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Security forces on Friday killed a terrorist commander during an operation in the South Waziristan area of KP province The security forces conducted a raid in Tayyarza area of South Waziristan and killed a terrorist commander Nooristan Ilyas Hassan Baba. The terrorist was a master of making IEDs and was training the terrorists in the area. He was also involved in martyring over 50 security personnel, the ISPR said. In one such operation on Tuesday, two terrorists including an IED expert were killed during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in North Waziristan while a soldier also embraced martyrdom during the raid. The security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation on terrorist hideouts in MalikKhel, North Waziristan, said the military’s media wing. During intense exchange of fire, two terrorists including a terrorist commander Rehmat alias Khalid killed, the ISPR said and added that soldier Shahzad Raza also embraced martyrdom.

The kidnap-cum-gang-rape case of a college student has taken a twist as police have found no evidence showing the girl was sexually abused after being kidnapped from outside her college in Karachi According to the police, CCTV footage of different DHA areas showed her walking around and buying things from shops before she was found, what her father claimed in an FIR, in an unconscious state. Moreover, in a statement given to the investigation officer, the alleged rape victim said accused Sami, Fawad and Umair blackmailed her and threatened of posting her photos on social media. On February 9, she disclosed, Umair tricked her into accompanying him to his house on bike where he sexually assaulted her after promising marriage. Next morning, he refused to marry her and threatened of using the influence of his father, a police officer, to destroy her entire family if she discussed with anybody what he did to her, she added. The police said the girl’s statement recorded under section 1...

Pakistan and Qatar Friday signed a ten-year Liquified Nitrogen Gas (LNG) agreement following which Doha will provide Islamabad three million tons of the gas for ten years Prime Minister Imran Khan witnessed the signing ceremony of the agreement. Meanwhile, Qatari Energy Minister Saad Sherida al-Kaabi termed the LNG agreement historic for both countries. The energy minister, according to the publication, was confident that the accord would lead to the promotion of cooperation between the two countries. Similarly, Special Assistant to PM on Petroleum Nadeem Babar said the new agreement signed with Qatar was supportive and met the country's needs. "The agreement is a start of a new era and [will] take the bilateral relations between the two countries to new heights," the special assistant said.

Speaking about the upcoming Senate polls, former president Asif Ali Zardari on Friday has said that the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) will form the majority in the Senate after elections are over. "PPP's elected MPs are my strength. I am proud of my party members, the incumbent government has to go," he maintained while addressing the PPP members of Sindh Assembly and Senate nominees. The former president was speaking on the occasion of a dinner party hosted by PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in honour of the party's members of the Sindh Assembly. Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani were present on the occasion as well. Provincial ministers, members of Sindh Assembly, and Senate election nominees were also present, sources said. According to sources, PPP MPA Ali Nawaz Mehr, the younger brother of GDA leader Ali Gohar Mehr, also attended the event. Meanwhile, Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari, Mehmood Chaudhry, and Asif...