Ramadan Bazaar. PHOTO: EXPRESS LAHORE: More than halfway through Ramzan, Lahore’s widely publicized campaign of market inspections appears to have provided little meaningful relief to consumers, with prices in many markets continuing to deviate sharply from government notified prices. Despite regular visits by officials – including the Deputy Commissioner, Assistant Commissioners and the Punjab Chief […]
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CM approves ‘no-fault’ compensation system, digital monitoring to protect accident victims Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah. PHOTO: Radio Pakistan KARACHI: Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has approved making third-party motor insurance compulsory for all vehicles in the province, describing the initiative as a major step towards protecting road accident victims and enhancing road safety.
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President of Awami Tehreek Advocate Vasand Thari. Photo: Courtesy — Facebook HYDERABAD: Awami Tehreek President Advocate Vasand Thari on Sunday drew parallels between the historic opium wars in China and what he described as the widespread spread of narcotics in Sindh, claiming the province is facing a “drug war”. Addressing his party’s three-day education and
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With the same unhealthy food served to all, patients suffering from nutritionally sensitive conditions Hosts of out-of-town patients camp in an open space at the Civil Hospital due to lack of free shelter. Photo: Jalal Qureshi/Express KARACHI: In many branches of alternative medicine, food is seen as nature’s medicine. Certain foods are proven to support
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President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have expressed commitment to ensure an enabling environment for women to realize their full potential. In their separate messages on International Women’s Day, which was celebrated on Sunday, the President and the Prime Minister
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The supply of medicine, baby milk and vaccines is likely to be affected by the ongoing war in the Gulf KARACHI: The ongoing conflict involving Iran, Israel and the United States has disrupted Pakistan’s imports of life-saving and essential medicines, raw materials for pharmaceutical production, baby formula and various vaccines due to the suspension of
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. Mainly dry weather is expected in most parts of the country over the next 24 hours, according to the Met Office. However, partly cloudy conditions are likely over North Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir. Temperatures recorded in major cities on Sunday morning were Islamabad and Muzaffarabad 14°C; Lahore and Karachi 22°C; Peshawar 18°C; Quetta 13°C;
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ISLAMABAD: The federal government has finalized a phased national energy conservation action plan to reduce demand for imported petroleum products and reliquefied natural gas (RLNG) in light of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and fears of an energy crisis. An emergency meeting to review the plan in the face of rising tensions in
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. RAWALPINDI: Security forces killed 13 terrorists belonging to Indian proxy Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in a series of five high-tempo Intelligence Based Operations (IBOs) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a press release on Sunday. According to the ISPR, the security forces carried out the IBOs against Fitna al-Khwarij – a
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A huge fire breaks out in an oil depot after an Israeli airstrike in Tehran. Photo: AFP DUBAI: The war between Israel, the United States and Iran intensified on Sunday with new attacks on Iranian fuel facilities near Tehran and retaliatory drone and missile strikes across the Gulf, widening a conflict that has shaken regional
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