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Special Prosecutor defends move not to include name of PTI leaders in supplementary challan KP CM Sohail Afridi. Photo: Screengrab PESHAWAR: A lawyer told an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Tuesday that there was insufficient evidence to include the name of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Sohail Afridi as an accused in the supplementary case in a

Significant cuts have been ordered in the President’s Office’s operating budget Former Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani. PHOTO: AFP ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Yousuf Raza Gilani has announced a “wide-ranging austerity” projecting a reduction of more than 50 percent in the Senate Secretariat’s remaining budget utilization for the current fiscal year, which will translate into estimated

Cancellations affected several destinations including Doha, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Dubai, Muscat, Abu Dhabi KARACHI/LAHORE: Flight operations between Pakistan and the Middle East faced major disruption on Tuesday as at least 64 flights were canceled from major international airports across the country due to the changing situation in the region. According to aviation sources, the

Families visit the Saddar shopping street along Bank Road in Rawalpindi, keeping to the tradition of evening Eid shopping trips during Ramazan nights. Photo: Agha Mahroz/Express LAHORE: With just days to go before Eidul Fitr, markets across Pakistan are witnessing a surge in activity as shoppers rush to complete last-minute purchases despite rising prices and

In this handout photo, taken and released by the Karachi Port Trust, a container ship docks at the Karachi port in Karachi on May 29, 2024. Photo: KPT KARACHI: The first Pakistani vessel to pass through the Strait of Hormuz after its closure has entered the Arabian Sea via the Gulf of Oman and reached

Minister of Information Attaullah Tarar. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday strongly rejected Afghan Taliban claims that its latest airstrikes targeted a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, calling the claims “completely baseless” and part of a wider pattern of disinformation aimed at distorting the facts. Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said the strikes carried out on

. PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan. PHOTO: EXPRESS RAWALPINDI: PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan has said that any formal announcement of any protest movement against the government or talks with it will be given by opposition leaders in the National Assembly and Senate – Mahmood Khan Achakzai and Allama Raja Nasir Abbas “Achakzai along

Police officers walk past the Supreme Court of Pakistan building in Islamabad, Pakistan April 6, 2022. REUTERS ISLAMABAD: After spending 15 years behind bars, four men accused of murdering six police officers in a terror case have been acquitted by the Supreme Court, which found the prosecution’s case riddled with inconsistencies and lacking credible evidence.