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Suspect enters lounge using counterfeit ticket; security lapse exposes vulnerabilities

Govt's promised free travel offer fails to provide relief during energy crisis

Glacier removal begins to restore access to the iconic Kaghan Valley destination

Promises support for budding talent among Pakistan's youth

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May 2026 is shaping up to be a month of extended breaks, offering residents an opportunity for rest and family time with multiple public holidays alongside regular weekends.

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Roads blocked, garbage dumped outside DC office as authorities issue notices

Murder staged as electrocution and later suicide

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Digital evidence, CCTV footage, financial links emerge during investigation

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Afridi raises PTI curbs, Imran family issues, CNG suspension

First-of-its-kind market empowers female entrepreneurs

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi, who also serves as the chairperson of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP), has observed that granting the transfer of Justice Khadim Hussain Soomro from the Islamabad High Court (IHC) back to the Sindh High Court (SHC) would render key constitutional ideals — federalism and equitable representation — redundant. Such a transfer will also reduce the appointments of judges to merely a temporary and reversible administrative arrangement, the CJP feared in his response to informal requests by IHC Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar to requisition a JCP meeting for the transfer of five judges presently serving in IHC to other high courts. The IHC chief justice had sought to convene a JCP meeting on April 28 to consider the transfer of senior puisne judge Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiani to the Lahore High Court (LHC), Justice Babar Sattar to the Peshawar High Court (PHC), Justice Arbab Tahir to the Balochistan High Court (BHC) and both Justice Saman ...

The World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P) on Friday highlighted “potentially irreversible risks” and “ecological degradation” from development work at the foothills of Islamabad’s Margalla Hills, calling for the suspension of all such proposed and ongoing activities pending a “transparent environmental review”. The conservation organisation’s call came three days after the Ministry of Interior announced that a new park, spanning 1,000 kanals, would be developed at the foothills of the Margalla Hills. “WWF-Pakistan expresses its serious and escalating concern regarding ongoing and proposed development activities in areas adjoining the Margalla Hills National Park, particularly within ecologically sensitive foothill zones,” the organisation said in a statement. It recalled that recent assessments published by WWF-P earlier this year on tree removal in the federal capital “indicate that large-scale vegetation clearance and infrastructure expansion are taking place across multiple locations”. These developm...

ISLAMABAD: After a gap of 28 months, state-run Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) on Friday secured three bids at $17.997 to $18.88 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) for delivery between April 27 and May 8. A total of four bids were received and three were declared the lowest. For the first delivery window of April 27-30, TotalEnergies submitted the lowest bid of $18.88 per mmBtu. Vitol Bahrain’s bid of $18.54 was declared the lowest for the May 1-7 window, while OQ Trading was declared the lowest bidder at $17.997 per mmBtu for delivery between May 8 and 14. A day earlier, PLL had floated urgent tenders for the import of three LNG cargos for delivery between April 27 and May 8 amid rising temperatures and power shortfall. The PLL had set April 24 (Friday) as the deadline for bids to be opened the same day, given the emergent needs to meet power demand, which was short of supply by more than 4,500MW in peak, resulting in six to seven hours of loadshedding. The tender came following Qatar’s reluctance to send ...

Shehbaz Sharif has reiterated Pakistan’s resolve to promote global peace, despite increasingly complex international security challenges.