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PESHAWAR: In a significant show of unity, opposition parties in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa have decided to field a consensus candidate for the province’s only vacant Senate seat. The decision was taken at a consultative meeting convened by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa at Mufti Mahmood Markaz in Peshawar. The meeting, chaired by JUI central leader Maulana Ataur

Police officers stand at a checkpoint on a road leading to the Serena Hotel, as Pakistan prepares to host the United States and Iran for peace talks, in Islamabad. PHOTO: REUTERS MURREE/ISLAMABAD: Citizens of the federal capital are increasingly expressing anger over police checkpoints and roadblocks installed on almost all major and secondary roads in

RAWALPINDI: Residents of Rawalpindi cantonment areas face increasing difficulties in accessing basic civic facilities due to the absence of elected representatives and a security guard system. Problems with water supply, sanitation and damaged roads have intensified. According to a report compiled by The Express PK Press Club, visits to posh and densely populated areas –

The first batch of 25 international students graduated from Dow International Medical College on Thursday evening. Surrounded by their professors and the vice-chancellor, the students took the Hippocratic oath during the ceremony organized at the Governor’s House. PHOTO COURTESY: ARIF HUSSAIN LAHORE: An unusual drop in admissions to private medical and dental colleges has highlighted

Jacob Lines Examination Center of Higher Secondary School for Girls in Karachi. PHOTO: JALAL QURESHI/FILE KARACHI: The third day of the annual matriculation exams was also marred by serious management problems, allegations of cheating and poor facilities, while another case was also recorded regarding an exam center alleged “paid cheating”. Under the aegis of the

The ‘joint declaration’ alert came as both sides made significant progress in negotiations US Vice President JD Vance meets Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ahead of the 2026 Islamabad talks. ISLAMABAD: Local and international journalists were exhausted outside the media center set up just steps from the Serena Hotel, where senior Iranian and American officials had

Rally aims to show PTI founder can mobilize large-scale political activity, says Afridi Imran Khan, founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: On the orders of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government plans to organize what its Chief Minister Sohail Afridi calls a “major public rally” in Mardan next Sunday to show

LAHORE: The Standing Committee on Local Government and Community Development of the Punjab Assembly has taken a significant step by setting the minimum legal age of marriage for boys and girls across the province at 18 years, abolishing the earlier provision which allowed girls to marry at the age of 16. The committee unanimously approved