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KARACHI: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has said that the government’s ongoing crackdown is not targeted at any single organization, but against any individual or group found involved in armed activity or unauthorized fundraising. Speaking at a joint press conference in Karachi, the minister emphasized that the government is acting strictly within the law to…

KARACHI / ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has assured leading Ahle-Sunnat scholars that the government will reopen sealed mosques and religious seminaries, and will not interfere in the administrative or religious affairs of these institutions, according to official and clerical sources. During meetings held in Karachi and Islamabad, Minister Naqvi pledged the release of…

LAHORE: Pakistani authorities have frozen 95 bank accounts and sealed several properties — both legal and illegal — registered under the name of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) leader Saad Rizvi, as part of a province-wide operation targeting extremist financing networks, Punjab’s information minister confirmed on Monday. The minister further revealed that raids are underway to arrest…

KARACHI: A potential nationwide fuel shortage looms after a sudden move by the Sindh government to reinstate a 100% bank guarantee requirement under the Infrastructure Development Cess (IDC), causing petroleum cargo to be held up at ports. According to industry representatives, the Sindh government has reactivated the cess — originally imposed in 1994 — following…

Rawalpindi,Muhammad Saleem Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, warned that any direct or indirect violation of Pakistan’s borders will be met with a “firm and decisive” response, in remarks that come amid fresh cross-border clashes and rising tensions in the region. Munir also accused what he described as India-backed proxies —…