. ISLAMABAD: Despite registering 31.9 million births at the union council level by 2025, these records are yet to be uploaded to the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), according to the authority’s latest performance report. The report submitted to the Home Ministry recently notes that NADRA now has 227 million individuals on its central […]
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The government says it called on the Afghan Taliban to stop cross-border attacks, but no action was taken A Pakistani soldier keeps vigil at the border fence with Afghanistan. PHOTO: AFP/FILE ISLAMABAD: Pakistan carried out intelligence-based strikes against seven terrorist camps along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border following a series of recent suicide bombings, including an attack
Green-lights Rs500m project on Pakistan’s founding fathers to highlight nation’s ideological legacy globally The federal government on Saturday announced plans to produce two historical web series on the life and services of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and philosopher-poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal to mark their 150th birth anniversary. The decision was taken at a high-level consultative
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Set minimum Zakat al-Fitr and Fidya at Rs300 per person, with the wealthy encouraged to pay according to their means A file photo of noted religious scholar and former chairman of the Ruet-i-Hilal Committee, Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman. Renowned religious scholar Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman announced the minimum amounts of Zakat al-Fitr (alms), Fidya (compensation for non-fasting) and Kaffara
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CM Murad warns that any attempt to separate Karachi from Sindh will undermine national unity and federal structure Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah addressed the Sindh Assembly session on Saturday while moving a resolution condemning calls for disintegration of Sindh or separation of Karachi. Photo: X The Sindh Assembly on Saturday passed a
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi addresses the Khyber Peace Jirga on Sunday. Photo: X ISLAMABAD: The District and Sessions Court in Islamabad on Saturday upheld the arrest warrants against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi in a case linked to alleged misleading charges against state institutions. The court noted that the accused was absent and had
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Abduction underscores growing friction between digital expressions, tribal traditions in North Waziristan Zafran Wazir after his recovery from TTP captivity. PHOTO: EXPRESS PESHAWAR: A school teacher in North Waziristan has been recovered safely after being abducted by gunmen, days after he shared a viral video of a young girl playing cricket that sparked both admiration
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PTI leader appears before judge; the trial as a declared perpetrator dropped, the hearing set for April 6 Former Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: A District and Sessions Court in Islamabad on Friday indicted former Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur and co-accused Asad Farooq Khan in the audio leak
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Mazari and Chattha have contested the conviction on 24 January before the High Court Lawyer and human rights activist Imaan Mazari and her husband, lawyer Hadi Ali Chattha. PHOTO: EXPRESS ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Saturday issued a written order in the controversial tweets case, issuing notices of appeals filed against the convictions of
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Justice Muneeb Akhtar issues three-page judgment overturning SHC order, says identity card basic necessity ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has declared the Sindh High Court’s order to withhold a citizen’s national identity card illegal to enforce a court judgment, holding that depriving a citizen of a computerized national identity card (CNIC) is tantamount to depriving the
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