LAHORE: As the city counts down to Basant, the skies may soon fill with color, but on the ground, shortages of kites and strings, delays in vendor permits and conflicting official signals are converging into a controversy that threatens to define the festival’s return more than the celebration itself. Concerns have emerged over a possible […]
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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir and cabinet ministers attend the exchange of documents between the government and Arif Habib consortium on privatization of PIA in Islamabad. Photo: Express ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to strengthening trade and economic cooperation with the European Union (EU), notably through
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Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi with PTI leaders and KP Assembly members outside Adiala jail on January 29, 2026. SCREENSHOT RAWALPINDI/ISLAMABAD: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Thursday announced that he, PTI general secretary Salman Akram Raja and other party members would spend the night at Adiala Jail Road after being denied a meeting with
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. The minister called on international partners to invest in the nationwide deployment of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), estimating the need at $3 billion to serve more than 30 million consumers. PHOTO: File ISLAMABAD: Electricity consumers in Pakistan may face an additional charge of 48 paisa per unit due to the Fuel Cost Adjustment (FCA)
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. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has taken a significant step towards the introduction of 5G services, with the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) announcing that the 5G spectrum auction will take place on March 10. According to a PTA spokesperson, the decision to proceed with the spectrum auction on March 10 follows extensive consultations with all relevant stakeholders,
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. ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to connect the holy places of Kartarpur and Nankana Sahib with the national highway network. In this regard, Federal Minister for Communications Abdul Aleem Khan chaired a meeting and directed the NHA to start construction of the Sialkot-Kartarpur Expressway, which will be named as ‘Guru Nanak Expressway’. The minister
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. ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Justice notified the appointment of ten LHC judges on Thursday. The notification states that “The President is pleased to appoint the additional judges of the LHC to be judges of the said court effective upon their swearing-in.” The judges include Hassan Nawaz Makhdoom, Malik Waqar Haider Awan, Sardar Akbar Ali,
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Lawyer Aqeel calls eye situation ‘exaggerated non-issue’, accuses PTI of trying to politicize it The government on Thursday downplayed concerns raised by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) over the eye treatment of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, calling them a “non-issue”, while the party wrote to international human rights bodies over the alleged prison treatment of its
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NIH confirms Pakistan has adequate laboratory capacity and diagnostic kits to test suspected cases Pakistan has stepped up its Nipah virus preparedness measures, with National Institutes of Health (NIH) officials telling a high-level meeting on Thursday that the risk of an outbreak remains low, although the presence of animal reservoirs cannot completely rule it out.
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Sohail Afridi questions secrecy over PTI founder’s hospital transfer and lack of family and doctor notification Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi with PTI leaders and KP Assembly members outside Adiala jail on January 29, 2026. SCREENSHOT RAWALPINDI: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Sohail Afridi and other Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders were once again denied permission to
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