• Insiders say move is part of wider internal review, not country-specific, as evidenced by UAE’s decision to quit Opec bloc • PTCL says it is not aware of any change in shareholders’ plan ISLAMABAD: A leading business group from the Middle East is said to be in the process of reviewing its exposure to Pakistan’s telecom sector, as part of a broader portfolio optimisation exercise that could potentially lead to its exit from the Pakistan Telecom­muni­cation Company Ltd (PTCL). Background disc...

Oil prices shot higher Wednesday on concerns of an extended blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, while Wall Street stocks mostly slid as investors awaited a US Fed rate decision and a slew of tech firm earnings. Both main oil contracts jumped nearly six per cent after President Donald Trump warned Tehran on Wednesday that it should “get smart soon” and capitulate to Washington’s demands for tight controls on its nuclear programme, as a US naval blockade turned the screws on Iran’s economy. Meanw...

Two Jewish men were stabbed on Wednesday in north London, an attack police declared a “terrorist incident” and which follows a series of arson attacks targeting Jewish sites. King Charles III, Prime Minister Keir Starmer and London mayor Sadiq Khan led the condemnation of the “appalling” assaults in Golders Green, which is home to a large Jewish population. Police said a 45-year-old man had been arrested after having also tried to stab officers. The two victims — aged 76 and 34 — were in a st...

The Sri Lankan government took control of the island’s cricket board on Wednesday and appointed a nine-member interim administration to carry out “structural reforms”. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is the country’s wealthiest sporting body, but it has been plagued by allegations of corruption and mismanagement. World governing body International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended Sri Lanka for two months in 2023-2024, citing political interference in the running of the national board. “All administrat...

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday fixed appeals filed by former prime minister Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi against conviction in the £190 million corruption reference for tomorrow (April 30). According to the supplementary cause list issued by the registrar’s office, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar and Justice Muhammad Asif will take up Crl. Appeal 63/2025 (filed by Imran) and Crl. Appeal 64/2025 (filed by Bushra) on Thurs...

ISLAMABAD: The National Judicial Policy Making Committee (NJPMC) on Wednesday formally issued national guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in judicial institutions, the Supreme Court said. In a press release issued by the SC, the guidelines, approved by the NJPMC in its 57th meeting, established a clear, principled and forward-looking framework for integrating AI into judicial processes across the country. “At a time when courts faced mounting caseloads and increasing deman...

Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab on Wednesday expressed objection to comparisons between Karachi and Lahore in terms of infrastructure and governance, noting that both provincial capitals had different ground realities. Speaking alongside Punjab Housing Minister Bilal Yasin in Lahore, Wahab said, “When you compare Karachi to Lahore, this comparison is improper because of the population. We get water from a distance of 125 kilometres. Our daily water requirement is 1,100 million gallons per day (MG...

An Indian man dug up his sister’s body and carried it to a bank branch to prove she was dead after being refused access to her account without a death certificate, the lender has said. Jitu Munda, from a constitutionally recognised tribal community in the eastern state of Odisha, went to an Indian Overseas Bank branch on Monday to withdraw money from his deceased sister’s account. But bank staff told him that “withdrawals by a third party are not permitted without proper authorisation”, the l...

BANNU: A terrorist was killed early Wednesday when Bannu police repelled an attack on the Mazanga police post, officials said. Police officials said heavily armed terrorists attacked the post in the early hours of Wednesday, but personnel responded promptly and foiled the assault. An intense exchange of fire between police and the attackers continued for some time, leaving one terrorist dead and several others injured. The wounded attackers were taken away by their accomplices under the cover...

COMMENTS on the visible decline and, in the most optimistic estimates, impending demise of the American empire often refer to the Roman Empire 2,000 years ago as a cautionary precedence. And the notorious emperors Nero and Caligula are occasionally compared with the incumbent US president. Those comparisons might not be ridiculous, but there is potentially a closer, albeit lesser known, analogue. Commodus became co-emperor in his early teens during the reign of his revered father, Marcus Aure...

