Ring Road, Kachehri Chowk projects near completion but face billions in cost overruns RAWALPINDI: Two state-of-the-art projects in the city – the Rawalpindi Ring Road and the Kachehri Combined Flyover and Underpass – have turned into white elephants for the national exchequer due to massive cost escalations and repeated deadline extensions. The Ring Road project…
Iran renewed attacks on the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, causing oil loading at the port of Fujairah to be at least partly halted after the third attack in four days. FILE IMAGE: PIXABAY Oil prices rose on Wednesday, extending gains from the previous session, as hostilities in the Middle East erupted anew with Iran…
Dr Farooq Sattar alleges illegal excavation at Hill Park, while KMC insists no park land has been allotted A combination of file photos showing Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab (left) and MQM-P senior leader Dr Farooq Sattar. A fresh political confrontation erupted over the future of Karachi’s public spaces on Sunday as Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P)…
Raises concerns over reported plans for hotels, sports facilities, and other infrastructure in Margalla CDA says official suspended for failing to curb Margalla Hills encroachment. PHOTO: FILE The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Pakistan on Friday expressed “serious and escalating concern” over ongoing and proposed development activities in areas adjoining the Margalla Hills National…
ISLAMABAD: With increasing trade and business activities at Gwadar, Pakistan has again pushed Saudi Arabia to set up an oil refinery worth $10 billion in the port city. Activity at Gwadar Port has jumped up to 30% in recent months in the backdrop of US-Israel-Iran war as more and more ships arrive at Pakistani ports…
Israeli strike targets Lebanese army vehicle in southern Lebanon amid Tel Aviv’s continued truce violations Smoke billows from southern Lebanon, following Israeli strikes, as seen from Nabatieh, Lebanon, June 2, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS Several Lebanese soldiers, including an officer, were killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a military vehicle in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese…
A suspected case includes anyone who is picked up by surveillance or who presents with symptoms at a health centre This is an electron microscopic image of an isolate of Ebola virus. PHOTO: CDC Public Health Image Library The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday there have been 321 confirmed cases of Ebola in the…
President hailed Pakistan for consistently supporting dialogue and diplomacy throughout the period of tensions President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar Political leadership, including President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, and Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, on…
Confrontation disrupted the tourists’ journey, while some vehicles were reportedly threatened with stone pelting SWAT: The district administration and police in Swat have launched legal action after a group of local individuals allegedly stopped tourists from travelling to Mahodand Lake in Kalam, an incident that later went viral on social media and raised concerns over…
Residents evacuate Datta Khel, North Waziristan. EXPRESS Families in North Waziristan’s Datta Khel tehsil in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province are fleeing their homes in panic amid fears of an imminent large-scale security operation, leaving behind normal life as roads remain sealed and essential supplies dwindle. According to local sources, the migration from various villages towards safer areas…