ISLAMABAD: Major political parties, including a broad opposition alliance, welcomed Islamabad’s diplomatic efforts on Wednesday to broker a landmark deal between the United States and Iran, as the PTI decided to call off its protest rally in Rawalpindi, coinciding with the high-stakes negotiations. In a display of political maturity amid deep domestic polarisation, major opposition…
The 14-year-old boy, a resident of Skardu, was held at an isolation centre where he tested positive for COVID-19 The second coronavirus case of Gilgit-Baltistan emerged on Wednesday, raising Pakistan’s tally of total confirmed cases to 20. The 14-year-old boy, a resident of Skardu, was held at an isolation centre where he tested positive for…
It is a national tragedy and we will award him the status of national hero, says G-B CM GILGIT BALTISTAN: “We will again see what the issue is, and if they [quarantined pilgrims] need further treatment, they will be shifted to DHQ or city hospital, but if they can be treated here, we will provide…
GILGIT: I’ve lived my worst nightmare. It wasn’t the coronavirus, but the prolonged treatment [read: observation] in isolation that made it a hellish experience. Imagine being confined to a tiny room with no social interaction whatsoever for almost a month. Doctors and nurses were the only visitors, who, too, would check on me once or…
ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) was informed on Saturday that smart lockdowns had been enforced in 1,292 localities across the country during the last 24 hours to prevent the further spread of Covid-19. The forum, which serves as the nerve centre of the country’s unified efforts to contain the spread of novel…
On International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, AJK president condemns BJP-RSS regime On International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, AJK president condemns BJP-RSS regime. PHOTO: TWITTER/@Masood__Khan MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan has urged the international community and United Nations to help end the most “cruel, inhumane and…
File photo of K-P Assembly. PHOTO: AFP PESHAWAR: Lawmakers on Friday took up the issue of poor internet connection for students in the remote areas of the province, noting that the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic means that online classes are the only means for obtaining education for students now. This was discussed as the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa…
“Abuse of power by police not acceptable,” reads a placard displayed by protesters at a demonstration in Peshawar. PHOTO: EXPRESS PESHAWAR: Scores were left injured on Friday as police and protesters clashed in the Tehkal area of the provincial capital as the latter demonstrated against the excesses of the former. The clashes came even as…
The report further showed that the additional SHO had been previously found guilty of framing a man in a fake case HARIPUR: After Peshawar, a case of police excesses has emerged from Haripur where a senior police officer allegedly beat up a clerk at a filling station for refusing service to his son. A report…
Sindh Minister for Transport SharjeeL Inam Memon shares the pictures of double-deckers buses that have landed at Karachi port. PHOTO: X LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has directed the Punjab Enforcement and Regulatory Authority (PERA) to regulate liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices across the province. Presiding over a meeting, the chief minister also…