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. ISLAMABAD: The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights has highlighted the progress made in parliamentary oversight, legislative reform and protection of vulnerable communities during the 2025-26 parliamentary year. The annual report presented in the Senate stated that the committee remained actively engaged in protecting constitutional rights through legislative scrutiny, policy review and accountability measures […]

The company said maintenance activity was planned on submarine cables to repair a failure by the International Cable Consortium ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) announced on Sunday that customers may face degradation of internet service in the evenings from May 11 to 18. In a post on X, the company said maintenance activity was

What exactly triggers lightning in thunderstorms remains a mystery. Photo AFP MARDAN/SHANGLA: Strong gusty winds, heavy rain and lightning caused several casualties and injuries in Swabi and Mardan of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Sunday evening. Rescue teams rushed to the affected areas and authorities urged caution. In Swabi, intense thunderstorm activity accompanied by strong winds and

Pakistani sailors say they have run out of food supplies, medicine and drinking water Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a suspected Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon that was shot down by the United States over the weekend over U.S. territorial waters off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, U.S., February 5,

KP Chief Minister Sohail Afridi holds a meeting with TTAP at National Assembly Opposition Leader Mahmood Achakzai’s house. PHOTO: TTAP ISLAMABAD: Tehreek Tahaffuz-e-Ayeen Pakistan (TTAP), a major opposition alliance, announced plans on Sunday to launch a protest campaign against the recent rise in oil prices and said it is seeking support from other political parties

Early Sunday, terrorists rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into the Fateh Khel police check post in Bannu Bannu police repel a militant attack on the Fatah Khel police checkpoint early Monday morning PHOTO: EXPRESS MIRANSHAH: The number of policemen martyred in a brazen attack on a Bannu police check post rose to 15 on