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The accident led to a massive traffic jam for around seven hours as several cars, including heavy vehicles, piled up on both tracks of the Super Highway. PHOTO: RASHID AJMERI/EXPRESS LAHORE: The Punjab Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has stepped up preparations for the smog season, placing heavy vehicles at the centre of its enforcement strategy. … Read more
Hundreds of thousands were killed and tortured. But prosecuting everyone involved in atrocities could be impractical and risk renewed civil strife.
[In addition, the F.C.C. is weighing stiff restrictions on common drone technology such as thermal imaging and aerosol spraying.
KARACHI: The Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) has begun demolition of buildings declared dangerous by its Technical Committee on Dangerous Buildings, starting with two severely dilapidated structures in Lyari as part of efforts to prevent loss of life and property. According to an SBCA spokesperson, eight dangerous sites have been identified in different areas of … Read more
Ms. Jeffery also had a series of roles on other Disney and Nickelodeon series, as well as a season on “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
RAWALPINDI: Floodwaters that inundated the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad following Tuesday’s torrential rain and the frightening surge of water from Rawal Dam’s spillway receded after nine hours, but left behind a terrifying trail of destruction in 210 streets and neighbourhoods and 35 small and large markets across the city. About 85 per cent … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The civil service reforms committee has finalised recommendations to overhaul Pakistan’s ailing bureaucracy but the disagreement still persists on some core issues of specialised recruitment, option to attempt competitive examination in Urdu and a National Executive Service. After two years of work, the Ahsan Iqbal led-committee has developed a consensus on 43 recommendations for … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Only 65 of the 332 members of the National Assembly, or 20 per cent, attended all eight sittings of its 29th session held from August 17 to August 28, while 37 members, or 11 per cent, did not attend a single sitting. According to a report published on the Free and Fair Election Network … Read more
The bomb that hit the residential area was American, according to a weapons expert and a visual analysis by The Times. It killed five people and wounded 67 others, the Iranian authorities said.
Veteran actor reflects on changing television content, pressures facing new talent Veteran actor Mohsin Gillani has taken aim at the distributors, algorithms and marketing machinery he believes have hollowed out Pakistan’s entertainment industry from within, arguing that commercial pressures have increasingly taken precedence over creativity. Speaking in a recent podcast, Gillani placed much of the … Read more