. The minister invited international partners to invest in the nationwide rollout of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), estimating a need of US$3 billion to serve over 30 million consumers. PHOTO: File ISLAMABAD: Electricity consumers in Pakistan may face an additional burden of 48 paisa per unit due to Fuel Cost Adjustment (FCA) for the month […]
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. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has taken an important step towards the introduction of 5G services, with the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) announcing that the 5G spectrum auction will be held on March 10. According to a spokesperson for the PTA, the decision to conduct the frequency auction on 10 March follows extensive consultations with all relevant
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. ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to connect the holy places of Kartarpur and Nankana Sahib with the national highway network. In this regard, Federal Communications Minister Abdul Aleem Khan chaired a meeting and directed the NHA to start the construction of the Sialkot-Kartarpur Expressway, which will be named “Guru Nanak Expressway”. The minister highlighted
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. ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Law on Thursday announced the appointment of ten judges in the LHC. The announcement said that “the President is pleased to appoint the Additional Judges of the LHC to be Judges of the said Court effective from the time they take the oath of office.” The judges include Hassan Nawaz
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Advocate General Aqeel calls eye situation ‘non-issue blown out of proportion’, accuses PTI of trying to politicize it Law and Justice Minister Aqeel (L) and Prime Minister’s Political Affairs Adviser Rana Sanaullah. Photos: File The government on Thursday played down concerns raised by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) over former prime minister Imran Khan’s eye treatment
NIH confirms that Pakistan has sufficient laboratory capacity, diagnostic kits to test suspected cases Pakistan has stepped up preparedness measures against the Nipah virus, with officials from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) informing a high-level meeting on Thursday that the risk of an outbreak remained low, although the presence of animal reservoirs meant it
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Sohail Afridi questions secrecy of PTI founder’s hospital transfer and lack of family, doctor’s notice Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi with PTI leaders and KP assemblymen outside Adiala Jail on January 29, 2026. SCREENGRAB RAWALPINDI: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Sohail Afridi and other Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders were once again denied permission to meet the
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Adjourns hearing of petitions on sentences handed down by military courts to five people until February 12 The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday stayed the commission of inquiry, which the Speaker of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly had served to probe the incidents of May 9 and 10, 2023, when violent nationwide riots broke out following
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Says while Pakistan remains committed to EU on all issues, “we make a distinction on our domestic affairs” Lawyer and human rights activist Imaan Mazari and her husband, lawyer Hadi Ali Chattha. PHOTO: EXPRESS The Foreign Office (FO) dismissed criticism from the European Union (EU) over the convictions of human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari and
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Pakistani-born newspaper vendor Ali Akbar Akbar has been homeless and experienced extreme poverty French President Emmanuel Macron (L), wearing sunglasses, awards the Chevalier of the French Order of Merit to Ali Akbar, who has been bagging newspapers in the streets of Saint-Germain-des-Pres in the French capital for 50 years, at the Elysee Palace in Paris
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