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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Beijing envoy visits Kabul; Yue Xiaoyong holds talks with FM Muttaqi; Says China supports peaceful engagement China’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan Yue Xiaoyong holds talks with the Taliban government’s Acting FM Amir Khan Muttaqi in Kabul. Photo: @taahir_khan/X ISLAMABAD: China has stepped in diplomatically to help ease ongoing tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, urging both
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. Governor KP Faisal Karim Kundi. Photo: File PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi on Sunday said there was no room for terrorism in the province. He also hailed the security forces for their successful operations against terrorists in various districts. In a statement, the governor said security forces conducted effective intelligence-based operations in various
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Fishermen. Photo: Express KARACHI: Rising fuel prices have compounded the financial hardships facing people involved in deep-sea fishing as the cost of operating diesel-powered boats and fish launches continues to rise. The increase in fuel prices has greatly increased the operating expenses of the fishermen, who primarily rely on diesel engines to power both large
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LAHORE: Chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), Dr. Raghib Naeemi, has said that there is a fundamental difference between Zakat and voluntary charity (Sadaqa). Zakat, he said, is governed by clearly defined rules in Islamic law, while Sadaqa can be given freely in any amount for the sake of Allah. In an interview
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