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CM Afridi Rejects Govt’s ‘Voluntary Displacement’ Allegation; Claims that the government wants to pit the KP government against the security forces PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has dismissed as “misleading and factually incorrect” the federal government’s claim that displacement of the residents of Tirah Valley in Khyber district is voluntary in nature. Afridi, […]

A man walks on a snowy road in Abbotabad. Photo: PPI ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is grappling with harsh winter conditions as heavy snowfall and rains continue to disrupt life across northern, northwestern and hilly areas – from Tirah Valley to Murree, Kotli, Nakyal, Galiyat. In the high-altitude districts of Balochistan and Azad Kashmir, residents, tourists and

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif talks to US President Donald Trump at the White House as Field Marshal Asim Munir looks on. PHOTO: EXPRESS ISLAMABAD: A year after US President Donald Trump returned to the White House, Pakistan appears to be among the silent beneficiaries of a significant shift in Washington’s strategic thinking. The recently released

DERA ISMAIL KHAN/RAWALPINDI: Security forces carried out intelligence-based operations in Panjgur district of Balochistan and Kurram district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and killed six terrorists, including three associated with the Indian proxy Fitna al-Hindustan. According to a press release issued by the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the operation in Panjgur was conducted on reported information

TTAP spokesperson Akhundzada Hussain. Photo: file LAHORE: Tehreek-e-Tahafuz Ayeen-e-Pakistan (TTAP) will hold its second meeting on Monday (today) to finalize arrangements for February 8 as signs of a tactical shift away from street agitation towards more calibrated ways of registering protest emerge, according to sources in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). The evolving approach comes amid

. ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar on Sunday held separate telephone conversations with his counterparts from Bangladesh and Qatar where they reviewed bilateral relations, regional developments and areas of mutual cooperation. In his call with Bangladesh foreign affairs adviser Touhid Hossain, the two leaders reviewed Pakistan-Bangladesh relations with a special focus on trade and

. LAHORE: In an attempt to reclaim political relevance in a city where it has steadily disappeared, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Lahore branch has announced a “Kashmir Bana Ga Pakistan” rally on February 1. The party is touting the rally as both a demonstration of political presence in the provincial capital and a tentative

HEC’s new passport requirement leaves thousands of returning Afghan students in limbo PESHAWAR: Afghan students returning home face serious challenges in getting their degrees verified by the Higher Education Commission (HEC). The students say that before the government’s decision to repatriate Afghan refugees, they were admitted to Pakistani universities using Proof of Registration (PoR) and