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In a shocking incident of targeted killing, former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and senior lawyer Latif Afridi was shot dead inside the Peshawar High Court (PHC) bar room.

Pakistans economic woes continue to worsen with each passing day, as the realiaation of immediate and urgent revival of the stalled International Monetary Fund (IMF) Extended Funding Facility (EFF) is the only way out to counter an economic meltdown and default.

PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry has claimed that "some army generals", as well as then army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, were actively involved in removing the PTI government, media reports said.

A 13-year-old girl was allegedly gang raped by three people for eight months in Pakistan's Muzaffargarh district, using her naked photos and videos as blackmail, according to the police.

A report in South China Morning Post (SCMP) suggests that Pakistan is likely to launch a major ground as well as air offensive targeting the hideouts of Pakistan Taliban militants in Afghanistan, risking a schism in ties with the neighbouring country.
 

Pakistan has witnessed a sharp rise in terrorism incidents, especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces as well as the border areas of the two nations, during the past couple of months after the TTP announced to end ceasefire with Pakistan.

In the light of reports of Daya Bheels tragic murder, Pakistani actress Ushna Shah has criticised the treatment of religious minorities in the country, according to media reports.

The current government of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), which came to power after ousting Imran Khan's regime through a no-confidence vote, seems to be losing its agenda and in the process, its credibility.

The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has called on foreign missions and locals not to fall for what the group called a "false narrative of terrorism" being built by the Pakistan government with an aim to attract foreign funding in the name of counter-terrorism activities.

Pakistans Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has rejected claims by former Prime Minister Imran Khan and economists that the country is moving towards a default and bankruptcy in the coming weeks.

The year 2022 has been fast-paced, hyperactive and filled with political controversies, rivalries, protests, long marches, played around the power quarters of the powerful military establishment, the judiciary and Parliament.

A group of detained terrorists have seized a police station in Bannu city located in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province and held interrogators hostage while demanding their safe evacuation to Afghanistan, the media reported on Monday.

The electricity shortage is so acute that there is only 2 to 3 hours of electricity available daily which has rendered the local industry worthless, snatching away the livelihood of several hundred people.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said he never called former Chief of Army Staff Qamar Javed Bajwa as "boss" when he was in office. He claimed that he never wanted to appoint Lt-General Faiz Hameed as the COAS, The News reported.

In the latest development to the Toshakhana scandal in Pakistan, an audio clip of allegedly featuring former Prime Minister Imran Khan's wife Bushra Bibi and PTI leader Zulfikar Bukhari discussing the sale of watches has surfaced, media reports said on Thursday.

Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah called on Khan to either come to table talks with the government without any pre-conditions or go ahead and dissolve the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's provincial assemblies.

Khan, who was ousted from power via opposition's no-confidence motion in April this year, said he also received reports from the Intelligence Bureau (IB) on "what games were being played against his government".

Talking to a local media outlet, Dar said that he was not concerned whether the IMF team arrives or not to assess and finalise the pending review of the country's $7 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF).

The TTP announced on Tuesday that it was ending the peace deal, accusing the Pakistan side for failing to abide by the terms and agreements and carrying out Intelligence Based Operations (IBO) against its militants.

He had said those 34,000 people fought 250,000 Indian army soldiers, and 200,000 trained Mukti Bahini fighters but still they fought valiantly despite all odds and offered unprecedented sacrifices, Dawn reported.

PTI Chairman Imran Khan's ambiguous threat to quit the assemblies is actually an attempt to "stay politically relevant" and "an invitation for renewed engagement" to the new military leadership, which is all set to take over from next week, local media reported.

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said that the Rawalpindi public meeting of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan was PTI's face-saving flop show and it was anticlimactic.

Footage of the President's caravan arriving at Khan's Lahore residence was shared on social media by the PTI amid claims that the two would discuss the party's plan of action ahead of the appointment for the Army's top seat.

In Pakistan, the most important decision that has become the centre of focus of all political, analytical and concerned quarters (both domestic and international) is the appointment of the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS).

A man claiming to be a spokesperson of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has alleged that the conspiracies to attack PTI Chairman Imran Khan and the murder of journalist Arshad Sharif were hatched in London, a media report said.