Excise ASI and customs official killed, another injured in targeted attack, police say The martyred assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of the Kohat Excise Office Sajjad-ul-Islam, and Sepoy Jawad Ahmed of Peshawar Collectorate of Customs Enforcement. PHOTO: EXPRESS DERA ISMAIL KHAN: An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of the Kohat Excise Office and a Customs official were martyred late…
Lahore PPP president Faisal Mir says he will stand his ground even if it means being arrested The Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) plans to hold a workers’ convention at the Greater Iqbal Park on July 25 suffered a setback on Friday after the Lahore district administration stopped preparations for the event, stating that the party…
Multiple users have been circulating an alleged Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) gas supply schedule across various WhatsApp groups since Monday. However, SSGC has not issued any such notification, and the viral visual is fake. How it started On Friday, iVerify Pakistan received an alert from the public tipline seeking authentication of a purported gas supply…
Tank DC imposes Section 144 across the district, district-wide curfew as security forces continue operations At least 14 martyred and over a dozen others injured in an alleged suicide attack on the Manji Khel police check post on the Tank–Dera Ismail Khan Road. PHOTO: EXPRESS DERA ISMAIL KHAN: At least 15 security personnel and a…
Premier says only one province’s progress cannot be counted as the country’s progress Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addressing participants at the Balochistan National Workshop in Islamabad. SCREENGRAB Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said Pakistan continued to seek good relations with Afghanistan but urged the Afghan interim government not to allow its territory to be…
Security sources say four terrorists were killed in an intelligence-based operation in Balochistan’s Mastung district. PHOTO: SCREENGRAB Security forces killed four terrorists in an intelligence-based operation in Balochistan’s Mastung district, state-run Radio Pakistan reported on Friday. The operation comes a day after a district and sessions judge and his security guard were killed after unidentified…
Wang Yi wishes Pakistan well ahead of 2027 SCO summit hosting, council chairmanship Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyz Republic, July 24, 2026. PHOTO: MoFA/X Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday met with…
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court (SC) on Friday ruled that it no longer has jurisdiction to hear cases under the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) law, holding that the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) must hear all criminal appeals and pending petitions under amendments introduced earlier this year. The ruling is expected to affect pending proceedings involving Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf…
Says Israel has no sovereignty over occupied Jerusalem or its Islamic and Christian holy sites Pakistan and seven Arab-Islamic countries on Friday condemned what they called Israel’s “flagrant violation” of the historical and legal status quo at Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif, denouncing continued settler incursions led by extremist Israeli ministers under military protection and warning that…
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting on Thursday reviewed concerns over notices issued by the NCCIA to a newspaper columnist over an article published on June 11, 2024. An NCCIA official told the committee that the complaint against columnist Toufiq Butt had been filed by Pakistan Administrative Services Association (PAS) Punjab President…