Showing posts from April, 2025
KP Police personnel stand in Charsadda, KP. — X@KP_Police1/FilePESHAWAR: Police along with other departments carried out a major operation against the hundi and hawala dealers in Chowk Yadgar on Wednesday.An official said the traders involved in hundi…
This image shows a building of the Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar. — KTH Peshawar website/FilePESHAWAR: The Khyber Teaching Hospital has become the third public sector hospital in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to start thrombolysis treatment on its first acut…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-05-01/l_1307037_022812_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif , US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. — Reuters/FileUS Secretary of…
District administration officials conduct an anti-encroachment operation in Changharabad, Peshawar on April 29, 2025. — Facebook@dcpeshawarPESHAWAR: The district administration demolished over 50 illegal structures during an anti-encroachment operatio…
President Asif Ali Zardari seen in this image. — APP/FileISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday extended warm felicitations to the Prime Minister of Canada on his party’s victory in the federal elections.The president stated that Pakistan an…
A general view of the high-voltage lines. — AFP/FileMULTAN: The key provincial departments are defaulters of Multan Electric Power Company , The News has learnt.Statistics and available documents said these departments had consumed their allocated bud…
Representational image shows workers of Rescue 1122 listening speech of their chief during monsoon rains emergency Mock-Exercise in Punjab on May 23, 2024. — OnlineMULTAN: The Punjab Emergency Service Rescue 1122 Multan conducted pre-flood dry mock ex…
This representational image shows an Urdu text written in a book. — Unsplash/FilePESHAWAR: A joint book-launching ceremony of noted Pashto poet, researcher and critic Farhad Mohammad Ghalib Tarin and Dr Faqir Mohammad Faqir was held in Kheshgi village…
A farmer harvest wheat crop with help of tractor, in Punjab on April 27, 2025. — Online FAISALABAD: Dr Hakan Ozkan of the Cukurova University, Turkey, visited the University of Agriculture Faisalabad and met scientists from the Wheat Group of the Plan…
In this still, the National Commission for Human Development officials taking part in a cleanliness campaign in Islamabad launched by the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training on April 19, 2024. — Facebook/Ministry of Federal Educati…
A representational image of a person shooting. — Pexels/FilePESHAWAR: A policewoman was shot dead in the limits of Shahpur Police Station here on Saturday.Police officials said a policewoman Tauseef posted in Charsadda was shot dead by unidentified ar…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-04-26/l_1305523_113519_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Picture showing some Pakistan Army soldiers — ISPR/File Security forces killed at least 15 terrorists while two Pakistan Army soldiers embraced mart…
A representational image of a fire. — Unsplash/FileMANSEHRA: A heavy fire, which broke out in a sawmill, gutted many shops in Balakot on Thursday night.The blaze, the cause of which is yet to be determined, erupted near Madina Market and engulfed a la…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-04-26/l_1305312_034458_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during a press conference at UN headquarters in New York City, US, February 8, 2024. — Reut…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-04-26/l_1305277_022103_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} The image shows the fire-fighting efforts at a commercial centre in Karachi on April 26, 2025. — YouTube/Geo News/ScreengrabKARACHI: The blaze that …
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-04-25/l_1305173_115758_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari speaks during an interview in Muzaffarabad, on May 22, 2023. — AFP ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bi…
Punjab Ombudsperson Nabila Hakim Ali seen in this image on October 11, 2024. — Facebook@NabilaHakimAliKhan FAISALABAD: Punjab Ombudsperson for Protection Against Harassment Nabila Hakim Khan visited the Allied Hospital and the CEO Education Office to …
Central Cotton Research Institute building in Multan. — Facebook@CCRIM.PK/File MULTAN: A delegation from the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency visited the Central Cotton Research Institute in Multan on Wednesday to explore potential collabor…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-04-23/l_1304423_104533_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} The Indus Waters Treaty grants Pakistan control of three western rivers, including Indus River. — ReutersFormer diplomats and experts said that New …
The representational image shows a blood transfusion in process at a hospital. — AFP/FilePESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department on Tuesday launched the registration process for all blood banks across the province.Chief Executive Officer of…