KARACHI: After throwing out the Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) from the Cotton Exchange building, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) is set to turn the historic structure into its city headquarters, Dawn has learnt. In December 2025, the FIA and the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB), acting on the orders of the apex court, had claimed to have “recovered” and “vacated” the Karachi Cotton Exchange building situated on I.I. Chundrigar Road, declaring it a federal trust property. The matt...

KARACHI: The government’s market closures by 8:00-9:00pm have led to a 25-30 per cent drop in formal retail sales across 35,000 outlets, a weekly Rs100 billion decline in recorded economic activity, reduced workforce income, second-shift layoffs, and a risk to 13,000 point-of-sale-integrated businesses. By shortening market operating hours, the government sought to decrease energy use, promote earlier shopping to shift demand, reduce peak electricity loads, and encourage early daily routines ...

ISLAMABAD: A high-level delegation of the European Union and business representatives from prominent Euro­pean companies on Tuesday called on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and lauded Pakistan’s role in de-escalation efforts in the Middle East, while also vowing to enhance trade ties with Islamabad. According to the Prime Minister’s Office, the meeting was held at the Prime Minister Hou­se. The delegation was led by Peteris Ustubs, Director (Asia Pacific) of the European Com­mis­sion’s Direc­t...

LONDON: British lawmakers voted on Tuesday against launching an inquiry into whether Prime Minister Keir Starmer misled parliament in statements about his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US. Starmer appointed Mandelson in Dec 2024, and the ex-ambassador was sacked last September when his ties to the late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were found to have been deeper than previously known. Police arrested Mandelson in February on suspicion of misconduct in public offic...

TECH giant Microsoft has removed misleading Israeli designations used in the occupied West Bank and included Palestinian geographical names in its digital maps in accordance with international law, Anadolu Agency reported quoting an Arab rights organisation. In a statement, the Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media (7amleh) said the changes included location-based services, including the search engine ‘Bing’, where labels that previously listed locations in the West Bank under ‘Jude...

US intelligence agencies are studying how Iran would respond if President Donald Trump were to declare a unilateral victory in the two-month-old war that ​has killed thousands and become a political liability for the White House, two US officials and a person familiar with the matter said. The intelligence community is ‌analysing the question along with others at the request of senior administration officials. The goal is to understand the implications of Trump potentially pulling back from a...

The Foreign Office (FO) said on Tuesday that Cambodian authorities had agreed on the early repatriation of 54 nationals arrested following a raid on a “scamming compound”. The statement came after reports emerged that more than 200 Pakistanis were in the custody of Cambodian police in overcrowded facilities and facing a lack of basic facilities. In the statement issued on Tuesday, the FO said that the embassy in Cambodia had actively pursued the matter with the Cambodian government. ...

ISLAMABAD: Taking notice of deteriorating water quality in the country’s rivers and irrigation systems, the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) has asked the provincial governments to ensure that untreated wastewater does not fall into rivers and natural streams. The water regulator has reported deteriorating water quality due to pollution, salinity, odour, etc., in the Indus Basin Irrigation System (IBIS). “Recent studies and reports have highlighted an alarming deterioration of water qualit...

The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) on Tuesday approved the transfer of three judges from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to other high courts. According to an official handout, the commission approved the transfer of Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiani to the Lahore High Court (LHC), the transfer of Justice Babar Sattar to the Peshawar High Court (PHC) and the transfer of Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz to the Sindh High Court (SHC). The statement said that the transfers were approved by the majorit...

Iran warned last week that submarine cables in the Strait of Hormuz were a vulnerable point for the region’s digital economy, raising concerns about potential attacks on critical infrastructure. The narrow waterway, already a chokepoint for global oil shipments, is equally vital for the digital world. Several fibre-optic cables snake across the seabed of the strait, connecting countries from Southeast Asia to Europe via the Gulf states and Egypt. What makes undersea cables important? Subsea c...

