Six suspects in KE staff uniform torture watchman, flee with copper wiring, equipment The Abraaj Group in partnership with Al-Jomaih Group of Saudi Arabia and National Industries Group of Kuwait, holds a total shareholding of 66.4% in K-Electric. PHOTO: FILE KARACHI: In a unique robbery, six armed robbers, posing as K-Electric employees, looted an apartment…
Russian, Chinese, and Pakistani interests are all directly served through N-CPEC+ Prime Minister Imran Khan. PHOTO: AFP/FILE Pakistan’s unique geostrategic location at the crossroads of East, South, West, and Central Asia enables it to function as the “Zipper of Eurasia”, as I wrote over half a decade ago in September 2015 for the Russian Institute…
Trump’s deportation plan aims to send migrants to nations they don’t know — but resistance is mounting. AMERICA: Donald Trump’s incoming administration is stirring controversy with an ambitious — and polarising — plan to deport migrants to countries they have no ties to. The Bahamas has already drawn a firm line, rejecting the proposal outright,…
Launches new framework to empower youth to save securely and develop responsible financial habits State Bank of Pakistan. Photo: File The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Wednesday it has launched a new framework for teenagers’ accounts, enabling them to independently own and operate bank accounts and digital wallets. In a press release, the…
Highway temporarily closed for 2 hours as rescue teams contained fire; highway now open to traffic A container truck carrying clothing caught fire on the Indus Highway in Dera Ismail Khan. PHOTO: EXPRESS DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A container truck carrying clothing caught fire on the Indus Highway on Monday near the village of Dhorah Solhan…
Attack was carried out using a quadcopter while a cricket match was in progress in Mamund tehsil At least three people were injured in a terrorist drone attack on a cricket ground in the Mamund area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district on Friday, according to state media. According to state broadcaster PTV News, the attack was carried out…
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday ordered that Barrister Salman Safdar be allowed to meet former prime minister Imran Khan in Adiala Jail at 2pm today (Wednesday) in connection with the £190 million case. A division bench, comprising IHC Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar and Justice Muhammad Asif, heard appeals filed by…
ANKARA: Turkiye’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded to the Israeli Prime Minister’s post on X, calling him the ‘Hitler of our times’. This exchange has stemmed as a result of Turkiye’s levying charges against Israel’s military and political leadership for the naval interception of the October 2025 “Sumud” Gaza flotilla, seeking up to 4,596…
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Syed Murad Ali Shah shared on Sunday that 2,179 people were diagnosed with coronavirus overnight, of the total 9,244 samples tested on the day. Shah added that 435,393 samples have been tested to date in Sindh, of which 80,446 have been positive, which constituted around 18.4 per cent of the…
JCP moves three judges to provincial HCs Kayani, Sattar, Imtiaz transferred out of IHC CJP Afridi objects, fails ISLAMABAD: The present government has secured another victory on the judicial front by succeeding in transferring three outspoken judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to different provincial high courts. The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP), by…