In unsafe hands
AN HIV outbreak among children should have been a turning point for Taunsa’s main public hospital. Instead, an investigation by the BBC suggests that little has changed. Undercover footage from the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital, filmed about eight months after the government’s crackdown in March 2025, shows syringes being reused, injections administered through clothing, and unqualified […]
Islamabad administration revises business timings, extends restrictions to bakeries and sports facilities – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The capital administration on Thursday issued an amended notification regarding the closing time for markets, extending the restriction to bakeries and sports facilities. In a notification issued via the office of Islamabad Deputy Commissioner Irfan Nawaz Memon, the previous April 6 order was slightly amended. Under “partial modification”, bakeries were told to close at […]
Punjab Assembly unanimously adopts resolution recommending Nobel Peace Prize for PM, CDF Munir – Pakistan
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution on Thursday, which called for awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir for their efforts for peace amid the war in the Middle East. The resolution, a copy of […]
Man buried under rubble rescued alive 16 days after mine collapse in KP’s Mardan – Pakistan
PESHAWAR: A man was “miraculously” found alive on Thursday from the site of a mine collapse 16 days after the incident took place in the Rustam tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Mardan district, the Rescue 1122 said. The rescue service said in a statement that the man was rescued from a tunnel in the Darang area. […]
Punjab Assembly unanimously adopts resolution reccomending Nobel Peace Prize for PM, CDF Munir – Pakistan
LAHORE: The Punjab Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution on Thursday, which called for awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir for their efforts for peace amid the war in the Middle East. The resolution, a copy of […]
Next round of US-Iran talks ‘maybe, probably over the weekend’: Trump
Says he might come to Islamabad if deal is achieved, praises PM Shehbaz and CDF Munir once again US President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One on his way to Virginia, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, US, April 10, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS United States President Donald Trump said on Thursday that […]
FFC directs CDA to formulate rules regularising Islamabad’s informal settlements – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court on Thursday directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to finalise regulations for Islamabad’s informal settlements in petitions against the recent demolition drives in the federal capital. The development comes amid an ongoing demolition drive launched by the CDA, which has targeted informal settlements across the federal capital, as well as […]
Power minister reiterates govt’s apology for power cuts arising from ‘out of control’ situation – Pakistan
Power Minister Awais Leghari on Thursday reiterated the government’s apology for excessive loadshedding, explaining that the external factor of the fuel supply crisis due to the Middle East war was one of the main reasons. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Leghari reiterated the apology for higher than promised “load management”, which the government had […]
Iran’s envoy says any future US talks to be held only in Pakistan
Ambassador cites Islamabad’s neutrality after hosting highest-level talks since 1979 Iranian Envoy to Pakistan Reza Amiri Moghadam – Photo Courtesy: Pakistan TV Digital/YouTube Iran’s envoy to Pakistan on Thursday said that any second round of talks with the United States would be held only in Islamabad, saying Pakistan was a “credible and neutral facilitator”. Pakistan took […]
Gaza’s war amputees short of prostheses under Israeli restrictions – World
“I am not asking for the luxuries of life, I am asking for a limb so I can regain my humanity,” a 40-year-old former office worker says. Fourteen-year-old Fadel al-Naji used to be a keen footballer but is now largely confined to his home in Gaza City since both legs were severed in an Israeli […]