Health workers sit on snow during a polio vaccination campaign in Neelum Valley, Azad Jammu Kashmir, February 4, 2025. PHOTO: AFP RAWALPINDI: Due to a severe economic and financial crisis, the Ministry of Health has reduced the duration of the next anti-polio campaign from seven days to four days and has also made significant reductions […]
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Information Minister rejects health rumors, says former PM is ‘absolutely in good health’ Imran Khan, founder of PTI. PHOTO: FILE Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar on Thursday said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and former Prime Minister Imran Khan, lodged in Adiala Prison, was briefly taken to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences
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RAWALPINDI: The proposed widening, resurfacing and signal-free corridor project for Murree Road, Rawalpindi’s largest, oldest and only central thoroughfare, has triggered strong opposition from traders after a revised plan increased both land acquisition and project costs. Under the new proposal, the Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) plans to expand land acquisition on both sides of Murree
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“The Bar not only prevented their arrest for two days, but also strongly supported them” Lawyer duo Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha overlook Islamabad Police stationed outside the office of the President of the Bar at the Islamabad High Court, waiting to arrest the couple PHOTO: EXPRESS ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court Bar Association
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Under the Parwaz Card program, interest-free financial assistance of up to Rs 300,000 for qualified youth Maryam Nawaz, Chief Minister of Punjab. SCREENSHOT LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif inaugurated a ‘Parwaz Card’ initiative to provide financial support and employment opportunities to qualified youth. Addressing graduates of technical training institutes, she said 250,000 youths
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The PoP project was first conceived by Sindh Police AIG Security SSP Maqsood Ahmad Memon, who gave a detailed presentation of the project at the SPMB meeting and highlighted its benefits for citizens. PHOTO: AFP SANGHAR: A man kidnapped his ex-wife for remarrying after acquiring khula, allegedly to avenge the damage done to his ego,
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A police official claims he was “half-fried” by a bullet in the leg during an on-stage confrontation and accused in a case by an SHO who demanded two million rupees as bribe but accepted Rs 300,000 thanks to the intervention of a wadera. Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Syed Asghar Ali Shah of Larkana Police Training College
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The defense challenges the absence of eyewitnesses and the confessions of the convict under police torture HYDERABAD: The trial for the brutal murder of famous Sindhi poet Dr Allah Bux alias Akash Ansari culminated in less than a year with the judge’s sentencing his stepson to death. The Model Criminal Trial Court in Hyderabad sentenced
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Presidents of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan make separate official visits in February President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev speaks at a conference. PHOTO: AFP ISLAMABAD: Islamabad is expected to become a key diplomatic hub next week as the presidents of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan undertake separate official visits to Pakistan, reflecting the country’s growing engagement with Central Asian
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President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari. PHOTO: Express News/File ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to providing institutional facilitation and expedited approvals to partner companies, and underlined the importance of deepening long-term cooperation in rail freight modernization, domestic logistics and integrated freight corridors. The President met with Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem,
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