• Trump warns Iran to ‘get smart soon’, accept N-curbs; signals months-long extension of naval blockade • Tehran warns of ‘unprecedented military action’ over shipping curbs • USS Gerald R. Ford to return after 10-month deployment in ME TEHRAN/WASHIN­GTON: Amid reports about Iran’s plan to make a fresh proposal, US President Donald Trump on Wedn­esday rejected an Iranian offer to end the conflict, saying that the naval blockade would remain till Tehran agreed to a nuclear deal. The US preside...

The Cambridge International Education (CIE) said on Wednesday it was aware of news about a reported paper leak of a question paper, as several users on social media expressed ire over the reports. “We investigate such reports thoroughly and will provide more information to centres, if required, during or after the end of timetabled exams for the June 2026 series,” the CIE said in its official statement. CIE, part of Cambridge University Press and Assessment, offers internationally recognised ...

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) on Wednesday directed all medical and dental institutions to implement “structured mental health screening protocols” in response to “growing concerns over the increasing incidents of suicide and severe psychological distress among students”. In a statement, the council issued directives to all medical and dental institutions, emphasising the “critical importance of promoting and safeguarding the mental health of students and faculty”....

ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Wednesday called for national consensus to shift gears from water crisis management at present to ensuring water security in view of emerging challenges, particularly the “weaponisation” of water by India. The proposed national consensus should cover building strategic water storage, including large reservoirs, medium dams, small dams, recharge dams, delay-action dams, hill torrent management, floodwater storage and urban rainwater harvesting, Planning Min...

European airlines are facing their biggest challenge ​since the Covid-19 pandemic as the US-Israel war on Iran pushes up jet fuel prices and buffets travel through the Middle East, casting a shadow ‌over the summer holiday season. Carriers have been largely riding out the crisis with hedges that have tamed costs even as the price of jet fuel has risen nearly 84 per cent since the start of the conflict on February 28, but they could face shortages if the war does not end soon. “There is a risk...

President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday invited Chinese investment into “priority sectors,” particularly alternative energy sources, state-run Radio Pakistan reported. The president arrived in China on Saturday for a week-long visit to the Hunan and Hainan provinces for engagements related to economic and trade cooperation. President Zardari held a meeting with the chief executive officer (CEO) of Hangzhou Jinjiang Group, Wang Jian, in Sanya, where he invited the Chinese company to invest in ...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday said that the country’s weekly oil bill has reached $800 million amid the war in the Middle East. Global fuel prices have skyrocketed over the past two months in the wake of the US and Israel launching joint strikes on Iran. Addressing a meeting of the federal cabinet today, the premier commended the efforts of Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik for tackling the fuel crisis resulting from the Iran war, stating that the situation now appeared “satis...

MANDI BAHAUDDIN: A suspect wanted in the kidnapping and murder of a six-year-old boy was killed on Wednesday after allegedly coming under fire from his own accomplice during an “encounter” with police in Chak Sabu, Pindi Bhattian tehsil of Hafizabad district, officials said. Hafizabad police spokesperson Head Constable Waqar Yousaf told Dawn that the body of the missing child was recovered from nearby fields during a search operation. It was taken into custody and shifted to a hospital for po...

An image of United States President Donald Trump will soon appear in some US passports, officials said on Tuesday, shattering another norm as the president aggressively puts his personal stamp on government institutions. There are few precedents anywhere in the world, let alone in a democracy, of displaying sitting leaders’ pictures in passports, and Trump would be the first sitting US president featured in Americans’ travel documents. The State Department said it would offer the limited-edit...

PAKISTAN’S role as a mediator in the US-Iran conflict has placed it at the forefront of diplomatic efforts, prompting many to recognise the country as a middle power. This delicate balancing act in conflict resolution has garnered international acclaim for Pakistan. However, concerns arise regarding the sustainability of this prominent position, given entrenched geopolitical fault lines. In an increasingly fractured world order and the emergence of multilateralism, the role of middle powers h...

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court has ruled that the Karachi Strategic Development Plan (KSDP-2020) will remain in force till the approval of any other master plan. “Until any new plan, including the proposed Greater Karachi Regional Plan, 2047, is lawfully approved and notified, the KSDP-2020 shall remain operative,” ruled a two-judge bench headed by Justice Adnan-ul-Karim Memon while disposing of a petition seeking immediate, coordinated and effective implementation of the notified KSDP-2020. I...

