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Pakistan calls for release, repatriation of 97 prisoners who have completed sentences in Indian jails

India urged Pakistan on Wednesday to release and repatriate 97 Pakistani prisoners who have completed their sentences, according to a statement issued by the Foreign Office (FO). These prisoners include 64 civilians and 33 fishermen, the FO said, as it detailed the exchange of prisoner lists between India and Pakistan — a biannual practice that takes place in pursuance of the Agreement on Consular Access, 2008. The agreement requires both sides to share the lists of prisoners in each other’s custody on January 1 and July 1 every year . The FO said the “government of Pakistan handed over a list of 250 Indian prisoners in Pakistan (52 civilians and 198 fishermen) to the Indian High Commission in Islamabad”. It added that the Indian government shared a list of 439 prisoners who were “Pakistani or believed to be Pakistani”, including 386 civilian prisoners and 53 fishermen. It added that India was also urged to ensure the safety, securit...
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NCCIA to set up special cell in Punjab for swift probe into cases involving women, children

LAHORE: The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) will establish a dedicated special cell in Punjab to ensure the prompt registration, investigation, and prosecution of cybercrime cases involving women and children, an official said on Tuesday. NCCIA Punjab Director Muhammad Ali Wasim said the initiative was aimed at providing the victim women and children with expedited legal assistance, protection and institutional support while ensuring that complaints were investigated without delay. “Cases involving online harassment, cyberstalking, blackmail, digital exploitation, identity theft, misuse or circulation of private photographs and videos, as well as other technology-enabled offences against women and minors will be processed through the newly established specialised unit,” he said. The official added that all such cases would remain under the direct supervision of the relevant deputy director to ensure close monitoring, swift investigations, and effective coordination...
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At FIFA screening in Lyari, fans celebrate as Brazil beat Japan

As Brazil and Japan clashed in a thrilling FIFA knockout game on Monday, fans in Karachi’s Lyari neighbourhood held their breath to see which team would advance to the last 16. Football fanatics of all ages gathered at Lyari International Football Stadium for a jam-packed screening of the match played in Houston. Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab also joined them at the stadium, which has been hosting screenings of FIFA World Cup 2026 matches. Brazil — which is widely favoured in Lyari, earning the area the nickname “Mini Brazil” — emerged victorious, leaving the stadium filled with joy as spectators celebrated. Dawn takes a look at the scenes that played out during the tense match, where a 96th-minute goal by substitute Gabriel Martinelli helped Brazil secure its place in the last 16. People stand outside Lyari International Football Stadium in Karachi ahead of a FIFA World Cup match between Brazil and Japan, on June 29, 2026. — Tahir Jamal For most of the...
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Case registered against 14 prisoners who escaped from prison van bound for Rawalpindi's Adiala jail

RAWALPINDI: A first information report (FIR) was registered on Tuesday against the 14 prisoners who escaped from a police van a day earlier while being transported to Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail, with fresh details emerging that the fugitives threw red chilli powder at the police officials escorting them to facilitate their escape. Along with the 14 accused, the FIR, a copy of which is available with Dawn , also nominated five police officials who were present at the site of the incident, which occurred within the jurisdiction of the Sihala police station in Islamabad, for neglecting their respective duties, enabling the prisoners to escape. The complaint was registered under the following provisions of law: Sections 224 (resistance or obstruction by a person to their lawful apprehension), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter a public servant from discharging their duty), 186 (obstructing a public servant in the discharge of public functions), 34 (acts done by several persons in fur...
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Venezuela rescuers in final push to find survivors as families mourn

Rescuers from around the world pushed on Tuesday to save any final survivors trapped under mountains of rubble after Venezuela’s massive quakes that killed over 1,700 people , with tens of thousands still unaccounted for. The twin quakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 — the strongest to hit the South American nation in more than a century — likely damaged or destroyed 58,870 buildings, according to a preliminary assessment of satellite data published by Nasa. By the latest official count, some 1,700 are dead and 5,000 are injured, with no governmental word on the number of missing. Other estimates place these in the tens of thousands. At the only public cemetery in the capital Caracas, the two crematory ovens have been working at full capacity. Between Friday and Sunday, 60 to 70 burials were held each day. A cry of “Mom, I love you!” rose above a steady low sobbing and the sound of shovels mixing cement. When workers began to seal the niche of his nephew, ...
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Turkiye must be 'included' in Europe security structures: Erdogan ahead of Nato summit

Turkiye must be included in all of Europe’s defence and security structures, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, a week ahead of a key Nato summit in Ankara. His remarks come as Europe seeks to revamp its defences in light of the threat from Russia and the risk of a US pullback from Nato, as the military alliance gears up for a key summit in the Turkish capital on July 7-8. “Turkiye’s indispensable contributions to European security are sometimes overlooked,” Erdogan told parliamentary delegates from all 32 Nato member states in Istanbul, saying Turkiye wanted “to participate in all defence and security initiatives” on the continent. At issue is Turkiye’s access to the European Union’s 150-billion-euro ($176bn) Security Action for Europe (Safe) initiative, a scheme key to strengthening European defence capabilities. Although Turkiye is technically eligible to access the Safe initiative, it requires approval from all 27 EU members — something Greece has threatened to bloc...
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Epistemic terrorism

In today’s day and age, terrorism is not merely enabled by ideology and technology but also most effectively by an epistemic strategy that sacralises the ideological lineaments of the terrorists’ main creed. A concrete indication of this trend is the Taliban government’s use of sophisticated strategic communication tools through epistemic proxies like the Al Mirsaad , a web-based publication funded and directed by Taliban regime’s General Directorate of Intelligence’s media wing. Recently, the Al Mirsaad’s credentials as a Taliban mouthpiece were exposed by a report, “Heretics, Adversaries, & Legitimacy” by the Durand Despatch , an independent digital news organisation that specialises in security and counter-terrorism affairs in Afghanistan and South Asia. The analysis of the Al Mirsaad ’s 137 articles, published between October 2025 and March 2026, identified a pattern of deification of the internationally isolated and delegitimised Taliban regime. The Taliban’s messaging s...
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