A file photo of Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani. PHOTO: EXPRESS Agha Siraj Durrani, senior leader of the Pakistan People’s Party and former Speaker of the Sindh Assembly, has died. President Asif Ali Zardari and Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah expressed deep sadness and grief over his death. Agha Siraj Durrani died at […]
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Aurangzeb outlines agro-financial reforms, climate resilience to boost private sector growth and exports In Washington, on the sidelines of the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb addressed a high-level World Bank panel titled “AgriConnect: Farms, Businesses and Financing for Jobs”, highlighting Pakistan’s efforts to modernize its agricultural sector while addressing climate
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Every act of aggression receives a swift, resolute and intense response that will be remembered by posterity. Pakistan Rangers (right) and Indian Border Security Force personnel take part in the daily flag lowering ceremony at their joint border post at Wagah, near Lahore PHOTO: Reuters Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) has issued a statement addressing recent
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Requests the court to order action on PEMRA, PTA, under the leadership of the Council of Islamic Ideology Constitutional petition filed in Islamabad High Court against reality TV show Lazawal Ishq on allegations of promoting obscene and immoral content. The petitioner, Muhammad Faiq Shah, president of the Aman Taraqqi Party, claims that the reality TV
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Afghan Taliban, TTP open fire in Kurram sector, Pakistan destroys posts and tanks in retaliation ISLAMABAD: After a lull of a few days, tensions along the western border resumed on Tuesday evening when the Afghan Taliban and terrorists of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a banned group, opened fire without provocation in the Kurram sector. According
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KP Governor Faisal Karim Kundi and new KP Minister Sohail Afridi. Photo: Express PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday ended the political and constitutional impasse in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), by ordering Governor Faisal Karim Kundi to administer oath of office to Chief Minister-elect Sohai Khan Afridi by 4 pm on Wednesday (today). The PHC
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DIG suggests forming joint committee comprising officials to conduct land surveys KARACHI: Following the repatriation of Afghan nationals residing in the Afghan Basti, police officials have expressed concern over the risk of illegal occupation of vacated houses and land. DIG West Irfan Baloch has warned that the land mafia may try to grab the vacated
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has conveyed to major world capitals and friendly countries that it will no longer tolerate cross-border terrorist attacks from Afghanistan and any future aggression will be met with a swift and decisive response, diplomatic sources told The Express PK Press Club on Tuesday. Three days after the deadly clashes on the border between
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Police officers stand guard at the main entrance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad on January 18, 2024. Photo: File THE UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has castigated India for abandoning its obligations under UN Security Council resolutions guaranteeing the right to self-determination of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, arguing that its colonial settlement
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There are several loss-making state-owned enterprises in the country, such as the national carrier Pakistan International Airlines and Pakistan Steel Mills. PHOTO: REUTERS ISLAMABAD: The government has released Rs 1.366 billion to settle the dues of 411 retired employees of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM). According to documents available with Wealth Pakistan, the allocated amount covers
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