Qatar, Turkiye, Pakistan and Indonesia sign ‘Badr’ defence pact
Al Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid reports on the ‘Badr’ Memorandum of Understanding.

Al Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid reports on the ‘Badr’ Memorandum of Understanding.



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Families demand justice for the 35 people killed; relatives say they had warned that the roof was leaking.

Thousands gather for funeral prayers in Pakistan’s Peshawar after a school rooftop collapse killed at least 34 children.

At least 29 people, mostly children, have been killed after the school collapsed on them in Pakistan’s Peshawar.
At least 34 students and a teacher killed in incident at Al-Khair Education Centre, a private school in Peshawar.
Iran says ‘terrorist groups’ supported from outside the country are targeting security forces.

Protesters in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province clashed with police over emergency and governor’s rule.
Islamabad says the PTI failed to lead the fight against armed groups, but analysts question the takeover.
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Saudi authorities say a Pakistani national was killed and several people injured in a second strike on Riyadh’s Airport.

Pakistan has suspended Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s PTI-led government after declaring a state of emergency in the province.