Falling temperatures improve sugarcane quality, mills report higher recovery
ISLAMABAD: Sugar recovery in Punjab has improved as the ongoing crushing season progresses, with falling temperatures enhancing sucrose levels in sugarcane across key producing...
Punjab’s first ‘Sahulat on the Go Bazaar’ draws public attention
CM Maryam Nawaz emphasizes commitment to public welfare, affordable commodities and citizen safety
Says bazaars operational at 10 Lahore locations while five additional...
Pakistan among 21 countries, OIC unequivocally reject Israel’s Somaliland recognition
Joint statement of Muslim, Arab countries brands move as ‘full and blatant disregard for international law,’ terming it threat to regional and international...
Sindh to replace 27 gates of Sukkur Barrage under improvement project
SUKKUR: Sindh’s Irrigation Minister Jam Khan Shoro announced on Sunday that 27 gates of the historic Sukkur Barrage will be replaced in 2025 as...
Nearly 900,000 children missed in country’s last 2025 polio campaign
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s final nationwide anti-polio vaccination campaign of 2025 did not achieve full coverage, with official figures showing that hundreds of thousands of children...
Environmental group plans climate school and water facility in Gwadar
GWADAR: A Balochistan-based environmental organisation has announced plans to establish Gwadar’s first climate school and install a reverse osmosis (RO) water plant to promote...
Mustafa Kamal alleges MQM founder ordered Imran Farooq’s murder
KARACHI: Federal Minister for Health and MQM-P leader Syed Mustafa Kamal on Sunday alleged that Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder Altaf Hussain ordered the...
Punjab motorways closed as dense fog reduces visibility, nationwide weather updates issued
ISLAMABAD: Dense fog and high pollution affected several cities across Pakistan on Sunday, prompting travel advisories and road closures, while rainfall is expected in...
Nadra launches new fingerprint verification
ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has introduced a new digital fingerprint verification system, allowing users to verify their biometrics through the...
Joint security operation in Paharpur leads to arrest of 21, arms recovered
DI KHAN: District police and the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested 21 suspected individuals during a joint operation in the Paharpur area of Dera...
Man ‘honour’ kills wife and alleged lover in Peshawar, daughter injured
PESHAWAR: A man shot and killed his wife and another man, described by police as her alleged lover, in the Daudzai area of Peshawar,...
Tajik education minister lauds ATSM role in strengthening medical ties with Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Tajikistan’s First Deputy Minister of Education and Science, Hoshimzoda Homid Hasan, on Sunday praised Avicenna Tajik State Medical University (ATSM) for playing a...
Measles outbreak claims three children’s lives in Dherki village
GHOTKI: A measles outbreak in the village of Jan Mohammad Mehar in Dherki has resulted in the deaths of at least three children, while...
Islamabad bars entry of vehicles without M-Tags
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration has announced that from January 1, vehicles without M-Tags will not be allowed to enter the federal...
Bodies of woman, three children discovered in Sohrab Goth house
KARACHI: The bodies of a woman and her three children were found hanging inside a house in Karachi’s Sohrab Goth area on Sunday, police...