The Rawalpindi district administration has launched safety inspections of 8,300 public and private schools, one of the largest checks of its kind to follow last week’s deadly roof collapse at a private school in Peshawar. The inspection teams have until Tuesday, October 20, to submit their reports, a deadline that has already prompted private school...
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi’s planned address at a PTI rally in Karachi was thrown into uncertainty on Sunday as authorities blocked several key arteries across the city, causing massive traffic disruption and repeatedly delaying his arrival from Hyderabad. Afridi’s caravan left Hyderabad before sunset but ran into roadblocks almost immediately on its route toward...
With polling only days away, Azad Jammu and Kashmir has become the centre of Pakistan’s political attention as the country’s top party leaders converge on the region ahead of the July 27 Legislative Assembly elections. The Election Commission of Azad Jammu and Kashmir revised its original single-day schedule into a three-phase rollout, with Mirpur Division...
Punjab’s Chief Minister has reiterated a commitment to providing healthcare facilities of international standards in the province’s public hospitals, describing the goal as a defining priority of her government’s ongoing reform agenda. According to reports, Chief Minister Maryam says providing healthcare facilities of international standards in Punjab’s public hospitals was a commitment of her government....