ISLAMABAD: In an interesting show of lampooning, the National Electric Power Reg­ulatory Authority (Nepra) publicly confirmed that revenue-based loadshedding is illegal, but the Power Division rejected this, saying the practice would continue nevertheless to avoid the addition of Rs400bn to the circular debt already roaring back to Rs1.8 trillion from about Rs1.6tr nine months ago. At a public hearing on an insignificant 27 paise per unit fuel cost adjustment (FCA), the government also report...

SHAOSHAN (China): President Asif Ali Zardari lays a wreath at the statue of Chairman Mao Zedong.—APP ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari, who is currently on an official visit to China, on Tuesday visited Shaoshan, hometown of Chairman Mao Zedong, the founder of the People’s Republic of China. During the visit, President Zardari laid a wreath at Statue Square and paid tribute to China’s revolutionary leader. Earlier, the president was received by Li Jiyang, senior party leader of Xiang...

• CM-led gathering terms civilian casualties from terrorism, drone strikes ‘unacceptable’ • KP cabinet to discuss issue tomorrow, followed by grand tribal jirga on Saturday PESHAWAR: As civilians bear the brunt of drone attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s merged districts, a meeting of lawmakers from the respective districts decided on Tuesday that the issue would be taken up in the provincial assembly, while vowing to put up a joint front to protect civilians. The decision was taken as lawmakers...

• Iranian envoy lauds Pakistan for ‘persistent labour’ to pave way for dialogue • Trump claims Tehran asked him to lift Hormuz blockade • Spy agencies studying ‘likely response’ to US declaring victory • Iran’s military says ‘still in state of war’ • Vance questions Pentagon assessment of conflict with Iran • UAE tanker evades Hormuz blockade WASHINGTON: Even as US President Donald Trump appeared reluctant to accept an Iranian offer to end the Middle East war, reports suggested Tehran would s...

ISLAMABAD: Energy prices are projected to surge by 24 per cent this year to their highest level since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, as the war in the Middle East sends a severe shock through global commodity markets, the World Bank Group said in its latest Commodity Markets Outlook. Overall, commodity prices are forecast to rise 16pc in 2026, driven by soaring energy and fertiliser prices and record-high prices for several key metals, according to the assessment.   “The shock will hav...

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday withdrew ab initio the requirement of a licence along with Rs1,000 per kW licencing fee for solar net-metering consumers with systems below 25 kilowatts. The development comes two days after the Power Division, facing severe public criticism for “taxing sunlight”, had directed Nepra to abolish the requirements. Complying with the directive, Nepra issued a notification stating that prosumers’ regulations had been am...

PESHAWAR: The Kalash valleys of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Chitral district have been inscribed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Culture Organisation’s (Unesco) ‘World Heritage Tentative List’, it emerged on Tuesday. According to Unesco’s website, a country must make an inventory of important natural and cultural heritage sites located within its boundaries, which is known as the Tentative List. “It is an important step since the World Heritage Committee cannot consider a nominatio...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said on Tuesday it quit Opec and Opec+, dealing a heavy blow to the oil exporting groups and their de facto leader, Saudi Arabia, at a time when the war on iran has caused a historic energy shock and unsettled the global economy. The stunning loss of the UAE, a longstanding Opec member, could create disarray and weaken the group, which has usually sought to show a united front despite internal disagreements over a range of issues from geopolitics to production q...

Five people were sentenced to life in Bahrain on Tuesday for plotting “terrorist and hostile acts” with Iran, which bombarded the tiny Gulf state during the Middle East war. Two Afghans and three Bahrainis were convicted and a fourth Bahraini was acquitted by the High Criminal Court, the public prosecution said. They were accused of monitoring and photographing “vital facilities” for Iran, it said. “The Public Prosecution affirms that the crime of communicating with hostile foreign entities a...

