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  • Explosive material found near Adiala jail

    The police on Tuesday found a bag containing an explosive device in Gorakhpur near Adiala jail, where the hearing of the cipher case against former Prime Minister Imran Khan is scheduled for today.

    According to police, the bomb disposal squad also confirmed that the bag had explosive material.

    “The suspicious bag was packed with high-grade explosives of 1,500 grams,” the bomb disposal squad said.

    The explosive device was defused by the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) experts. Senior police officers of Rawalpindi police were present at the spot.

    The bag with explosives material was found one kilometre away from Adiala jail, where Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan is imprisoned.

    The incident came to light during a period when the country is facing terrorist threats from both internal and external extremist organisations, including the proscribed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

    According to the report of Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS), at least 386 security officials lost their lives in first nine months of 2023.  

  • Pakistan’s Muhammad Asif beats seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry

    Pakistan’s Muhammad Asif beats seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry

    Pakistan’s Muhammad Asif has beaten seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry in in the qualifying round of British Open 2023.
    Muhammad Asif, who got a two-year professional card for the WST( World Snooker Tour) in June 2022, tasted a major victory as he beat Hendry 4-2 in best of seven.

    The qualifying round match between Hendry and Asif started on a negative note for the Pakistani, as the seven-time world champion pulled ahead, courtesy of a brilliant break of 73.

    Asif, however, was quick to react and pulled back the game in the next three frames to move within the victory.

    Hendry then managed to pull one back, edging Asif by the score of 74-43 in the fifth frame.

    With momentum in his favor, Asif kept his nerves, halting Stephen Hendry’s comeback by winning the match-defining frame.

    Shoaib Arif, the founder of Pro Snooker PK, congratulated the nation on the historic feat for the country and termed it as “A gift on the independence day”