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I promise we will not topple the government if relations with Imran improve: Abbas

Demands formation of joint parliamentary committee to deal with issues related to meeting with jailed PTI founder The MWM leader called for immediate implementation of the agreement. Photo: Express Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Allama Raja Nasir Abbas on Monday demanded the formation of a joint parliamentary committee to deal with issues related […]

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Three FC personnel were martyred in attack on ambulance in KP’s Karak district

An ambulance was transporting the injured personnel after terrorists attacked an FC fort Ambulance carrying injured FC personnel came under terrorist attack in Karak district of KP on February 23, 2026. Photo: Express PESHAWAR: Three Federal Constabulary (FC) personnel were martyred on Monday after terrorists attacked a fort in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Karak district, according to police.

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Working-class athlete Rizwan Pathan fights poverty by day, chases MMA dreams by night

22-time winner earns Rs1,000 pledge marble, hopes for government job to build academy for tribal youth Rizwan Pathan with winning shields. PHOTO: EXPRESS PESHAWAR: By day, 27-year-old Rizwan Pathan hauls heavy slabs of marble in a factory and earns barely enough to keep his children fed. At night, despite sore limbs and exhaustion, he goes

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Northern Pakistan faces rising glacial floods amid winter heat

Daytime temperatures are 3-5°C above normal, while nighttime temperatures were 1-3.5°C above the climatological average for 1981-2010 Northern Pakistan is experiencing below-average rainfall and snowfall this winter, raising concerns over accelerated glacier melt and potential Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs), the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said in a statement on Monday. According to the PMD,

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Security forces kill 5 terrorists, foil attack plan in Pishin

Pakistani army soldiers. PHOTO: ISPR/FILE QUETTA: Security forces foiled a major terror plot in Balochistan’s Pishin district on Sunday, killing five terrorists belonging to the Indian proxy Fitna al Khwarij in a targeted intelligence-based operation. According to Inter-Services Public Relations and security sources, forces received credible intelligence that members of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan were

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Prime Minister Shehbaz visits Qatar on 23-24 February for talks with Amir Sheikh Tamim

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif speaks at the opening ceremony of Indus AI Week in Islamabad. PHOTO: RADIO PAKISTAN Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will pay an official visit to Qatar from February 23 to 24 at the invitation of Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. The Prime Minister will

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Five-month salary delay affects doctors

Fixed salary doctors at KP DHQs unpaid since last year, association demands immediate release of dues PESHAWAR: Doctors, dental surgeons and specialists employed on fixed salary contracts at various District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospitals in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa have not received their salaries for the past five months, plunging them into severe financial distress. These doctors, including those

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Free drug plan hits trouble

RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government’s announcement to provide free medicine in government hospitals has become virtually impossible to implement in Rawalpindi’s three major government hospitals due to insufficient medicine budgets. Outstanding payments to suppliers for drugs already procured have reached Rs 1.95 billion. According to sources, in the presence of Rs550 million outstanding dues for drug

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