The PMO says the day will be observed with dignity, respect through simple flag hoisting ceremonies The federal government has called off the Pakistan Day parade scheduled for March 23 due to the ongoing oil crisis and the announced austerity measures following tensions in the Middle East, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said on Tuesday. […]
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Islamabad says it targeted terrorist ammunition cache, Taliban use 2023 photo to claim 400 dead Red Crescent volunteers carry the body of a victim who died in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani airstrike at a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. PHOTO: REUTERS Pakistan has rejected Afghanistan’s claims that it struck a rehabilitation
Government says reserves are sufficient for now as daily monitoring begins amid oil price rises and supply risks Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Photo: File Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday directed the oil minister to take steps to further improve Pakistan’s oil import supply chain and that all relevant departments should remain prepared for emergency
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Officials say coordinated assault prevented; weapons recovered as security tightened across the region KP Police. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE PESHAWAR: Police in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa repelled coordinated terrorist attacks on Baka Khel police station and Fatah Khel check post early Tuesday and killed one attacker in a subsequent search operation, officials said. According to the police, terrorists launched the
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This is not the first such case involving Pakistanis caught up in the fallout from the growing conflict Smoke billows from Zayed Port after an Iranian attack, following the US and Israeli attack on Iran, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, March 1, 2026. Photo taken by phone. PHOTO: REUTERS A Pakistani national has been
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Official says suspect led Bolan ‘Fatah Squad’ linked to 50 killings and Jaffar Express attack Suhail Baloch was involved in several attacks that killed more than 50 security personnel and civilians. PHOTO: CTD KARACHI: Authorities have identified a fourth terrorist killed last month in an encounter between the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) and banned Balochistan Liberation
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RAWALPINDI: With payment of salaries to employees of public and private institutions from Monday, March 16, Eidul Fitr shopping has picked up pace across Rawalpindi. Markets, commercial centers and shopping plazas have become lively and shopkeepers have also expressed happiness over the start of shopping activity. Families have started visiting markets in large numbers. After
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Rs100b expansion plan to add 500 beds, build twin towers while preserving 120-year-old heritage KARACHI: The first ever large-scale expansion of one of the country’s oldest and busiest public hospitals, Dr. Ruth KM Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi, has been approved by Sindh Government. The project will add 500 new beds and introduce modern medical infrastructure
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Girls come out of an examination center after the first paper of Grade XII science group held under Board of Intermediate Education Karachi on Monday. PHOTO: JALAL QUERESHI/EXPRESS HYDERABAD: Police have arrested a corruption whistleblower associated with the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Mirpurkhas, leading to the detention of an office inspector and
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Smoke rises above the city skyline in Riyadh, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran. Photo: Reuters LAHORE: Flight operations across Pakistan continue to experience severe disruption due to the ongoing Iran-US-Israel conflict. Thousands of passengers are canceling travel plans and airlines are suffering heavy financial losses, aviation sources said. More than 90 flights were canceled
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