ON paper, the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) meeting convened for April 28 was about a routine administrative matter: the transfer of a few high court judges under Article 200 of the Constitution. In reality, however, the proceedings evolved into a foundational clash over judicial accountability, the limits of administrative authority, and whether the Constitution permits a quiet correction of conduct without invoking formal removal mechanisms. The extraordinary pre-meeting documentati...

SOUTH WAZIRISTAN LOWER: Mortar shells fired from across the Pak-Afghan border injured five people — four children and a woman — in the Angoor Adda village of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s South Waziristan district on Wednesday, according to security sources. The sources said that the shells struck the homes of two residents of the village and that the injured children were between the ages of three and 13. All the injured were take to the district headquarters hospital in Wana, they added. They said t...

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Law and Justice on Wednesday notified the transfer of three judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to other high courts under Article 200 of the Constitution. The development comes a day after the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) approved the transfer of three judges from the IHC to other courts in a move that drew sharp criticism from lawyers’ bodies for lacking transparency and uniform criteria. A notification issued by the ministry on Wednesday stated that...

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed that the discharge of electoral duties demanded scrupulous adherence to the law, transparency in action, and an unwavering commitment to impartiality. “Any deviation from neutrality or departure from the statutory framework, during the election process, imperils not merely the outcome of a particular election, but the democratic order itself,” emphasised Justice Shakeel Ahmed. Justice Ahmed observed that “only through these principles public ...

Bangladesh recorded 227 child deaths since March in one of its worst outbreaks of measles in decades, with the number of suspected cases reaching nearly 35,000, government data showed on Wednesday. One of the hardest hit areas is Kurukpata in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, home to Indigenous communities, which border war-torn Myanmar. Children in these rural areas are often left out of vaccination coverage, and some families avoid vaccination programmes due to fear. “The most affected area of Ch...

Interpol has issued Red Notices against Bahria Town owner Malik Riaz and his son Ali Riaz, NAB Chairman Lt General (retired) Nazir Ahmed said on Wednesday. A red notice is a request to law enforcement agencies by Interpol to locate and provisionally arrest a person pending extradition, surrender, or similar legal action. Lt Gen Ahmed said the NAB was sending a team for the extradition of both Riaz and his son. More to follow

Forces have destroyed several Afghan Taliban posts and vehicles in Balochistan’s Chaman sector, security sources said on Wednesday. The operations, part of the ongoing ‘Operation Ghazab lil-Haq’, were a response to the “unprovoked aggression” by Afghan Taliban forces and terrorists on the Pak-Afghan border, according to the sources. Security sources said that the army destroyed several Afghan Taliban posts and vehicles in Chaman “with precision”. “The Pakistan Army’s effective operations have...

The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday that it was quitting Opec, dealing a heavy blow to the oil-exporting cartel and its de facto leader, Saudi Arabia, at a time when the Iran war has caused a historic energy shock and rattled the global economy. But what is Opec, and how does it impact consumers? What is Opec? Founded in 1960, the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) is a bloc of oil-exporting nations that coordinate their oil and gas policies as a means of managing t...

King Charles III gave US President Donald Trump a taste of his own medicine at a White House state dinner on Tuesday when he joked that without the British, Americans would be speaking French. As the heads of state traded jokes during their dinner toasts, Charles referenced previous comments by Trump aimed at European allies he accuses of freeloading on defense since World War II. “You recently commented, Mr President, that if it were not for the United States, European countries would be spe...

THE State Bank’s decision to raise its key policy rate by 100 basis points to 11.5pc signals a shift in priorities from supporting growth to protecting macroeconomic stability, preserving exchange rate confidence, and preventing inflation from becoming entrenched amid risks arising from the Gulf crisis. Coming at a time when inflationary pressures are re-emerging and external vulnerabilities intensifying, the move reflects the assessment that risks to stability now outweigh gains from monetar...

