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This image shows Punjab police personnel speaking to each other. — AFP/FileNew rules define recruitment, promotions, and responsibilities.Specialised ranks introduced with distinct pay scales.Transparent hiring process to ensure merit-based selection.LAHORE: The Punjab Police have introduced the proposed Crime Control Force (CCF) Service Rules, 2025, aimed at bolstering law enforcement efficiency across the province, The News reported.Initiated under the special directives of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, the plan envisions a specialised policing force dedicated to preventing, investigating, and combating organised crime, street crime, and other criminal activities.  The framework is expected to significantly enhance public safety, making Punjab’s police force…

Pope Francis looks on during the Jubilee audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican, February 1, 2025. — ReutersPope Francis suffered two episodes of “acute respiratory insufficiency” on Monday, the Vatican said, a setback for the 88-year-old pontiff as he battles double pneumonia.Francis, who has been in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital since February 14, is again receiving “non-invasive, mechanical ventilation” to help with his breathing. “Today, the Holy Father experienced two episodes of acute respiratory insufficiency, caused by a significant accumulation of endobronchial mucus,” the latest detailed medical update said.The pope also suffered a bronchospasm, akin to an asthma attack,…

Meghan Markle’s friend comes out with details about Archie, Lilibet’s friendshipsMeghan Markle’s pal has just left fans gushing about her children by dishing some major insights into how they are with other neighbor kids.For those unversed, everything has been dished on by a friend that is well placed and according to The Sun they explained how well ‘fitted’ the Sussex children are now to life in California. Reportedly they often head on over to neighbors houses for playdates and the likes. “You can see that as a unit,” the friend explained before highlighting how “they’re all very connected.”So much so…

Lucy Hale dishes on her past secret relationships: ‘People never knew’Lucy Hale has opened up about keeping privacy in her past secret relationships.While chatting on Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast, she, who got fame for her role Aria Montgomery in Pretty Little Liars, candidly talked about her past relationships. “Because I grew up on (Pretty Little Liars) and in the public eye I put way too much out there, I think,” the Hollywood actress began by saying.”I’m very open about my personal journey, and that’s been really great,” she continued. “My dating life, that whole side of my life,…

United States President Donald Trump on Sunday announced his government would create a national strategic crypto reserve that would include five cryptocurrencies, adding he would make the US “the crypto capital of the world”. In a statement on his Truth Social network, Trump said a crypto working group, which was set up following his inauguration in January, is pressing forward with the reserve’s creation, fulfilling promises he first made to crypto lobbyists during his election campaign. Following his Sunday announcement, values of the named currencies, including Bitcoin, soared, following what has been a weeks-long slump. The move comes before a…

Fujairah / Wam, under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Muhammad Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of Fujairah, launched the office of His Highness the Crown Prince of Fujairah, in cooperation with Hamdan bin Mohammed Smart University, today, the initiative of “Junior Fujairah: Pioneers of Technology”, which is dedicated to students from the citizens of the Emirate of Fujairah from the third to ninth grade. The program, which will be held from April 6 to July 10, 2025, will focus on three main axes, which are the basics of programming and artificial intelligence tools, advanced programming and…

A collage showing deceased Mustafa Amir (left) and prime suspect Armaghan Qureshi. — Screengrab via Geo News/File”You won’t find weed being sold anywhere now,” says CIA DIG Haider.Authorities await verification of Sahir Hasan’s financial transactions.Police search for Islamabad-based key week supplier named Bazil.KARACHI: With the authorities continuing to probe various aspects of the infamous Mustafa Amir’s alleged murder, the arrest of prime suspect Armaghan Qureshi along with Sahir Hasan, son of renowned actor Sajid Hasan, has disrupted the operation of the drug cartel in Karachi’s upmarket neighbourhoods, The News reported on Tuesday.The case relates to Mustafa’s, a BBA student, alleged kidnapping…

People breaking fast inside Windsor Castle’s State Apartments. — ReporterLONDON: A charity held the first-ever open iftar inside Windsor Castle’s State Apartments in the castle’s 1,000-year history.St George’s Hall, world renowned for hosting state banquets, welcomed over 360 guests of all backgrounds to mark the first open iftar event of 2025 organised by the Ramadan Tent Project in collaboration with Royal Collection Trust, the charity that welcomes visitors to the official royal residences. It is the first event of its kind to mark the Muslim holy month of Ramadan inside the State Apartments at the world’s largest and oldest occupied castle…

Malik Hussain Khan, a beekeeper, checking beehives in a honeybee farm at Lak Mor village in Sargodha district of Punjab. — AFP/FileSARGHODA: Under a dry, smoggy sky, a beekeeper in Punjab carefully loads boxes filled with tens of thousands of bees onto the back of a truck.Together they will travel 500 kilometres (around 300 miles) in an increasingly desperate chase to find flowering plants, clean air and moderate temperatures for honey production as climate change and pollution threaten the industry. “We move the boxes according to where the weather is good and the flowers bloom,” Malik Hussain Khan told AFP,…

Jay-Z’s accuser breaks their silence on intimidation and their terrorThe woman who accused Jay-Z of rape has just stepped forward to give their honest opinion on the terror that followed their allegations.The news has been brought to light by TMZ and per the documents they’ve obtained the Jane Doe claims HOV is still attempting to ‘bully’ her into admitting that her past claims were just ‘bogus’. She recounted an encounter where she was approached outside her home, by two people who were investigators working on Jay-Z’s case with his lawyers.At the time “the people tried to get her to sign…