Karachi desk · 12 Nov 2026 · filed 02:00 PKT
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Reuters reported that Uzma Khan and Naureen Niazi were released from prison in Lahore on Nov. 12 after weeks in detention. The detentions had been tied to concerns over law and order ahead of a planned protest by Imran Khan's party. A third sister, Aleema Khan, remained held at the time of the report.
An attack in the Kohat region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa left eleven police personnel feared killed, per a rescue group spokesman.
Air quality deteriorated sharply as officials blamed pollution drifting across the border from India after Diwali.
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
An attack in the Kohat region left eleven police personnel feared killed, according to a rescue group spokesman who gave the initial death toll. Officials had not immediately commented at the time of the wire report. That wording matters. A figure from a rescue group is not the same as a confirmed count from a provincial authority, and our copy labels it as the initial toll rather than the final one.
If the number is revised, the story is updated and the change is noted. Security incidents in the province get filed here and in the Security section, so readers tracking either one will find them.
We covered the Lahore release with the names and dates intact because a detention story without them is not a story — and because the family relationship is the reason the case drew attention in the first place. Uzma Khan and Naureen Niazi were released on 12 November. A third sister, Aleema Khan, remained held at the time of the report.
We are following what happens to the sibling still in custody.
Read the Lahore detention reportProtest coverage gets the same treatment as everything else: what was announced, what happened, who was detained, and what a court or a provincial government said about it afterward. We do not report a planned demonstration as though it occurred.
Court reporting is kept to filings and rulings. When a case is adjourned, we say it was adjourned rather than implying a decision is near.
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