Ministers from the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Tuesday lashed out at Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman over his remarks about security personnel, saying the sacrifices of martyrs could not be reduced to salaries or become the subject of political debate. Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said there was no room for such…
Premier orders closer coordination with provincial governments, disaster authorities amid monsoon season Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meets Chairman National Disaster Management Authority Lt General Inam Haider Malik in Islamabad, July 15, 2026. PHOTO: PMO/X Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday met the Chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Lieutenant General Inam Haider Malik,…
With calls from within the party and from PTI founder Imran Khan’s family to intensify pressure on the government LAHORE: The PTI will hold a parliamentary party meeting on Wednesday (today) to discuss a wide range of issues, with the party’s strategy for the planned August 5 protest expected to dominate the agenda. The recommendations…
PPP Lahore president said party would proceed with its scheduled July 25 programme regardless of circumstances LAHORE: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is preparing for a political showdown with the Punjab government after its request to hold a rally at Minar-e-Pakistan remained pending for more than six weeks, prompting the party to warn of protests,…
ISLAMABAD: International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) has warned that judicial corruption in Pakistan has reached a systemic scale and may amount to grand corruption, saying the country’s justice system has become increasingly vulnerable to political influence and institutional capture. The organisation made the observations in a report titled “Under the Bench: Mapping Corruption Risks…
AJK Home Secretary Chaudhry Guftar Hussain addresses a press conference alongside Elementary and Secondary Education Secretary Qazi Inayat in Mirpur on Tuesday. SCREENGRAB The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government insisted on Tuesday that an operation against the banned Jammu and Kashmir Awami Action Committee (JAAC) had become unavoidable after an attack on security forces…
ECP says it is prepared to hold local government elections in 23 KP districts after completing delimitation Election Commission of Pakistan building in Islamabad. Photo: Radio Pakistan The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday began consultations with the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government on fixing the schedule for long-delayed local government elections in 23 districts of…
Sindh Minister for Labour, Human Resources and Social Protection Saeed Ghani addressing a press conference at the Sindh Assembly’s committee room on July 14, 2026. Photo: Express Sindh Labour Minister Saeed Ghani said on Tuesday that the number of people diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) linked to Karachi’s Kulsum Bai Valika (KBV) Hospital outbreak rose…
The feathered creatures are kept in quarantine, sometimes for several weeks, until they are fit to be released. Zaheer Ahmed said the centre can receive up to 30 calls a day in summer from locals about distressed wildlife, including birds, adding that their top priorities are to provide medical attention, food and water.PHOTO: AFP Cradling…
The martyred (encircled red) BDS officer with peers. Photo: Police/file A member of the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) was killed while defusing an improvised explosive device (IED) in Khyber-Paktunkhwa’s (K-P) Hassan Khel tehsil on Tuesday. Police spokesperson Muhammad Alam told The Express Tribune that BDS officer Khaista Rahman was attempting to neutralise an IED in the…