‘Improved governance helping fight poverty’
BUSINESS PROSPECTS: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz is being briefed during a visit to the…
‘Improved governance helping fight poverty’
BUSINESS PROSPECTS: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz is being briefed during a visit to the headquarters of the Chinese Tyren Wisdom Dairy Company. PHOTO: EXPRESS LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif met Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Committee and Communist Party Secretary and Political Commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC), He Zhongyou…
Fire safety lapses exposed at capital hospitals
RAWALPINDI: Following the tragic fire at PIMS Hospital that resulted in the deaths of newborn babies, serious deficiencies have also been found in fire prevention and emergency response arrangements at other major government hospitals in the federal capital. Fire safety inspections of Capital Hospital and the Federal Government Polyclinic identified the absence of several basic…
The scroll is finally getting a curfew
For millions of American teenagers, the nightly ritual of scrolling through Instagram or Facebook is about to acquire something unfamiliar: a stopping point. Under a sweeping settlement, Meta will impose curfews and daily usage limits on young users, fundamentally changing how they can spend time on its platforms. The agreement, reached with nearly all US…
Domestic worker confesses to crime, police say
Court grants police three-day remand of Hina Javed’s husband and domestic worker Hina Javed’s murder suspects in Rawalpindi magestrial court on August 26, 2026. Photo: Express Tribune RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi police on Thursday claimed that a domestic worker arrested in connection with the murder of 45-year-old digital designer Hina Javed had confessed to the crime and…
PML-N rifts deepen over AJK premiership
MUZAFFARABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and Punjab Senior Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb on Thursday announced that Barrister Iftikhar Gilani had been nominated as the party’s candidate for prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). In a post on social media platform X, Aurangzeb said that Gilani had been nominated for the office of AJK…
Major fire safety lapses found at two Islamabad hospitals after Pims tragedy
CDA finds serious fire safety gaps at Capital Hospital, Polyclinic, calls for urgent corrective measures Serious fire safety deficiencies have been identified at two major government hospitals in the federal capital following the tragic fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) that claimed the lives of 14 newborns. Inspections conducted by the Capital…
IMF opposes gas price reduction
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is seeking to curtail powers of the federal government for making a downward revision in gas prices in a bid to prevent further accumulation of circular debt. In a recent meeting, the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCOE) was informed that the IMF while noticing the burgeoning tariff differential adding…
JI announces Sept 3 nationwide strike against petroleum levy
Naeemur Rehman warns protests will spread to markets and roads if the government fails to provide relief Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Naeemur Rehman addresses a sit-in on The Mall in Lahore on Thursday. Photo: JI/ Facebook Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Naeemur Rehman on Thursday announced a nationwide peaceful strike on Sept 3 against the petroleum levy, warning the government…
'How did we get here?'
The deaths of 14 newborns in a fire at Islamabad's Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) have left Pakistan grieving, while celebrities have turned their anger towards a deeper question: how could babies who were supposed to be safest inside a hospital lose their lives in such circumstances? The fire tore through parts of the…
Govt announces 5 million compensation for victims of PIMS fire
Government says that financial compensation is no substitute for precious human lives Javeria, mother of a newborn victim, is consoled following a deadly fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) hospital in Islamabad on August 26, 2026. Photo: Reuters The federal government on Thursday announced financial compensation of Rs5 million each for the…
