<p>LAHORE: A child was killed and at least five people were injured after the roof of an under-construction building collapsed in Lahore’s Baghbanpura neighbourhood on Thursday, police said.</p> <p>An update issued by the Baghbanpura police said an eight-year-old boy died, while four men and a child were injured.</p> <p>Speaking to the media, Baghbanpura Station House Officer (SHO) Rizwan Khan said the school administration was expanding its 14-marla building by constructing a two-marla struct

<p>ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday decided to extend the Murree Expressway by 70 kilometres to Muzaffarabad during a National Highway Authority (NHA) meeting chaired by Communications Minister Abdul Aleem Khan.</p> <p>Work on the road has been <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1957450">ongoing</a> under Khan’s tenure, including when he visited the expressway last November to review beautification, rehabilitation and improvement works along the route.</p> <p>According to the communicatio

<p>MOHMAND: Two cops, including an additional station house officer (SHO), were martyred when <em>Fitna al Khawarij</em> terrorists attacked a police patrol in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Mohmand district on Thursday night, according to police.</p> <p><a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1849349/govt-proscribes-gul-bahadur-group-majeed-brigade#:~:text=TTP%20labelled%20as%20fitna"><em><u>Fitna al Khawarij</u></em></a> is a term the state uses for terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Paki

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will visit Iran and Turkiye from July 3 to July 5, Foreign Office (FO) spokesperson Tahir Andrabi confirmed on Thursday. Addressing a weekly briefing, Andrabi said that during his visit to Iran, the premier would...

Ministry of Finance drafts strategy for post-2027 Riba-free financial system Existing conventional loans to continue until maturity Majority foreign-owned banks may offer both Islamic, conventional products Cabinet nod will set legal transition in...

Elaborate security arrangements have been made countrywide today as scores of mourners take out Muharram 10 processions in observance of Yaum-i-Ashura. Yaum-i-Ashura is observed every year with mourning processions and religious gatherings to...

The PPP on Wednesday took exception to a sweeping statement by Defence Minister Khawaja Asif regarding the people of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). In an interview on a TV show, the minister had said that Rawalakot which has been in the grip of...

Irans President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday called for a united front of Muslim nations, extending hands of friendship for a new regional security structure. Key developments Iranian president holds productive talks with PM Shehbaz as he and FM...

Lawmakers slam interior ministry for poor performance over law and order disruptions Opp moves 587 cut motions over two days, all rejected ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Monday wrapped up the approval process for the budgetary allocations of...

Talks between the US and Iran in Switzerlands Burgenstock have stretched into Monday, with an American official saying that several key issues, including all elements of the nuclear deal have been discussed so far. Weve had robust discussions on all...