Pakistan News

Highways, transmission lines, infrastructure networks increasingly bringing snow leopards close to human settlements The construction of new roads, highways, transmission lines, and infrastructure networks is bringing humans and Pakistan’s iconic snow leopards dangerously close, warned the World Wide Fund for Natureon the occasion of International Snow Leopard Day. In a statement, WWF-Pakistan highlighted that development…

Livestock experts emphasise animals must be vaccinated at least twice a year to prevent the spread of FMD An outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease in animals has gripped several villages in Tehsil Pattoki, leaving livestock farmers in Sarai Mughal, Hanjra Khurd, Kot Shakir Hanjra, and adjoining areas in deep distress. Dozens of valuable cattle — including…

Sets wheat support price at Rs3,500 per 40kg; small growers to get fertilizer subsidy Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah speaks during a press conference on Wednesday. Photo: NNI Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has announced a major Rs55 billion relief package for farmers, setting the wheat support price at Rs3,500 per…

He delivered a remarkable performance against South Africa at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in the second Test Asif Afridi, 38, picked up his maiden Test wicket in the form of Tony de Zorzi. Photo: AFP ISLAMABAD: Pakistani spinner Asif Afridi has become the oldest cricketer to take a five-wicket haul on Test debut in the second…

Punjab minister says dozens of bank accounts frozen, Interior Minister Naqvi meets scholars in Karachi Police, TLP workers clash paralyzes life in Lahore on Friday. Screengrab from Express footage LAHORE/KARACHI: The Punjab government on Tuesday intensified its crackdown on the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) and its supporters, freezing dozens of bank accounts, seizing properties, and placing…

Asia Cup trophy was being displayed in Colombo. Photo. AFP/File KARACHI: India has grown increasingly upset over not receiving the Asia Cup trophy it won last month and has sent two letters to the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), urging that the coveted silverware be dispatched to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)…

Field Marshal Asim Munir. Photo: ISPR RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir reaffirmed on Tuesday that comprehensive measures were under way to eliminate terrorist elements and restore lasting peace and stability in Balochistan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement. During an interaction with participants of the 17th…

Pak-Afghan border. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE ISLAMABAD: When the defence ministers and spy chiefs of Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban regime sat across the table in Doha last week, scepticism was high about whether the Qatari-hosted talks could deliver any meaningful breakthrough. However, with Qatari and Turkish mediation, the two sides reached a ceasefire agreement, at least…

Image collage of Justice Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Munib Akhtar. — SC website ISLAMABAD: Two members of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) – Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Munib Akhtar – have raised strong objections to the approval of the amended Judges’ Code of Conduct, warning that the changes undermine judicial independence,…