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Gangs barricade Korangi artery, loot stranded commuters as viral videos spark outrage over police failures Kohat police on duty. Photo: Online (file) KARACHI: The Shah Faisal Colony bridge in Korangi has turned into a crime hotspot with armed thugs setting up a makeshift check post and robbing dozens of commuters at gunpoint on Saturday night […]

Zakir, who served as bureau chief of a private news channel, was shot dead in 2014 in Larkana while on duty According to Express News, the bodies were found near Mai Kolachi Road Phatak. PHOTO: PEXELS KARACHI: The family of slain journalist Zakir Hussain, also known as Shan Dahar, along with representatives of a media

LAHORE: The gap between official price lists and actual market prices has continued to widen this week, leaving consumers to absorb the impact across Lahore’s retail markets. Poultry prices remained largely stagnant on paper, but told a different story on the ground. Live chicken was officially fixed at Rs 397-411 per kilogram and remained unsold

The initial shipment, consisting of frozen meat, was transported via refrigerated trucks to Tashkent, Uzbekistan Pakistani pilgrims evacuated from Iran walk across the Pakistan-Iran border at Taftan in Balochistan province on June 18, 2025. Photo: AFP KARACHI: Trade activities under the Pakistan-Iran transit corridor have formally commenced, with the first export shipment dispatched from Pakistan.

The Minister will upgrade passenger train booking, fully digitize freight booking to increase efficiency and reduce interference. PHOTO: FILE RAWALPINDI: Federal Minister for Railways Hanif Abbasi on Sunday inaugurated the upgraded Safari tourist train from Rawalpindi to the historic destination of Attock Khurd while outlining a series of measures aimed at reviving Pakistan Railways. The

ISLAMABAD: Amid PTI’s protests over the lack of legitimate rights for its detained leaders, the National Judicial Policy Making Committee (NJPMC), comprising all senior judges, has announced that it will organize a national conference on the “Prison Reform Action Plan” in June to promote stakeholder engagement and policy dialogue as part of an inclusive reform

LAHORE: The Punjab Higher Education Commission (PHEC) has moved to buy vehicles worth about Rs 70 million despite austerity directives issued by the provincial government. According to sources, the commission has proposed the purchase of a luxury vehicle for its chairman along with four cars for senior officials. The summary has been sent to the

Experts say this is not the first time the country has found itself at the center of a geopolitical breakthrough KARACHI: After nearly six weeks of conflict between the US, Israel and Iran, Islamabad brokered a two-week ceasefire, maintaining a careful balance throughout, avoiding aligning with either side while quietly working to open channels of

During the campaign, 45 million children under the age of five will be given anti-polio vaccine ISLAMABAD: A week-long anti-polio campaign will begin across the country on Monday (today), Radio Pakistan reported. During the campaign, 45 million children under the age of five will be given anti-polio vaccine. The health workers will go door-to-door in

Components of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKECSG), the guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) and the French Navy frigate FS Languedoc (D 653) pass through the Strait of Hormuz on November 25, 2023. PHOTO: REUTERS ISLAMABAD: What was billed as the most consistent talks in decades ended without a breakthrough but also