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Carriers call for nationwide wheel stop on December 19

A view of a massive traffic jam clogging the Islamabad Expressway, with a seemingly endless queue of cars, buses and motorbikes stretching as far as the eye can see. PHOTO: APP RAWALPINDI: The All Pakistan Transport Federation, Inter-City Transport Union, Inter-District Transport Union, Goods Transport and pick-up-and-drop unions for students and government employees have announced […]

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Dam affected asked to leave the area

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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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ICCBS-KU separation put on hold

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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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CM orders acceleration of K-IV, channel lining works

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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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Over-invoicing of over DKK 8 billion. Excavated Rs

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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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Bilawal hints at Governor’s rule in KP

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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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CM surprises students with an unannounced visit

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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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Anyone involved with Faiz will be punished: Governor

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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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The government welcomes the fall of the former spymaster

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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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Dhaka says one can join non-SAARC grouping

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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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