PML-N supremo says party tickets to be awarded purely on merit for upcoming AJK elections scheduled for January 24 Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif addresses party leaders in Lahore on Friday, December 12, 2025. SCREENGRAB Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif has urged the federal government to award […]
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Decision taken during the Inter Board Coordination Commission meeting with the participation of chairmen of educational boards APWA Government College for Women. PHOTO: JALAL QUERESHI/EXPRESS KARACHI: In a significant step for the country’s education sector, the Inter Board Coordination Commission (IBCC) has allowed arts students to enroll in science streams, specifically pre-medical and pre-engineering, after
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Government sources indicate likely postponement to June, July due to severe weather Gilgit-Baltistan Election Commission. Photo: ecgb.gov.pk/ The President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, announced Friday 24 January 2026 as the polling date for the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly elections, although government sources indicate that the poll is likely to be postponed to June or July due
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Project to help 500,000 people, protect farmland, restore forests under national climate resilience plans A worker walks past inside the Asian Development Bank (ADB) headquarters in Manila. Photo: Reuters/ File The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $540 million in financing for Pakistan. The funds will support reforms in state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and strengthen disaster
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Doctors encourage vaccinations, especially for vulnerable population groups such as children, the elderly, pregnant women A nurse prepares an injection of the flu vaccine at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts January 10, 2013. PHOTO: REUTERS Karachi is seeing a surge in flu cases, with the new H3N2 strain prompting caution after the earlier H1N1
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Collision with a truck resulted in their death, a family member left with injuries Three people, a husband, wife and their son, died in a road accident on the M9 highway near Karachi. The family traveling from Hyderabad to Karachi collided with a stationary truck after the driver allegedly fell asleep at the wheel. Read:
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Authorities aim to reduce waterborne diseases and strengthen urban local authorities The World Bank. Photo: file The World Bank has approved $400 million for a new project to improve water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH) services and urban governance in 16 secondary cities across Punjab. The Punjab Inclusive Cities Program (PICP) will finance the rehabilitation of water
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The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency says the group posed as fake representatives to extract people’s money Pakistan’s National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency has arrested a man and registered a case against several people accused of running an extensive online fraud scheme that allegedly targeted political figures and ordinary citizens through impersonation and false official
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Terrorists from “Fitna-al-Khawarij” attacked the Sheikh Landak checkpoint in the jurisdiction of Hovid police station in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu, according to District Police Officer (DPO) Yasir Afridi. ‘Fitna-al-Khawarij’ is the state-designated term for terrorists associated with the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Police personnel opened retaliatory fire and thwarted the attack in which several terrorists were
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Police arrest the tanker driver as locals try to burn the vehicle after the incident The commission said the lack of regulation of water tankers is adversely affecting people’s lives. PHOTO: EXPRESS SINDH/ KARACHI: A water tanker claimed another life in the city on Friday when a 12-year-old boy was run over in Korangi’s 100
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