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Audit officials informed the committee that Rs 26.4 billion was outstanding towards toll collection. ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday flagged massive financial irregularities involving the National Highway Authority (NHA), revealing that Rs26.4 billion worth of tolls remain unpaid while another Rs16 billion could not be recovered from overloaded trucks, leading to major

ISLAMABAD: As the curtain falls on 2025, the year is increasingly seen by legal experts as one of the darkest for judicial independence, following the passage of the 26th and 27th constitutional amendments and the continued consolidation of executive dominance over the higher judiciary. Throughout the year, the executive remained firmly in control, leading many

Gohar claims Imran never ordered the dialogue to stop; According to him, “people from within” are the cause of the party’s misfortunes Gohar Ali Khan, President of PTI. PHOTO: EXPRESS RAWALPINDI: The embattled PTI appears divided on how to respond to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s offer of talks, with the party president striking a conciliatory

ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday approved a supplementary budget to enable the army to acquire bulletproof vehicles for transporting school children in Balochistan, according to an official document released by the Finance Ministry. The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet, in a meeting chaired by Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, approved a supplementary budget of

Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Photo: screenshot LAHORE: An election tribunal has upheld the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) notification declaring Nawaz Sharif the winner of Lahore NA-130, rejecting a challenge filed by PTI chief Dr Yasmin Rashid. The move ends Dr Yasmin’s attempt to overturn Sharif’s victory in the February 2024 general elections in

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif shakes hands with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan during a meeting in Rahim Yar Khan. Photo: Express RAHIM YAR KHAN: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Ruler of Abu Dhabi, at Sheikh Zayed Palace, Rahim

ISLAMABAD: In 2021, while her party, the PML-N, was going through a difficult period, with her father, Nawaz Sharif, and her uncle, Shehbaz Sharif, behind bars, Maryam Nawaz highlighted the link between resistance and dialogue. Maryam, who is now the first woman chief minister of Punjab, had then said that “only if there is resistance