Islamabad High Court. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Thursday asked the legal team of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder and former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to file a fresh miscellaneous petition to resolve the office’s outstanding objections in their appeals against Toshakhana-II’s convictions. On December 20, a special court […]
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Chief Election Commissioner warns of contempt notices, daily hearings as delimitation delays stall local elections Election Commission of Pakistan building in Islamabad. Photo: Radio Pakistan ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan on Thursday summoned Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi for delay in holding local body elections in Islamabad, while issuing a contempt notice to the interior
The Forum informed that 721,000 Afghan migrants were repatriated from Balochistan Afghan refugees load their belongings onto a truck in Haripur as they prepare to return to their home country following the Pakistani government’s directive requiring all illegal migrants to leave the country. Photo: PPI QUETTA: The Provincial Supreme Committee, in its 21st meeting held
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After 17 years of delay, the AI surveillance network is operational; expansion announced to three districts Secure urban cameras will soon be installed and will be able to easily read the new license plates. photo: express PESHAWAR: After a delay of 17 years, the much-awaited Safe City project in Peshawar has been officially inaugurated, ushering
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Rawalpindi Police. Photo APP RAWALPINDI: A woman, who allegedly acted in connivance with her husband, is accused of luring a Spain-based man to Pakistan under the pretext of marriage and defrauding him of hundreds of thousands of rupees in a so-called ‘honey trap’ in Rawalpindi’s New Town area. According to the police, the complainant, Murad
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Young people play cricket on a Ramazan night using stolen electricity, without worrying about the ethical or religious implications. Photo: Express HYDERABAD: Power theft for hosting night cricket matches on main roads and busy intersections of Hyderabad reached its peak during Ramazan, while the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (HESCO) failed to curb the illegal practice.
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KARACHI/LAHORE: State-owned natural gas producer OGDCL is preparing to increase production for the first time in recent years as ongoing conflict in the Middle East chokes supplies, its chief executive said. High electricity tariffs and rapid adoption of rooftop solar have reduced demand for natural gas in recent years, forcing Pakistan to renegotiate long-term liquefied
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Pakistan currently operates six nuclear power plants with a combined installed capacity of 3,530 MW(e). Restoration work is underway at four nuclear power plants in Chashma – C1, C2, C3 and C4 – and they are expected to operate at full capacity in the next 72 hours. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: The Board of Governors of
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LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s nomination of the US president for the Nobel Peace Prize was widely criticized as folly, although most experts said Pakistan’s renewed outreach to Washington and its efforts to stay out of Donald Trump’s crosshairs was driven by practical and short-term considerations. They called the country’s current foreign policy, including its
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. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is confident in its ability to weather the gathering storm in the Middle East as tensions over Iran threaten to redraw regional fault lines, senior officials said, insisting that Islamabad’s first priority remains protecting its core national interests. Officials close to the deliberations told the Express PK Press Club on Wednesday that
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