Toddlers chasing pet cat fall into 8-foot-deep ditch; contractor among four booked GUJRAT: A two-year-old boy died after falling into an uncovered drain near his home in a private housing society in Sarai Alamgir on Thursday, police said. According to initial reports, the toddler had stepped outside his house while chasing a cat when he […]
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Punjab Civil Secretariat. Photo: Facebook LAHORE: A protest by the Grand Alliance of government employees outside the Punjab Civil Secretariat entered its third day on Thursday, intensifying pressure on the provincial government to address long-standing service-related demands. The alliance consists of teachers along with employees from various other government departments. From early morning, a large
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Escalator installed at Lahore railway station. PHOTO: EXPRESS LAHORE: The much talked about free Wi-Fi facility at Lahore Railway Station has been suspended after the railway authorities allegedly failed to clear payments to the internet service provider, leaving passengers frustrated. Commuters arriving at the station continued to scan QR codes displayed at various locations in
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Liquor bottles are overflowing outside an excise liquor shop in DHA on Korangi Road. Photo: Express KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly has rejected a resolution seeking a province-wide ban on the sale and purchase of liquor after a debate that turned light-hearted at several points during the session. The resolution was moved by Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan
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LAHORE: Former Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz has termed party workers as the party’s crown jewel and said that without the die-hard supporters, the party would stand nowhere. He made the remarks while responding to questions about growing complaints from party leaders who feel sidelined by the leadership during an off-the-record interaction with reporters earlier
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The consumers of 11 KV Bashirabad-I, II feeders and 11 KV Shahi Bagh feeders will also have their power suspended. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Thursday acknowledged that prolonged load shedding of more than 10 hours a day is being imposed on 2,223 power supplies across the country. According to written responses submitted
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Energy Minister Awais Leghari. Photo: Online ISLAMABAD: Energy Minister Awais Leghari admitted on Thursday that skyrocketing electricity prices had pushed consumers towards installing solar panels, even as the government’s main coalition partner, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), likened recent changes to net metering policy to “robbery and fraud in broad daylight”. Despite acknowledging that rising
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Thursday that the latest report by the UN Security Council’s 1267 sanctions committee has “broadly supported” its long-standing position that terrorist groups, particularly the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), continue to operate from Afghan soil with operational space and support. Responding to questions during his weekly news briefing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Tahir Andrabi
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. Heavy machinery is being used to clear a road of snow in Abbottabad. Photo: PPI ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast mainly cold and dry weather over most parts of the country on Friday. While hilly areas are expected to remain partly cloudy with very cold conditions during the morning and night
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PTI founder Imran Khan’s sister Aleema Khan addresses party leaders at a press conference in Islamabad. Photo: Saba ISLAMABAD: Political temperatures soared on Thursday as the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) expressed serious concern over the health of its jailed leader, Imran Khan, after a report submitted to the Supreme Court quoted him as saying he had
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