Meeting reviews cooperation in counter-terrorism, illegal migration, institutional collaboration, and police training The United Kingdom’s Minister for the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, Hamish Falconer meets with Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi in Islamabad. SCREENGRAB The United Kingdom’s Minister for the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, Hamish Falconer, said on Wednesday that the recent US-Iran rapprochement…

Govt launches nationwide Hepatitis C drive focused on screening, prevention and free treatment The Ministry of National Health Services, in coordination with the World Health Organisation (WHO), on Wednesday launched the Prime Minister’s Hepatitis C Elimination Programme aimed at eliminating the disease by 2030. Under the initiative, Pakistan has set a target of reaching 1.6…

Debris block multiple highway sections; locals provide shelter, food to travellers Excavators carve through mountains of debris on the battered Karakoram Highway, where relentless rains, flash floods and landslides stranded thousands of travellers across Lower Kohistan over the past 72 hours. PHOTOS: EXPRESS ABBOTTABAD: Efforts to reopen the Karakoram Highway in Lower Kohistan entered their…

Pakistani hostages reports that food supplies and medicines on the ship had run out ISLAMABAD: Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar on Tuesday informed the National Assembly that the government was actively working through diplomatic channels to secure the release of 10 Pakistani citizens being held hostage in Somalia. The oil tanker Honour 25, sailing under…