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16 die as gas blast flattens Karachi residential building

Bodies have also been recovered from the building’s debris. PHOTO: EXPRESS KARACHI: A devastating gas explosion destroyed a three-storey residential building in Karachi’s Gul-e-Rana Colony in Soldier Bazaar early Thursday, killing 16 people, including women and children, and injuring 14 others, rescue officials and witnesses said. The blast took place around 4 am during Sehri, […]

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Old rules for net metering until 8 February

A total of 5,165 applications have been submitted to various distribution companies ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to process all pending net metering applications submitted by February 8 under the previous regulatory framework, according to a statement issued by the Power Division on Thursday. It directed that applications received before the cut-off date should

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PMDC takes notice of death of student at Fatima Jinnah Medical University, seeks report in seven days

Advises medical and dental schools to hire counselors to provide mental and physical health support ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PMDC) on Thursday took notice that a final year medical student of Lahore’s Fatima Jinnah Medical University died on the university premises and sought a report within seven days. Young Fareeha, identified as

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Imran agreed to apologize on May 9 but backtracked, Sanaullah claims

PM’s aide rules out deal, says there has been no deal with Imran Khan by government or establishment The prime minister’s political affairs adviser Rana Sanaullah on Thursday strongly denied that he had offered any deal to former prime minister Imran Khan or his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, claiming instead that the PTI founder had

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KP raises temperature with sustained defections in Punjab govt over jet controversy

View of Gulfstream jet G500. PHOTO: GLOBAL JET AERO WEBSITE The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government on Thursday raised questions over the alleged purchase of a 19-seater luxury jet, which the Punjab government plans to include in its newly proposed airline. The Punjab government’s apparent acquisition of a high-end Gulfstream business jet has drawn attention after an official

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Four terrorists killed in Lakki Marwat IBO: ISPR

Prime Minister Shehbaz, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi praise the security forces for a successful operation Security forces killed four terrorists associated with the banned “Indian proxy Fitna al-Khwarij” conducted an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district, the military’s media wing said on Thursday. Fitna al-Khawarij is a term the state uses to refer

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Forensic report confirms claim that ice recovered from Matiullah Jan was not drugs

Addressing X, Jan says the IHC sent the case back to the trial court and ordered the government to file supplementary case Matiullah Jan wrote on his social media platform that the government is pursuing a fake case, describing it as an open attack on journalists and press freedom [Source: X] ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High

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Criticizing the government’s silence on Imran’s health, the PTI is demanding clarity as public unrest grows

The party requests that, if there is a need for specialized evaluations, Imran be allowed to be transferred to the hospital PTI founder Imran Khan. PHOTO: FILE The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday called for immediate and complete transparency regarding the health of jailed founder and former prime minister Imran Khan, expressing growing concern over

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