowned. Meanwhile, the Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Mailsi,...

GILGIT: Former Gilgit-Baltistan chief minister Khalid Khursheed has been disqualified for life from heading the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) GB chapter, ARY News reported.  Earlier on July 4, the Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Court disqualified Khalid Khursheed Khan as chief minister GB in a fake degree case. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) GB in a verdict released on Thursday, disqualified Khalid Khursheed for life from heading the party. A three-member bench announced the verdict on a petition filed by a member of the GB Assembly Shahzad Agha against the chief minister. Read more: Gilgit-Baltistan CM Khalid Khursheed disqualified in fake degree case The petitioner had argued that Khursheed’s law degree was fake and he should be disqualified under Articles 62 and 63. Khursheed claimed to have received a law degree from London but it could not be verified. He had been in office since December 2020 and had been a close aide of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and form...

KARACHI: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday directed the Sindh chief secretary to compensate the affectees of families, who lost their homes in an anti-encroachment drive around Gujjar, Orangi Town, and Mahmoodabad Nullahs, at the earliest, ARY News reported. These orders were passed by SC Karachi Registry while hearing a plea from affectees of Gujjar, Orangi Town, and Mehmooodabad nullahs. The bench gave 15-day time to the caretaker government for approval of the funds to compensate the affectees. Mayor Karachi Murtaza Wahab, Chief Secretary, Commissioner Karachi, and other officials were summoned before the court to address the issue. Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar seeks clarification from the relevant authorities on the status of the alternative homes initiative, to which the Chief Secretary sought ‘leverage’ from the court as the approval of the Cabinet is pending regarding the compensation to the affectees. READ: Supreme Court directs to compensate Gujjar Nullah affectees in wri...

PESHAWAR: Police on Thursday released a report on the terror incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) in 2023 so far. According to the police report, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) witnessed a rise in terror incidents from 2021 as the province witnessed 1,327 incidents from 2021 till date. According to the report, as many as 260 terror incidents were reported in 2021, while 495 times terrorists attacked various installations in 2022. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has witnessed 572 terror incidents in 2023 so far. 87, the highest number of terror incidents were reported in Dera Ismail Khan in 2023, while 79 were reported in North Waziristan, 72 in Khyber and 53 terror incidents were registered in Tank district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Read more: Dera Ismail Khan police repulse terrorist attack On December 18, police repulsed a terrorist attack on Chonda police post in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to police, a group of terrorists stormed the Chonda police post in the Kali Wanda area o...

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Wednesday for a “severe” response to foreign agents who aim to destabilise Russia by aiding Ukraine. “The Kyiv regime with direct support of foreign special services has taken the path of terrorist methods, practically state terrorism,” Putin said in a video address. “These are acts of sabotage against civilian sites, transport and energy infrastructure, attacks against civilians and representatives of authority,” he said. Numerous sabotages on Russian railroads and drone attacks attributed to Ukraine have been reported since Moscow launched its offensive in Ukraine in February 2022. “The attempts by foreign special agents to destabilise the political and social situation in Russia must be severely stopped,” Putin said in his address on security agency workers’ day. “Security services have no easy task. But you have all the necessary potential, all the possibilities in order to ensure the security of the state, of society and our...

KARACHI: Istekham-e-Pakistan Party (IPP) Sindh president Mahmood Moulvi on Wednesday invited Anees Khan Advocate to join the Tareen-led party, ARY News reported, citing sources. Anees Khan Advocate, a former Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader joined Mustafa Kamal’s Pak Sarzameen Party in 2016. The invitation was extended by Mahmood Moulvi during a meeting held with Anees Khan on Tuesday, sources said. The politician sought time to respond to the offer after consultation with family and friends. Read more: Istekham-e-Pakistan Party elects office-bearers for Karachi Earlier on December 4, the Istehkam-e-Pakistan Party (IIP) appointed individuals in major positions for its Karachi chapter. According to a notification, Nadeem Polani was appointed the president, Javed Jilani as vice president, and Rizwan Khan as general secretary of IPP-Karachi division. Meanwhile, Musarrat Shah was appointed as the general secretary of IPP Women Wing Sindh division. Mahmood Moulvi stated that t...

PESHAWAR: The local police in Peshawar released details of the accused criminal – killed in an encounter – claiming to be involved in sectarian target killing in the city, ARY News reported on Wednesday. According to the released details, the accused leader of the criminal gang is an Afghan resident who was allegedly involved in the sectarian target killing of Sikhs and Christians. The alleged terrorist identified as Zafar was involved in the targeted killing of two Sikhs, two Christians, and five religious leaders. Zafar allegedly belongs to Afghanistan and was an activist of a banned organization. In another report from Peshawar, at least seven people including three children were injured in a roadside bomb blast on Warsak Road in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s capital city of Peshawar. According to police, the blast took place near the Babu Garhi Chowk in the limits of the Machini Gate police station. Four kilograms of explosives, planted on the side of the road, were used in the blas...

ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) has sought extension in nominations filing period for candidates, in a letter to the chief election commissioner, ARY News reported on Wednesday. JUI Senator Kamran Murtaza in a letter to the CEC, has said that the political parties have to distribute tickets to their candidates after the election commission’s announcement of the election schedule. He has requested to the electoral body to extend three days in its time for submitting nomination papers by election candidates. He has also suggested slashing the scrutiny period of nomination papers from seven to four days. “This amendment in the schedule will make the polling possible on the scheduled date of Feb 08,” the plea read. “The JUI has no objection over the election date and other parts of the election schedule,” letter read. The ECP could amend the election schedule under section 58 of the Election Act, according to the letter. “The extension in filing period of nomination papers wil...

WASHINGTON: The United States (US) reiterated its stance for free and fair elections in Pakistan. US will continue to support free and fair elections in Pakistan, said US State Department spokesperson, Matthew Miller said in a weekly press briefing. “That is the – and engage with Pakistan on a bilateral basis to discuss our support for free and fair elections,” Mathew Miller said and reiterated that the US does not take sides while speaking about Pakistan’s politics and they would engage with elected representatives. “As I’ve said before, we don’t take a position as it comes to – when it comes to political parties in Pakistan, and we will engage with the leaders that the Pakistani people select,” Miller said. Read more: US calls for fair, timely elections in Pakistan Earlier on September 14, the United States issued a call for timely elections in Pakistan. “We urge Pakistan to hold free, fair, and timely elections and to respect human rights, fundamental freedoms, and the rule o...

Female Bollywood star Alia Bhatt shared her honest take on dealing with separation anxiety and mom guilt while leaving her year-old daughter for work. Watch ARY News live on  live.arynews.tv In a recently-held AMA (Ask Me Anything) session on her Instagram stories, Bollywood diva Alia Bhatt got candid about mental health, anxiety and mom guilt of separation from her toddler, Raha Kapoor, every time for her work as an actor and entrepreneur. When asked how she deals with anxiety, Bhatt responded, “We all have certain things that might trigger our anxiety – for example, I find myself getting very worked up with any sudden change or a situation I have no control over…” “But it took me a long while to understand that… so prior to any of these moments, I just try and be aware of it and if it’s too much, I allow myself to check out and feel the way I feel,” she added. “Trying to control how you feel sometimes does more harm than good. Also speak to someone who you can trust! It help...

RAWALPINDI: The Special Court on Monday granted bail to the former federal minister Fawad Chaudhry in a corruption case, ARY News reported. According to the details, the former federal minister was presented before the special court where the judge after hearing the arguments from both sides approved the bail plea of Fawad Chaudhry in the corruption case. The court directed Fawad Chaudhry to submit a surety bond of Rs 200,000 against his bail plea. It is pertinent to mention here that last week, the Anti-Corruption Court rejected the physical remand plea of Fawad Chaudhry and sent jail on judicial remand in a graft case. After completing the one-day physical remand of the former federal minister under the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE), Fawad Chaudhry was produced before the court seeking further physical remand of the accused. After hearing the argument from both sides, the senior judge Ghulam Akbar rejected the further physical remand and sent Fawad Chaudhry to jail on ju...

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ISLAMABAD: The training of the newly appointed District Returning Officers (DROs) and Returning Officers (ROs) to facilitate the oversight of the 2024 general elections has commenced today (Sunday), ARY News reported. According to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) spokesperson, 144 District Returning Officers and 859 Returning Officers are being given training. The development comes after Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan suspended a Lahore High Court (LHC) order on the appointment of returning officers (ROs) and district returning officers (DROs) from the bureaucracy, which cast uncertainty over holding of general polls. ECP spokesperson stated that training of the DROs and ROs will be completed by December 19. Read more: General polls: ECP issues election schedule after SC order According to an election schedule issued by the electoral watchdog, the public notice would be issued by the Returning Officer (RO) on December 19 with the dates for filing nominations from Dec 20...

