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#pakistan

Pakistani police have arrested more than 100 people following violence in the eastern city of Lahore, a senior official said Saturday. Supporters of the radical Islamist political party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, or TLP, want to march from Lahore to Islamabad to express their solidarity with Palestinians. But authorities said they don't have permission to demonstrate in the capital. Police have clashed with the party's supporters in Lahore since Friday, using tear gas and batons to disperse the crowds. People are throwing stones in retaliation.

The statement issued Monday by the foreign ministers of eight Muslim-majority countries endorsed Trump's 20-point plan that was introduced on September 29. The countries vowed to "engage constructively" with the US and all other parties to "finalize and implement the agreement." Despite the political leadership of much of the Islamic world supporting the plan, the Hamas Islamist militant group, which carried out the October 7 terror attacks on Israel that sparked the current conflict, has not issued a response. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted the plan.

Transgender persons are a vulnerable segment of society and we must all give them dignity and respect.

A man accused of murdering a 17-year-old social media influencer at her home in Pakistan after she repeatedly rejected his advances has been formally indicted. Sana Yousaf's murder in June this year drew nationwide condemnation and reignited debate over women's safety, after some online comments alongside condolences blamed her for her own death. The 22-year-old accused, Umar Hayat, also a TikTok influencer, pleaded not guilty in a court in the capital Islamabad on Saturday as the trial formally began.

"This [extramarital affair case] is very anti-women. The kind of shame I have to face in the courtroom. Our courtrooms are full of men ... the way everyone looks at me, it's a different horror experience."

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Muhammad remains the most popular boys' name for the second year, with 5,721 babies given the name in 2024. Mohammed and Mohammad also ranked with alternate spellings.

Pakistan has issued a warning about glacial flooding in the northwest due to above-average rainfall, impacting tourist areas like Fairy Meadows and Gilgit-Baltistan.

Flash floods, collapsed buildings and electrocutions have killed 221 people since the monsoon season arrived in the country in late June, with heavier rains than usual.

Rozi Khan, a bird seller from Karachi, found his bank account shut down without explanation by the FIA after he sold birds to journalist Asad Ali Toor.

YouTube has informed more than two dozen critics of the Pakistani government that it is reviewing a court directive seeking to block their channels for allegedly being anti-state.

The five-storey building in the impoverished Lyari neighborhood of Karachi collapsed, resulting in at least eight deaths and nine injuries, with ongoing searches for trapped survivors.

If Pakistan acquires an ICBM, Washington will have no choice but to treat the country as a nuclear adversary, which changes the global nuclear dynamic.

Pakistan criticized the recent U.S. bombings of Iran, labeling them a serious violation of international law and warning of broader regional implications.

"Despite military tensions, the rescheduled ICC tournaments will still see India and Pakistan clash, emphasizing cricket's unifying spirit amidst geopolitical issues."