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Punjab has introduced a legal framework requiring unregistered, damaged or emissions-failing vehicles to be scrapped through authorised facilities. Detailed rules on testing, vehicle age limits and licensed scrapping centres are expected to follow.
The FIA has arrested four suspects in separate operations involving fake HEC-funded scholarship offers and fabricated medico-legal certificates at Pims Hospital. Investigators seized records, mobile phones and financial evidence as courts approved physical and judicial remands.
Pakistan's meteorological authorities have forecast monsoon rain, thunderstorms and isolated heavy downpours nationwide through July 28. Officials warned of urban flooding, landslides and damage from strong winds as emergency teams were placed on alert.
A terrorist attack involving an explosives-laden vehicle killed 15 people at a joint police checkpost in KP’s Tank district, including 12 military personnel and two policemen. Security forces prevented the attackers from breaching the post, but the blast caused severe structural damage.
Lieutenant General Aamer Raza has been promoted to four-star rank and appointed commander of Pakistan's National Strategic Command. The appointment fills a key position created under the country's recently restructured higher-defence framework.
Four suspected terrorists were killed and five people detained during a joint intelligence-based operation in Bannu’s Wazir subdivision. Security forces recovered weapons and continued clearance operations as residents demanded the full restoration of mobile and internet services.
Karachi police say the alleged abductor and murderer of a six-year-old girl was killed in a shootout in Keamari after investigators traced him through CCTV footage and other evidence. Police say forensic and legal proceedings are continuing in both the murder case and the encounter case.
A newly reconstructed section of Lahore’s Khayaban-e-Firdousi Road has caved in after rainfall, raising questions about the quality of a project reportedly costing more than Rs2 billion. The latest sinkhole is the second such collapse within days, putting LDA, WASA and provincial authorities under scrutiny.
The Punjab government has extended Section 144 for another 30 days, maintaining a complete ban on outdoor drone flying across the province. Limited indoor drone use and officially approved operations for agriculture, irrigation and research may continue with proper permission.
District and Sessions Judge Abdul Hakeem Kakar and his guard were killed when armed men targeted vehicles travelling from Quetta to Mastung. Another judge was among two people injured, while authorities are investigating the attack amid rising violence in Balochistan.
Sindh’s online property transfer system has remained unavailable for three days, delaying thousands of real estate transactions across Karachi and the province. Officials say technical teams are working to restore the service as citizens await challan downloads and registration processing.
A Karachi magistrate has recorded the statement of an American woman in a rape case registered at Darakhshan police station after an alleged assault in DHA Phase VI. Police have apprehended a teenage suspect, while an ossification test report is expected within days.