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has banned registration and deletion of votes, citing sources ARY News reported on Sunday. The electoral body has imposed ban on registration of new votes, deletion, change and correction of votes in electoral rolls. According to sources, the ECP has also imposed ban on leaves of its officers, other employees and returning officers. Sources said that the election commission’s regional offices will remain open today (Sunday) for provision of voter lists and other material. The ECP has also imposed ban on transfers and postings of provincial and federal government employees. It is to be mentioned here that the election commission had issued the election schedule for the February 8 general elections in compliance with the Supreme Court order on Friday. The development came hours after the apex court ordered the ECP to announce the election schedule as it suspended a Lahore High Court (LHC) order on the appointment of returning of...

In yet another sexual abuse incident, a 12-year-old domestic worker was raped at gunpoint in Okara, Punjab, ARY News reported on Sunday.  According to police, a 12-year-old domestic help was abused in Al-Qudus Town, Okara. The case has been registered against a man named Hassnain after rape confirmation in the medical report. The police have launched a search to arrest the rapist. Separately, a 12-year-old domestic help was allegedly raped and brutally tortured in the Bahadurabad area of Karachi. Read more: 12-year-old domestic worker tortured, raped in Karachi According to details, an unidentified woman left the body of 12-year-old boy – who was later identified as a domestic worker – in a private hospital in the Bahadurabad area of Karachi. The postmortem report revealed that the minor boy was subjected to rape and brutal torture. The police surgeon, in the statement, said the boy died of suffocation, while marks of torture were also found on his body. from ARY NEWS ht...

Showbiz starlets Areej Mohyudin and Zara Hayat Khan recorded a funny reel together, which is going viral on social media. Watch ARY News live on  live.arynews.tv Taking to their respective Instagram handles with a joint post on Friday afternoon, actors Areej Mohyudin and Zara Hayat Khan entertained their thousands of followers with a new reel, probably from the sets of their upcoming project. “-we all have that one friend who can never talk quietly and spill beans all over the place or even get caught every single time in class because they can’t whisper, guess I have always been that one,” confessed the ‘Bandish 2’ actor in the caption of the video, which aptly captured the struggles of every individual, who has a loud friend.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Areej Mohyudin (@areej_mohyudin) The now-viral video was played by more than 78,000 users of the social platform on their accounts, while a number of t...

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Friday demanded the release of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Sher Afzal Marwat, ARY News reported. Sher Afzal Marwat was arrested from outside the Lahore High Court (LHC). In a press statement, SCBA condemning the arrest of Sher Afzal Marwat termed it as against human rights and they are concerned about the arrest. Calling it for revision of 16MPO law for ‘maintaining standards of justice’, the SCBA has demanded the immediate release of the lawyer. Read more: PTI’s Sher Afzal Marwat arrested from Lahore Marwat, who is senior vice president of the party, was leaving the high court premises after attending a lawyers’ convention when a heavy contingent of police arrested him. According to police, the PTI leader was arrested under 3MPO and shifted to Mazang police station. Prior to this, a first information report (FIR) was registered against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and others for organizing a worker’s convention in Sw...

ISLAMABAD: The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) on Thursday recalled three batches of Dolor DS painkiller syrup after the revelation that it lacks enough elements to cure the patients , ARY News reported. The Dolor DS suspension is manufactured by Adamjee Pharmaceuticals Karachi. According to an alert issued by DRAP, Dolor DS 100mg/5mL Suspension (Batch # 1236,1237 and 1238) lacks the required quantity of Sodium that can cause reactions in patients. The regulatory authority further said the use of the painkiller syrup can cause pain in the body, weakness, throat swelling and eye infection. Adamjee Pharmaceuticals has been directed not to supply the three affected batches for sale in the market. Read more: DRAP seals ‘fake medicine’ factory in Karachi The DRAP has advised consumers to stop using this product bearing the affected batch number(s). They are also asked to contact their physician or healthcare provider(s) if they have experienced any problem t...

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RAWALPINDI: Pakistan authorities foiled a bid to smuggle ‘US-made weapons’ from Afghanistan by seizing a truck loaded with onions at the Torkham Border.  As per details, the US-made weapons, left in Afghanistan after the departure of the forces were attempted to smuggle to Pakistan, concealed in the onion sacks. Upon checking by the Pakistan Customs and the security forces personnel, the weapons concealed in the onion sacks were recovered. The recovered US-made weapons include M4, Kalashankov, American Riffle, Leaser beams, night vision sites and bullets in large numbers. The driver of the vehicle has been taken into custody for interrogation. Read more: Pakistan issues demarche to Afghanistan over DI Khan attack On Tuesday evening, Islamabad delivered a strong demarche to the Afghan Interim Government calling for an investigation and strict action against the perpetrators of Dera Ismail Khan attack . The attack, whose responsibility has been claimed by Tehreek-e-Jihad...