Authorities are conducting a controlled breach to release accumulated water from the Dadocha Dam catchment area, reducing the immediate threat of a major flood. Photo: Express RAWALPINDI: The district administration has issued final red notices to all residents living on the 7,250 kanals acquired for the Dadocha Dam project, asking them to demolish their homes, […]
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University of Karachi. Photo: File KARACHI: The proposal to separate the internationally renowned International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) from the University of Karachi has been put on hold after the Sindh Chief Minister ordered postponement of a key meeting of the Charter Inspection and Evaluation Committee (CIEC), officials said on Thursday. The
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Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah speaks during a press conference on Wednesday. Photo: NNI KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Thursday reviewed the progress of key water supply projects for the metropolis and directed officials to expedite work and ensure timely release of funds to deal with the worsening water crisis.
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ISLAMABAD: Auditors told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Thursday that electricity distribution companies had extracted more than Rs8 billion in revenue through over-invoicing. The top parliamentary committee met under the interim chairmanship of Shahida Akhtar Ali to review audit objections relating to the Power Division for the financial year 2022-23. Audit officials told the
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Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addresses a press conference in Karachi on November 7, 2025. SCREENGRAB LAHORE: As the PPP chairman concluded his four-day stay in the provincial capital where he felicitated the Punjab Chief Minister, Maryam Nawaz signed off by extending a warm welcome to Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and conveying her heartfelt
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Afridi calls for actionable steps for UoP financial self-sufficiency, improved student facilities Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi. Photo: File PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi paid an unannounced and informal visit to the Department of Economics, University of Peshawar, where he engaged directly with students and discussed the overall academic environment and related
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KP Governor Faisal Karim Kundi. Photo: File PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Governor, Faisal Karim Kundi, has stated that anyone else found involved along with Faiz Hameed will also be punished. Speaking to the media during a summit on climate change and disaster risk reduction organized by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Red Crescent Society at the governor’s house, he said:
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ISLAMABAD: Leaders of the ruling alliance on Thursday hailed the conviction of former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lt Gen (retd) Faiz Hameed as a watershed moment, marking the 14-year rigorous imprisonment handed down by a Field General Court Martial (FGCM) as both a reckoning with the past and an emergence of accountability in state institutions.
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Bangladesh has expressed its willingness that under the right strategic conditions it could consider joining a regional grouping with Pakistan that excludes India in a formulation that Dhaka believes is not possible for several other South Asian countries. The state-run Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha reported that Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain, while talking about evolving
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. ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Economic Affairs met on Thursday and reviewed delays and financial discrepancies in development projects linked to Multan, including the utilization of an Italian grant worth Rs 850 million. The meeting was chaired by Senator Saifullah Abro. At the outset, Senator Abro expressed displeasure over the absence of the
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