. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif speaking at the opening ceremony of Indus AI Week in Islamabad. PHOTO: RADIO PAKISTAN ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday announced the formal launch of the Ramazan PM Relief Package 2026 with an allocation of Rs 38 billion. He made the announcement while chairing a meeting to review the […]
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. RAWALPINDI: A heavy crane has been brought to Rawalpindi from Lahore to clear the railway track blocked since the derailment of the locomotive and two coaches of the Green Line train the other day, railway officials and workers said on Thursday. The incident took place near Bakery Chowk on Wednesday. Train operations on the
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The two ministers reaffirm their commitment to strengthening fraternal ties between Pakistan and Qatar Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar (left) and Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Dr Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi. Photo: Files Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi, on
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At least 22 Afghan Taliban killed as security forces thwart quadcopter attack on border posts A Pakistani soldier watches over the border fence with Afghanistan. PHOTO:AFP/FILE ISLAMABAD: Security forces responded decisively to unprovoked aggression by the Afghan Taliban along the Pakistan-Afghan border, security sources said Thursday. The forces targeted Taliban positions in several sectors including
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Protesters demand arrest of killers, anti-terrorism clauses in FIR and martyrdom package for murdered doctor Doctors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are protesting on Wednesday after the killing of Dr Mehwish Hasnain in Kohat. PHOTO: EXPRESS PESHAWAR: Doctors’ organizations in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday continued their protests for the fourth consecutive day, paralyzing outpatient and elective wards of
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The day before, the commission had issued a brief order ordering a recount at 39 polling stations in Pole PB-21. Ali Hassan Zehri. Photo: file In a dramatic turn of events, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday issued a notification declaring Ali Hassan Zehri of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) the re-elected candidate from
Total lunar eclipse visible in the United States and Canada. PHOTO: Pexels The Climate Data Processing Center of the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Thursday confirmed that a total lunar eclipse would be visible in Pakistan on March 3. According to a press release issued by the PMD, the eclipse will be widely visible in
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Opposition alliance advocates national counter-terrorism strategy with provinces, citing rising attacks in KP, Balochistan Leaders of Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz-e-Ain Pakistan are seen during a meeting chaired by coalition leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai on Wednesday, December 24, 2025. File/SCREENGRAB The Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz-e-Ain Pakistan (TTAP) has decided to respond positively to the government’s offer for talks on constitutional protection, sources
Disinfection operations still underway to eliminate any further Indian-sponsored terrorists in the region, army says ISLAMABAD: Security forces killed ten terrorists belonging to India-backed proxy group Fitna al Khwarij during an Intelligence Based Operation (IBO) in Zhob district of Balochistan, the Army’s media wing said in a statement. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR),
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Separately, a policeman was martyred in an explosion targeting an armored vehicle on the Quetta-Karachi highway QUETTA: At least five people, including children, were killed on Thursday when a cylinder exploded in a house in Chaman, Balochistan. Express News reported. Rescuers rushed to the scene, removing bodies from the rubble and transporting the injured to
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