The three-day festival marking the arrival of spring starts in Lahore on Friday A large number of people are buying kites in connection with the upcoming Basant festival in the provincial capital. PHOTO: APP On a cold, misty morning, hundreds of kite-flying enthusiasts queued at Mochi Gate in Lahore’s Walled City, waiting for their turn […]
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The Chief of Defense Staff (CDF) and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir said on Thursday that the country’s armed forces remained fully prepared to counter both conventional and hybrid threats in an evolving security environment, warning that any act of aggression would be met with a swift and appropriate response during a
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The Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA) on Thursday issued an alert warning pilots of intense kite flying in the airspace around Lahore airport during the Basant celebrations, citing potential risks to flight operations. After years of silence in Lahore’s winter skies, Basant is poised to return, cautiously and tightly regulated, as the Punjab government prepares to
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Pakistan envoy warns Afghan safe havens have encouraged BLA, TTP after Taliban takeover Permanent representative of the UN Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad Photo: APP UNITED NATIONS: A senior Pakistani diplomat has urged the UN Security Council to “act swiftly” to designate the “foreign-funded” Balochistan Liberation Army as a terrorist group under its sanctions regime, established
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President, Prime Minister have reaffirmed their unwavering moral, diplomatic, political support to the Kashmiri people Residents of Islamabad take part in a Kashmir Day demonstration. PHOTO: APP Kashmir Solidarity Day is being observed on Thursday to express support for the people of the Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) in their struggle for the
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Will meet President Zardari, hold delegation level talks with Prime Minister Shehbaz, address Pakistan-Uzbekistan Business Forum President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev speaks during a conference. PHOTO: AFP Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev arrived in Islamabad on Thursday for a two-day state visit to Pakistan from 5-6. February, according to the Prime Minister’s Office. On arrival at
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Military says 216 terrorists killed as intelligence-led operations target Indian-sponsored networks Pakistan’s security forces have successfully completed “Operation Radd-ul-Fitna-1” in Balochistan, carrying out a series of coordinated and intelligence-led operations against what the military described as Indian-sponsored terrorist elements, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Thursday. In a statement, the ISPR said the operations
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CM Sarfaraz Bugti. PHOTO: PID QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti confirmed on Wednesday that government jobs in the province would be filled on merit and not sold under any circumstances. In a statement, the Chief Minister said that the provincial government is taking practical steps to provide dignified employment opportunities to the youth. As
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CM chairing the Apex Committee meeting attended by the Peshawar Corps Commander, IGP, others Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi carries the coffin of martyred Captain Abbas Khan in Peshawar. Photo: Express PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and military officials held a high-level meeting on Wednesday to review the security situation and ongoing counter-terrorism operations in
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KARACHI: Labor rights activists and dock workers’ representatives have announced a protest demonstration outside the Karachi Press Club on February 9 against the proposed closure of the Karachi Dock Labor Board (KDLB), warning that the move could leave thousands of workers unemployed and dismantle a decades-old regulatory system at the port. The announcement was made
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