. PESHAWAR: Municipal employees across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa are grappling with a severe financial crisis as the Local Government Department has failed to release timely salaries and pensions to Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) staff. According to the employees, the chronic delay in fund releases has become a monthly ordeal, pushing many families toward hardship. They accuse the…
KHYBER: Protests against the enforcement of taxes in the merged tribal districts have gained momentum, with political, social, and business circles in Khyber and other former FATA areas demanding that the federal government extend tax exemptions for another decade. In various meetings, press conferences, and statements, leaders have warned that failure to accept their demands…
. RAWALPINDI: Citizens were deprived of cash, jewellery, mobile phones, one car and 12 motorcycles in more than two dozen incidents of robbery, snatching, burglary and theft across Rawalpindi. According to police, armed robbers snatched a mobile phone from Sharafat in the Banni police area. In New Town, Abdullah and Zohaib Khan were deprived of…
Despite CCD claiming drop in crime rate, countless citizens are deprived of their bikes by robbers Over the past 10 years, motorcycle theft incidents have risen by an estimated 30 to 40 per cent. PHOTO: EXPRESS LAHORE: While the Punjab government maintains that crime has declined by 65 per cent following the establishment of the…
IRGC claims Strait closed; CENTCOM disputes assertion US strikes about 140 Iranian military targets Tehran targe This screengrab from AFPTV footage shows cargo ships anchoring off the eastern coast of the United Arab Emirates at Khor Fakkan. Photo AFP WASHINGTON/DUBAI: The United States and Iran exchanged heavy missile, drone and air strikes on Sunday as…
Antonio Guterres warns renewed full-scale hostilities would have catastrophic consequences for region, global economy FILE PHOTO: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to delegates during a meeting on Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at UN headquarters in New York City, US, April 27, 2026. REUTERS UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday called for an immediate end to…
. “A widow is a person who loses her spouse; an orphan loses his parent, but there is no word in English for the one who loses his child, because afterwards there is not much left to lose,” said the protagonist of the movie in his deep midnight radio jockey voice while adjusting black spectacles…
Czech Republic’s Linda Noskova poses with the Wimbledon trophy. Photo: AFP LONDON: Linda Noskova revealed a glimpse of the Wimbledon trophy during a bathroom break inspired her fightback to beat Karolina Muchova in an extraordinary final on Saturday. Noskova was in danger of blowing her bid for a maiden Grand Slam title after squandering five match points to blow a…
EDF shut reactors at three French nuclear plants as heat curbed cooling water use to protect rivers Cooling towers of the Bugey nuclear power plant in Saint-Vulbas, central eastern France on January 25, 2022. PHOTO: AFP France’s main energy provider on Sunday said three nuclear reactors had been temporarily shut down and eight others were…
Despite the CCD claiming a drop in crime rate, countless citizens continue to have their bikes stolen Over the past 10 years, motorcycle theft incidents have risen by an estimated 30 to 40 per cent. PHOTO: EXPRESS PAKISTAN: While the Punjab government maintains that crime has declined by 65 per cent following the establishment of…