Second international expo showcases unmanned sea vessels, drone jammers, VR ship training and aquaculture tech From autonomous sea vehicles and first-person-view gundrones to aquaculture, Pakistan’s second-ever International Maritime Expo and Conference (PIMEC) has it all. The four-day conference kicked off on Monday at the Expo Centre Karachi, is organised with the help of the Ministry…
Finance, energy and IT ministers, along with FBR chairman, address a joint press conference in Islamabad Screen grab shows Minister of Energy and Finance Minister in a press briefing. PHOTO: SCREEN GRAB/ EXPRESS Top cabinet ministers have announced a series of far-reaching reforms in the areas of taxation, energy, privatisation, and digital governance aimed at…
Using drones, satellite mapping, and heavy machinery, authorities eradicated cannabis fields hidden in rugged terrain The Excise and Taxation Department of Balochistan has intensified its anti-narcotics operations, destroying more than 2,054 acres of illegally cultivated cannabis under the province-wide cannabis elimination drive. According to official sources, the latest phase of the operation targeted the Gulistan…
A delegation from Google for Education and Tech Valley met Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif in Lahore and proposed the establishment of a Chromebook manufacturing plant in Punjab — a move aimed at boosting local technology production and digital education. Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz welcomed the initiative and assured Google of the Punjab government’s…
Afghan Taliban were never our darlings, those advocating talks with Taliban regime should go to Afghanistan: DG ISPR Director-General of the Inter-Services Public Relations, Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, has dismissed reports of any Pakistan-US understanding on drone operations in Afghanistan, terming them “completely baseless.” “Pakistan has no agreement with the United States, and no…
In a quiet village on the outskirts of Peshawar, 30-year-old Shahid Khan moves door to door, helping vaccinators administer polio drops to every child in his community. For Shahid, this is more than a campaign, it is a personal mission born of pain and love. “My own daughter is a patient of polio,” he said,…
Trump makes comment Sunday evening while heading back to Washington after Florida vacation A drone view of Christians departing St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church after a Sunday mass in Palmgrove, Lagos, Nigeria November 2, 2025 Photo: Reuters US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the US military could deploy troops to Nigeria or…
Winds are currently blowing from east, southeast, carrying smoke, particulate matter from Indian Punjab Most major cities of Punjab are currently engulfed in severe air pollution and smog, with air quality levels reaching hazardous limits. The provincial capital, Lahore, along with Gujranwala, Sheikhupura, and Kasur, recorded air quality indices (AQI) nearing 500. According to the…
New technology helps communities protect crops, wildlife, through a balance of sound, flight, coexistence As dawn breaks over the rolling hills of Kenya’s Amboseli ecosystem, a low hum rises above the fields, not from tractors or generators, but from drones. These small buzzing machines are becoming a powerful new ally in the age-old struggle between…
Afghan Taliban defence ministry said parts of Balkh, Samangan provinces were most affected An Afghan man sits amid the remains of a damaged house, in the aftermath of an earthquake at the Dara-i-Nur district of Nangarhar province on September 3, 2025. Photo: AFP A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif…
