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CM seeks province-wide drinking water plan

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz speaking at the inauguration of the Nawaz Sharif School of Eminence in Arifwala. SCREENGRAB LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has sought a province-wide plan within five days to ensure the supply of safe drinking water to every household. Chairing a meeting of the Punjab Saaf Pani Authority, she … Read more

Three killed in six ‘encounters’

. GUJRANWALA: Three alleged criminals were killed and three others injured in six separate encounters involving Gujranwala Police and the Crime Control Department (CCD), while more than 12 kilogrammes of narcotics, stolen property and illegal weapons were recovered during the operations, police said on Friday. According to police, the operations were carried out under the … Read more

Post-Article 370 IIOJK: seven years on

. Despite the passage of seven years since the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A, India’s narrative framing the move as a historic achievement of peace and integration is utterly unmasked by severe economic distress, rising unemployment, relentless political unrest, heavy militarization, and demographic engineering. According to defence and foreign policy analysts, mere economic statistics … Read more

Monsoon downpour swamps Pindi

RAWALPINDI: The first torrential monsoon rainfall of the season, which lashed the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Friday, brought Rawalpindi to a standstill on Friday, inundating roads, markets and residential neighbourhoods, disrupting transport and utilities, and exposing significant shortcomings in the city’s drainage and flood management infrastructure. The district administration declared a rain … Read more

Naqvi’s reform push fuels political debate

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi’s blunt assessment that Pakistan’s governance system has “collapsed” and can no longer meet the country’s administrative challenges has triggered a sharp political debate, with opposition parties calling it an admission of systemic failure, coalition partners urging caution. Speaking at the first Pakistan Economic Summit in Islamabad on Thursday, Naqvi urged … Read more

Good governance quintessential for Pakistan: DG ISPR

Says if reset is needed, it should happen Accuses a defeated India of funding terror proxies Distances army from DG ISPR Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry addresses press conference. Photo: Screengrab ISLAMABAD: Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lt-Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry on Friday said an administrative reset should take place if it was required … Read more