Britain’s King Charles and Donald Trump hailed their countries’ longstanding ties at a White House state dinner Tuesday – despite the US president claiming the monarch agreed with him on Iran’s nuclear weapons. Over a lavish meal, Charles echoed the tone of his earlier speech to Congress in which he urged London and Washington to stick together, without directly mentioning the tensions over the US-Israeli war with Tehran. But in his toast to a gala dinner attended by tech titans and golfer Ro...

ISLAMABAD: Lawyers’ bodies in the capital have reacted sharply to the transfer of three judges from the Islamabad High Court (IHC), with the Islamabad Bar Council (IBC) on Tuesday raising concerns over the move, which it said lacked transparency, and warning that selective transfers could undermine judicial independence. In a strongly worded statement, IBC Vice Chairman Ch Asif Irfan and Exe­cutive Committee Chairman Muhammad Zafar Khokhar demanded a “structured, periodic and across-the-board...

ISLAMABAD: Hours before his imminent transfer from the Islamabad High Court (IHC), Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani warned that the high court would summon Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in a case concerning the non-appointment of the finance member of the PTA tribunal. During the hearing, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani warned that if the official was not appointed by May 18, the PM would be required to appear in person and explain the delay. The court also directed the cabinet secretary and the law...

KYIV: Ukraine and Israel were on Tuesday locked in a diplomatic row over allegations Tel Aviv had accepted shipments of grain, which Kyiv said Russia had “stolen” from parts of occupied Ukraine. On Tuesday, Kyiv summoned Israel’s ambassador to protest the alleged shipments. One of the world’s largest grain producers, Ukraine has repeatedly accused Russia of illegally exporting agricultural products from territory that Moscow has captured since it invaded in February 2022. “Another vessel carr...

LAHORE: Nine suspects were killed, while two police officials were injured in separate encounters with the Crime Control Department (CCD) in various parts of the province on Tuesday. In Lahore, six suspects were allegedly killed while two police officials were injured during separate ‘encounters’ with the CCD. A police official claimed that CCD officials conducted a raid in the Sundar area to arrest suspects following reports that wanted robbers were present there. He claimed the armed men hi...

SpaceX’s board approved a compensation plan for founder Elon Musk with goals as futuristic and celestial as the company’s ambitions: colonising Mars and running data centres in outer space. The details of Musk’s sweeping pay package were revealed in the company’s confidential registration statement filed in recent weeks with the Securities and Exchange Commission and have been reviewed by Reuters. The lofty rewards dangled for Musk by SpaceX show the challenge of holding the attention of the ...

Balaclavas and e-bikes have become the armour of teenage boys zooming around London streets, snatching mobile phones from unsuspecting commuters and tourists. As AFP joined a patrol on a sunny Friday night, police officer Hayden O’Connor spotted potential victims everywhere — people holding out phones to follow directions or listening to music. “You see, your bus is in 20 minutes, you get your phone out, start scrolling Instagram, and before you know it, there’s a whizzy whirl of an e-bike co...

LAHORE: A Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench on Tuesday dismissed the applications of PTI leaders Ejaz Chaudhry and Mian Mahmoodur Rashid seeking suspension of their sentences as an interim relief in multiple cases related to the May 9 riots. Justice Syed Shahbaz Ali Rizvi and Justice Tariq Mahmood Bajwa heard the pleas of the incarcerated PTI leaders. The PTI leaders had filed appeals challenging their conviction in the May 9 cases alongside applications seeking the suspension of the sen...

The Army Rocket Force Command conducted the successful training launch of the indigenously developed Fateh-II missile system, the military’s media wing said on Tuesday. In a statement, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that the missile system was “equipped with advanced avionics and state-of-the-art navigation aids”. It said that the training launch was aimed at training troops, validating various technical parameters and evaluating the performance of different sub-systems incorpora...

PESHAWAR: Police in the provincial capital allegedly resorted to firing and tear gas early on Tuesday to disperse a protest by tribesmen from Khyber district against a suspected quadcopter strike that killed a minor girl and injured six others. The protesters had gathered at the Hayatabad toll plaza to protest the death of a teenage girl in a suspected quadcopter strike in Bara’s Akkakhel area. Six other family members, including women and children, were injured in the attack. The site of the...