KARACHI: In the densely-populated poor neighbourhoods clustered around Valika Hospital, a quiet crisis is unfolding – one that has left dozens of families shattered, searching for answers, and battling a stigma as painful as the disease itself. As the number of HIV-positive children rises to 80, parents say their lives have been turned upside down…
A panel of the 9th session of the Islamic Conference on Women in Islamabad on Monday. — OIC ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on Monday urged the member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to move beyond declarations and translate their commitments into concrete action for women’s socio-economic empowerment, as Pakistan…
Funeral prayers in absentia offered for crew members; search for black box, missing crew continues FATAL CRASH: A large gathering offers funeral prayers in absentia for Muhammad Arif Siddiqui, who died in a K2 Airways Boeing 737-400 cargo plane crash in the Arabian Sea. PHOTO: INP KARACHI: Even as the wreckage of the ill-fated K2…
ISLAMABAD: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) 9th Ministerial Conference on Women kicked off in Islamabad on Sunday, bringing together delegates from across the Muslim world to discuss women’s socio-economic and political empowerment even as international data highlight uneven progress across member states in education, employment and political representation. Organised by the Ministry of Human…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Five terrorists were killed during the latest phase of Operation Shaban, taking the total number of terrorists killed in the operation and other intelligence-based operations across Balochistan since July 5 to 114, security sources said on Monday. The joint operation by the Pakistan Army, Frontier Corps (FC), and Balochistan Police was launched in the aftermath…