The five-day literary festival features 325 stalls, exhibitors from 17 countries and strong audience participation Women invade the fair, impatiently leafing through novels, fiction and bestsellers. From browsing to purchasing, the show gave them a space to celebrate their love of books. Photo: Jalal Qureshi/Express KARACHI: The Karachi World Book Fair 2025 kicked off on […]
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Chief Minister of Sindh, Murad Ali Shah. PHOTO: Radio Pakistan KARACHI: Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Thursday reaffirmed his government’s strong resolve to eliminate land grabbing and land extortion in the province, saying such illegal practices would not be tolerated under any circumstances. The chief minister made the remarks during a meeting with a
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Judge Panhor, in his dissenting note, ruled that this was a case of rape and that the conviction should have been upheld. Police officers walk past the Supreme Court of Pakistan building, in Islamabad, Pakistan April 6, 2022. REUTERS ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court transformed a conviction for rape into a case of consensual adultery, reducing
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GILGIT: Gilgit-Baltistan Inspector General of Police (IGP) Afzal Mahmood Butt has announced a major breakthrough in the investigation into the attack on Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) leader Qazi Nisar Ahmad. At a press conference, IGP Butt confirmed that major arrests had been made in connection with the October 5 incident, which left six people injured,
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Due to the absence of a PTI member in the meeting, the committee was seeking his opinion on the plan to redraw the map of Punjab. ISLAMABAD: A proposed constitutional amendment to create a new southern Punjab province dominated a Senate committee on Thursday, with deliberations on the bill postponed after a member of the
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said Thursday that the latest United Nations Security Council report on Afghanistan confirmed its long-standing concerns about the presence of terrorist groups across the border. The 16th report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team has been submitted to the UN Security Council. “The de facto authorities continue to deny that any
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ISLAMABAD: Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal said on Thursday that a new roadmap has been shared with civil and military leaders to increase Pakistan’s exports to $63 billion within four years, stressing that the country cannot end its dependence on foreign creditors without a sustained increase in exports. The roadmap sets an ambitious target of increasing
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LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has ruled that anyone disembarked from a flight or prevented from traveling abroad must be provided with written reasons at the time such action is taken, stating that the requirement constitutes a substantial legal guarantee rather than a mere procedural formality. In a two-page interim order, Justice Ali Zia Bajwa,
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistani intelligence agencies have struck the nerve center of the Islamic State of Khorasan (IS-K), arresting its public face and architect of propaganda in an operation near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, a move that has disrupted the group’s media apparatus and weakened its cross-border reach, it was reported on Thursday. The detention of Sultan Aziz
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