ISLAMABAD: At least 335 Pakistanis have lost their lives while attempting to reach Europe through illegal migration routes since June 2023, with seven deadly migrant boat disasters claiming hundreds of lives. According to documents obtained by The Express Tribune from the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), 467 Pakistanis were aboard the seven boats involved in the…
Lahore court orders NCCIA to complete investigation report before next hearing on July 28 LAHORE: A Lahore sessions court on Monday extended the interim pre-arrest bail of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MPA Saqib Chaddar and his wife, Samira, until July 28 in the alleged cyber harassment and death threats case filed by actor Momina Iqbal,…
Missing DC rates halt registrations, stamp sales; Rs500m daily revenue loss feared RAWALPINDI: Property transactions across Rawalpindi district have ground to a halt after the district administration failed to issue revised official property valuation rates for the 2026-27 financial year, despite 12 days having elapsed since the start of the new fiscal year. The delay…
CDF will hold meetings with military, political leadership to discuss matters of mutual interest, state media says COAS Field Marshal Asim Munir addressing graduating officers of National Security and War Course at the National Defence University in Islamabad on July 7. Photo: ISPR Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field…
Court says SHC overlooked contractual dispute procedures and relevant WAPDA and NAB laws The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) on Monday set aside all Sindh High Court (SHC) orders relating to the Nai Gaj Dam project and restrained courts from interfering in its construction until completion, ruling that further litigation should not delay a project of…
Yoon Suk Yeol received opinion polling services worth $179,800 for free from political broker A person walks in front of a TV screen broadcasting a news report on the sentencing trial of South Korean former president Yoon Suk Yeol’s insurrection case, stemming from his short-lived declaration of martial law in December 2024, in Seoul, South Korea,…
Police say initial information suggests a remote-controlled improvised explosive device was used in the attack Two police officers were killed and two others injured after a bomb targeted a police armoured vehicle in the Tank district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. PHOTO: EXPRESS DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Two police officers were killed and two others injured when a suspected improvised…
KARACHI: Pakistan has one of the lowest rates of female entrepreneurship in the world. According to the World Bank and the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi), only around 1% of entrepreneurs in Pakistan are women. The Asian Development Bank further reports that women own less than 8% of the country’s small and medium-sized enterprises, with…
Fontainebleau blaze scorches 800 hectares, forces A6 highway closure as smaller fires disrupt train services Firefighting planes, Canadair CL-415, fly over the church of Noisy-sur-Ecole, amid a wildfire affecting the area near Fontainebleau, France, July 13, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS More than 400 French firefighters worked through the night to contain a wildfire in the historic Fontainebleau forest…
Sessions court also dismisses Defence-C SHO’s interim bail after he skips hearing in magistrate intimidation case LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday sought a report from the Defence-C police station station house officer (SHO) on a petition alleging the illegal detention of a suspect described by the prosecution as the “boss” of a…