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Union Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: A special government committee that oversees oil supplies on Thursday discussed introducing a four-day working week with reduced hours and moving educational institutions to virtual learning as part of possible energy-saving measures, amid supply uncertainty linked to disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz. Officials said the committee […]

Heavy weapons and ammunition seized from retreating Taliban forces are displayed amid the ongoing operation Ghazab Lil Haq. ISLAMABAD: Security officials said Thursday that Pakistan’s ongoing Operation Ghazab Lil-Haq against terrorist networks in Afghanistan will continue until credible assurances are given that terrorism will no longer be supported from across the border. Relations between Pakistan

. Union Minister for Law Azam Nazeer Tarar. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Thursday passed a private member’s bill seeking amendments to the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO) 1999, introduction of a second appellate forum in accountability cases and clarification of several procedural provisions related to bail, jurisdiction and administrative continuity of the National Accountability

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Prime Minister Mark Carney at the G7 summit on Tuesday. Canada’s intelligence service warns in a new report that the country remains a source of foreign interference. PHOTO: THE CANADIAN PRESS ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday expressed concern over a long-term uranium supply agreement and nuclear cooperation agreement struck

Police officers walk past the Supreme Court of Pakistan building in Islamabad, Pakistan April 6, 2022. REUTERS ISLAMABAD: The Shariat Appellate Body of the Supreme Court on Thursday heard an important constitutional and religious interpretation case on the evidentiary status of women’s testimony in trials. The five-member bench, headed by Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, issued

. ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly was informed on Thursday that the government is strengthening the blood transfusion monitoring system in an effort to control hepatitis. Responding to a call for attention, the Parliamentary Secretary for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination said private clinics were also being monitored to ensure safe use of syringes and

Security sources say Afghan Taliban brigade headquarters of 205 Corps destroyed in Kandahar airstrikes Security sources said the ongoing operation Ghazab Lil Haq would continue until “credible assurances and concrete steps” from the Afghan Taliban to end their support for terrorists against the Pakistan-ruled Radio Pakistan reported Thursday. Pakistan is currently conducting ‘Operation Ghazab Lil

The MoFA says special facilitation offices have been established at Pakistan’s missions abroad to help stranded Pakistanis Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is directing Pakistani embassies in the Gulf countries to help Pakistani citizens amid the prevailing situation in the region. PHOTO: APP Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday directed that the Pakistani embassies in the