Punjabi storytellers find new readers as the prize spotlights voices across borders VANCOUVER: The world’s leading award for Punjabi fiction announced its 12th annual winner on Wednesday, naming Balbir Parwana of Jalandhar, India, for his novel In the Time of Unrest. He received a $25,000 award. Balbir Parwana, Dhahan Prize winner (2025) Two finalists,Mudassar Bashir…
Elected in April 2023 with 48 votes, Haq opted not to resign and instead chose to face the no-confidence vote head-on Ousted AJK Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq (L) and new elected Premier Faisal Rathore (R) The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Monday voted out Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq and picked Pakistan…
PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Sunday said the federal government had yet to release the province’s dues for the merged districts, lamenting that K-P continued to face financial discrimination. He made these remarks while launching a wide-ranging beautification project for Peshawar aimed at restoring the historic character of the provincial capital. Addressing the…
Former Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi. PHOTO: twitter.com/LodhiMaleeha Maleeha Lodhi, former permanent representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, has said how to deal with Kabul remains a major security and foreign policy challenge and a severe policy dilemma for Pakistan. “There are obvious limits to a coercive approach and military response as a total breakdown and…
Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry speaking to reporters outside Parliament House in Islamabad on October 9, 2025. SCREENGRAB FAISALABAD: Brushing off judicial backlash, Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry said on Sunday that the ruling coalition was prepared to introduce yet another constitutional amendment if required to “maintain stability” in the country,…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has decided to keep its border crossings with Afghanistan shut for an indefinite period, signalling a hardened stance until the Afghan Taliban regime takes “verifiable and irreversible” action against terrorist outfits, particularly the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Officials told The Express Tribune that the government has conveyed to Kabul that the crossings will…
Cast reflects on nostalgia, nerves, emotional core of a story shaped by love, long artistic bonds Cast members at a media junket for the film Neelofar in Karachi. Photo: Express KARACHI: The cast of the upcoming Pakistani romance, ‘Neelofar’, vibrantly shares their palpable excitement, a subtle current of nervousness beneath it, and their unwavering confidence…
Inter-city bus terminals in the capital remained overcrowded on Monday. PHOTO: EXPRESS RAWALPINDI: A sudden increase of Rs6 per litre in diesel prices has led the All Pakistan Goods Transporters to raise transportation fares between Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Karachi by 10 to 12 per cent. Pakistan Railways has also decided to raise its fares…
Torkham shutdown enters 35th day, traders warn of economic collapse, rising crime Torkham border. PHOTO: AFP KHYBER: Thousands of traders, labourers and transport workers across Pakistan’s northwestern border belt have been left without livelihoods as tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan enter their fifth week. Following the Taliban’s overnight attacks on Pakistani security posts on October…
KARACHI: The schedule for the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 11 has become a major issue, as franchises are demanding a significant increase in the number of matches following the inclusion of two new teams, while the PCB is reluctant due to the limited available window. According to details, the 11th edition of the…
