Meets financial institutions, US officials, business representatives on the sidelines of the World Bank-IMF spring meetings Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb held a productive meeting with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Middle East and Central Asia Director Jihad Azour along with the IMF mission team to Pakistan on the sidelines of the World Bank and IMF Spring […]
PESHAWAR: In a significant move, opposition parties in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa have decided to field a consensus candidate for the lone vacant Senate seat from the province. The decision was taken during a consultative meeting convened by Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa at Mufti Mahmood Markaz in Peshawar. The meeting, chaired by JUI central leader Maulana Ataur
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Police officers stand at a checkpoint on a road leading to the Serena hotel as Pakistan prepares to host the US and Iran for peace talks in Islamabad. PHOTO: REUTERS MURREE/ISLAMABAD: Citizens of the federal capital are increasingly expressing anger over heavy police checkpoints and roadblocks set up on almost every major and minor road
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RAWALPINDI: Residents of Rawalpindi Cantonment areas are facing increasing difficulties in accessing basic civic amenities due to the absence of elected representatives and a caretaker setup. Problems related to water supply, sanitation and damaged roads have intensified. According to a report prepared by The Express Pakinomist, visits to posh and densely populated areas – including
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The first group of 25 overseas students graduated from Dow International Medical College on Thursday evening. Flanked by their teachers and the Vice-Chancellor, the students took the Hippocratic Oath at the ceremony held at the Governor’s House. PHOTO COURTESY: ARIF HUSSAIN LAHORE: An unusual drop in admissions to private medical and dental schools has exposed
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Girls Higher Secondary School Jacob Lines Examination Center in Karachi. PHOTO: JALAL QUERESHI/FILE KARACHI: The third day of annual matriculation exams was also marred by serious mismanagement, cheating allegations and poor facilities, while a separate case of an alleged “paid cheating” exam center was also registered. Under the Board of Secondary Education Karachi, biology papers
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Alarm over the ‘joint statement’ came as both sides made significant progress in talks US Vice President JD Vance meets Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ahead of Islamabad Talks 2026. SCREENGRAB ISLAMABAD: Local and international journalists were exhausted in the media center set up just a stone’s throw from the Serena Hotel, where senior Iranian and
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The rally aims to show the PTI founder can mobilize large-scale political activity, says Afridi Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: On instructions from jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government plans to hold what its chief minister Sohail Afridi calls a “huge public rally” in Mardan next Sunday to show
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LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly Standing Committee on Local Government and Community Development has taken a significant step by setting 18 as the legal minimum age for marriage for both boys and girls across the province, scrapping the earlier provision that had allowed girls to marry at the age of 16. The committee unanimously approved The
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Lawyer and activist Imaan Mazari, daughter of senior politician Shireen Mazari. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE ISLAMABAD: Lawyer Imaan Mazari has approached the Supreme Court asking for a stay of his sentence in a case related to making “anti-government” posts on social media. The human rights lawyer has moved the apex court after the Islamabad High Court (IHC)
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