Debris blocks several highway sections; local people provide shelter, food to travelers Excavators cut through mountains of debris on the battered Karakoram Highway, where relentless rain, flash floods and landslides stranded thousands of travelers across Lower Kohistan over the past 72 hours. PHOTOS: EXPRESS ABBOTTABAD: Efforts to reopen the Karakoram Highway in Lower Kohistan entered […]
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ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on the Interior approved a bill on Wednesday regarding the issuance of blue passports to senators, amid a heated debate over alleged misuse of official passports and asylum cases abroad. During the committee meeting, Interior Minister Talal Chaudhry raised concerns regarding misuse of blue passports, stating that a son of
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Documents also showed a large increase in grants for the development of local communities affected by projects ISLAMABAD: The construction cost of Mohmand Dam and Dasu Hydropower Project has increased by a combined Rs1.607 trillion, pushing the total estimated cost of the two mega hydropower projects from about Rs800 billion to nearly Rs2.4 trillion. According
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LAHORE: JUI-F will not be part of any joint movement with TTAP until past concerns between them and PTI are resolved, a party official said, as contrasting positions emerge from Tehreek Tahaffuz Ayeen-i-Pakistan (TTAP) and JUI-F on joint movement. Two meetings – an informal interaction in Parliament and another formal meeting at Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s
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ISLAMABAD: The main opposition leaders on Wednesday called for a renewed national political consensus to protect the constitution and urged all political stakeholders to come together in the spirit of the 18th constitutional amendment. The call came at a press conference held on the occasion of Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan joining Tehreek-e-Tahafuz-e-Ain Pakistan (TTAP), an
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The Attorney General argues that the Superintendent of Prisons has the authority to decide what facilities a prisoner should and should not have Bushra Bibi addresses PTI supporters along with KP-CM Ali Amin Gandapur and Leader of Opposition Omar Ayub. PHOTO: ONLINE ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday reserved its judgment on a
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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has refused to entertain the Lahore Bar Association’s (LBA) petition challenging the 27th constitutional amendment and the subsequent transfer of three judges from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to different high courts. It is learned that the Supreme Court Registrar’s office returned the petition to the Advocate-on-Record (AOR) without issuing a
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ISLAMABAD: Defense Minister Khawaja Asif warned Afghanistan on Wednesday that if Kabul failed to stop harboring terrorists, Pakistan would respond in the same way it had against India last year. Addressing the National Assembly, Asif said: “If they are not ready, then what we did with Delhi, we will do the same with Kabul.” The
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ISLAMABAD: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged Pakistan to step up mediation efforts and contribute to the proper handling of issues related to the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, China’s state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday. Wang made the remarks during a telephone conversation with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar
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3.7% growth was pulled by service sector, followed by 3.5% growth in industry, 2.9% in agriculture sector ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s economy grew by 3.7% in the last financial year, missing the annual target and dashing hopes for higher growth due to slowing wheels in the industrial and construction sectors, which has contributed to higher unemployment in
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