Says India’s breach of treaty is a challenge to international law, global peace and downstream states’ rights Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari was addressing an international seminar titled The Indus Waters Treaty: A Key Instrument for Peace and Regional Stability held at the Jinnah Convention Center in Islamabad. SCREEN GRAB Pakistan Peoples […]
Says actions of SHO, accompanying police officers amounted to “gross act of disrespect to member of Senate” Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz-e ain Pakistan Deputy Chief Allama Raja Nasir Abbas. SCREEN GRAB ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Raja Nasir Abbas on Monday filed a privilege motion against the
Says SC must compel Israel to quickly end all settlement, in flagrant violation of international law Pakistan calls on the UN Security Council to pressure Israel on settlements in occupied Palestinian territory Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, called for an end to the Israeli occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territories
MIRPUR: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Finance Minister Chaudhry Qasim Majeed on Monday presented a record Rs 286 billion budget for the fiscal year 2026-27 in the Legislative Assembly, describing it as the largest budget in the state’s history and a reflection of the government’s commitment to public welfare, economic growth and social justice. Presenting
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RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Railways achieved a record revenue of Rs115 billion, the highest in its 178-year history, Railway Minister Hanif Abbasi revealed on Monday while formally declaring that all railway schools and hospitals would be outsourced as part of the organisation’s privatization process. Addressing the media after inaugurating newly constructed running rooms for guards and locomotive
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calls for a report by the Turkish public broadcaster on the latest terrorist attack on a Rangers facility in Karachi Information Minister Attaullah Tarar addresses a press conference in Islamabad. PHOTO: RADIO PAKISTAN Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Tuesday criticized the use of the term “militants” to describe those responsible for attacks on civilians, saying
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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has returned appeals filed by former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, challenging an Islamabad High Court (IHC) order refusing to entertain their applications for suspension of sentence on merit in the £190m case. It is learned that the Supreme Court Registrar returned the appeals after raising objections,
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‘BLA does not represent Balochistan. It weaponises Balochistan’s deprivation’ ISLAMABAD: I belong to Balochistan. I have spent my political life in its dust, in its mountains and among its people. I have listened to mothers who do not know where their sons went, and sat across from families grieving children who were recruited, radicalized and
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The government claims the bill aims to combat hooliganism and online abuse by replacing the outdated 1959 law The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Monday expressed deep concern and criticized the proposed Punjab Control of Habitual Offenders and Anti-Social Behavior Bill, warning that it appeared to grant sweeping powers
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Attackers forced the constable out of a rickshaw before opening indiscriminate fire, killing him on the spot KP Police. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE MIRANSHAH: A police constable was shot dead by terrorists after being pulled from a rickshaw near Lora Bridge in Bannu on Monday while traveling to his duty station, District Police Officer (DPO) Bannu Yasir
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