Families visit Saddar Shopping Street along Bank Road in Rawalpindi, continuing the tradition of Eid night shopping trips taken during Ramazan evenings. Photo: Agha Mahroz/Express LAHORE: With Eidul Fitr just days away, Pakistan’s markets are seeing a surge of activity as shoppers rush to make last-minute purchases despite rising prices and growing concern over tensions […]
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In this photo, taken and published by Karachi Port Trust, a container ship is docked at the Karachi Port in Karachi on May 29, 2024. Photo: KPT KARACHI: The first Pakistani ship to transit the Strait of Hormuz after its closure entered the Arabian Sea via the Gulf of Oman and reached Pakistan’s maritime zone,
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Minister of Information, Attaullah Tarar. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday forcefully rejected claims by the Afghan Taliban that their recent airstrikes targeted a drug treatment hospital in Kabul, calling the claims “completely baseless” and part of a broader pattern of misinformation aimed at distorting facts. Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said the strikes carried out
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. Gohar Ali Khan, President of PTI. PHOTO: EXPRESS RAWALPINDI: Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, Chairman of PTI, said that any official announcement regarding any protest movement against the government or any meeting with it would be made by the opposition leaders in the National Assembly and Senate – Mahmood Khan Achakzai and Allama Raja Nasir
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Police officers walk past the Supreme Court of Pakistan building, in Islamabad, Pakistan April 6, 2022. REUTERS ISLAMABAD: After spending 15 years behind bars, four men accused of killing six police officers in a terrorism case were acquitted by the Supreme Court, which found the prosecution case riddled with inconsistencies and lacking credible evidence. In
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. LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has issued notices to the Attorney General of Pakistan and the Advocate General of Punjab, seeking their assistance in a petition challenging the denotification of sitting judges of election tribunals. The court adjourned the hearing for two weeks. Justice Khalid Ishaq heard the petition filed by PTI chief
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. ISLAMABAD: The federal government has canceled the Pakistan Day parade scheduled for March 23 due to the ongoing oil crisis and austerity measures announced following tensions in the Middle East, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said on Tuesday. “In light of the ongoing oil crisis in the Gulf and the austerity measures announced by
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Drone and rockets hit US embassy in Baghdad; Trump denounces NATO ‘insane’, says US capable of handling crisis alone Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, visits the Hezbollah office in Tehran, Iran, October 1, 2024. Photo: Reuters/File DUBAI/JERUSALEM: Iran on Tuesday rejected proposals to de-escalate the conflict,
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Iran granted special transit permission to MT Karachi, vessel enters Pakistani waters with 80 million liters of crude oil A ship sailing on water. PHOTO: PEXELS The first Pakistani ship to transit the Strait of Hormuz after its closure entered the Arabian Sea via the Gulf of Oman and reached Pakistan’s maritime zone, carrying a
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DPM Dar chairs review meeting, orders measures to facilitate and support Pakistanis in region Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar chairs a meeting in Islamabad to review developments in the region. Photo:X Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday asked authorities to maintain close coordination to facilitate and support Pakistani
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