LAHORE: Lahore Police and the city’s traffic wing have completed arrangements for Independence Day, building a security and traffic grid around six fireworks locations and multiple rallies expected across the city on August 14. With large numbers of residents expected on the roads — plus heavy inbound traffic from other districts — additional personnel will be deployed on major arteries...
Inside the Abdullah Tahir Investigation: A Driver, TikToker and Rented Car
LAHORE: The investigation into the killing of PTI leader Abdullah Tahir has widened into a facilitation network, with police detaining the victim’s driver, the alleged spotter and the men who arranged the getaway vehicle. Police detained the driver, Asghar, and seized his mobile phone. According to police sources, questioning produced the case’s central disclosure: Asghar had allegedly been supplying Abdullah...
CCPO Orders Foolproof 12 Rabi-ul-Awwal Plan, Zero Tolerance for ‘Dala Culture’
LAHORE: A performance review meeting for the Iqbal Town and Sadar divisions, chaired by CCPO Lahore Bilal Siddique Kamyana, examined crime prevention, investigation quality and the city’s overall law and order picture in detail. The CCPO directed that foolproof security arrangements be ensured for Eid Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH), ordering the preparation of a comprehensive security plan for the 12 Rabi-ul-Awwal processions...
4kg Hashish in School Bag: Nishtar Colony Police Intercept a Society Delivery
LAHORE: Nishtar Colony police have arrested a suspected drug dealer at a private housing society, recovering four kilograms of hashish that police say was concealed inside a school bag. SP Model Town Asad Ali said the arrested man has been identified as Mujeeb-ur-Rehman, a resident of Bahawalpur. According to police, he had come to a private society in Lahore to...
One Suspect, Sixty Cases: Niaz Baig Police Take Down Two Habitual Offenders
LAHORE: Niaz Baig police have arrested two men in a crackdown on habitual offenders, including a suspect with 60 registered cases against his name. According to police, Ali Hassan — the man with the 60-case record — was arrested at Gulshan Town Chowk with narcotics in his possession. The second suspect, Hassan Raza, was detained at Purana Muridwal with ice...
1976 Happened Again – But in a Much Hotter World, and That Changed Everything
GENEVA: Periods of extreme heat are becoming more frequent, more intense and longer-lasting as climate change warms the planet, the UN weather agency said on Tuesday — and it made the point by reaching back to the famously hot European summer of 1976. Parts of Europe are currently enduring their fifth heatwave of a summer already marked by drought, wildfires...
Typhoon Dolphin Sweeps Through China, Pounding Beijing With Rain
BEIJING: Heavy rain pounded Beijing on Wednesday as the remnants of Typhoon Dolphin swept across northern China, flooding key roads and stranding vehicles after the storm set rainfall records in central and eastern provinces. The capital declared its second-highest rainstorm warning, suspending 250 bus routes and closing 150 tourist attractions, while 10 subway lines ran at reduced speed, the official...
Mohsin Naqvi in Tehran: Islamabad Tries to Restart a Mediation Track That Has Gone Cold
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and President Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran on Tuesday, in an effort to revive Pakistan’s stalled mediation between Iran and the United States. Naqvi was received on arrival by his Iranian counterpart Eskandar Momeni before holding talks with Araghchi. A diplomatic source told Dawn from Tehran that the principal objective...
Study Finds the Real Reason Parents Hand Over the Phone – and It Isn’t the Child
MIAMI: New research suggests the strongest predictor of how much screen time a young child gets may not be the child at all — it may be how stressed the parent is. Researchers at the Center for Children and Families at Florida International University surveyed 822 caregivers raising children aged four to eight, collecting online data on children’s behaviour, parental...
Flour Shock: Bag Prices Jump Rs200 as Fine Atta Hits Rs137 a Kilo
JHANG: Households already squeezed by inflation have absorbed another hit, with flour rising by up to Rs15 per kilogram and the standard bag climbing as much as Rs200. Fine flour has moved from Rs122 to Rs137 per kilo. The 15-kilogram bag sold by flour mills has gone from Rs1,800 to Rs2,000 — and in the open market, the same bag...