A policeman stands guard near the site of an attack in Bannu. — AFP/FileBANNU: Unidentified armed assailants attacked the Dary Pul police checkpoint in the jurisdiction of Ghoriwala Police Station, Bannu, early Tuesday.According to sources, the incide…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-04-22/l_1304109_113722_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah chairs a meeting in this undated photo. — APP/File Amid rising tensions between the Sindh and the Centre over th…
Representational image of a young girl waiting as her chest X-ray is taken in a TB clinic in Lima, Peru. — AFP/FilePESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa TB Control Programme arranged an awareness-raising program at the Khyber Medical University to mark the Wor…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-04-22/l_1303963_045503_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Representational image shows rescue personnel inspecting the site of a bus accident that killed 23 people after it plunged into a ravine at Soon vil…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-04-21/l_1303746_104454_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif boarding a PAF plane as he leaves for Turkey. — Twitter/@PakPMO ISLAMABAD: ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is…
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur addresses the Derajat Festival 2025 on April 20, 2025. — Screengrab via Facebook@AliAminKhanGandapurPtiDERA ISMAIL KHAN: The Derajat Festival 2025 concluded with great fanfare at the Ratta Kulachi Sp…
Coniferous forest in Gallies Biosphere Reserve. — UNESCO/File ABBOTTABAD: In a significant conservation effort, the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has translated policy into action as the Secretary of the Climate Change, Forestry, Environment, and W…
Representational image of lightning. — Reuters/FileKHAR: Two persons were injured and dozens of goats perished after being hit by lightning in the remote Kaga Mandro forest area of Bajaur’s Mamond Tehsil on Saturday.According to local sources, the lig…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-04-20/l_1303109_122719_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Justice Agha Rafiq Ahmed Khan, former chief justice of the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan. — Federal Shariat Court website/FileJustice Agha Rafiq…
Representational image of a protest with placards and banners. — INP/FilePESHAWAR: The retired professors, administrative officers and other employees have urged the government and the universities’ administrations to ensure the timely release of thei…
This representational image shows a police official directing the way to the ambulance. — AFP/FileGHALLANAI: One person was killed and six others seriously injured when two groups exchanged fire in the Khewazai-Babi Kore area of Mohmand district.Polic…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-04-18/l_1302741_112949_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} This undated photo shows a view of hailstorm amid winter season. — PPI/FileISLAMABAD: Severe weather conditions are expected to affect parts of Punj…
A representational image showing children during blood transfusion. — AFP/FilePESHAWAR: Speakers at a function on Thursday said hemophilia patients had reduced ability for blood clotting and if not treated in time, children suffering from this blood d…
This representational image shows a rescue team at an incident site. — AFP/FileHARIPUR: A mother of four children was found dead in the left bank canal of Khanpur dam, police said here on Wednesday.Family of the deceased, however, accused the husband …
Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Jiang Zaidong seen in this image. — APP/FilePESHAWAR: Chinese Ambassador Jiang Zaidong, in an online address at a seminar, reaffirmed China’s commitment to deepening ties with Pakistan and accelerating the next phase of …
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-04-16/l_1302058_115458_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar addresses a press conference. — Radio Pakistan/FileFederal Information Minister At…
Advisor to KP Chief Minister on Information and Public Relations, Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif gestures during a metting. — APP File PESHAWAR: Advisor to the Chief of Minister for Information and Public Relations Barrister Dr Saif has criticized the Sh…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-04-16/l_1301885_051119_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} The image shows readings on Richter's scale. — AFP/FileParts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Kashmir, and Punjab, along with areas in Afghanistan, e…
Senator Dost Muhammad seen in this image. — Facebook@Senator Dost Muhammad Mehsud/FileTANK: Senator Dost Muhammad said on Monday that Ladha should be officially declared as the district headquarters of Upper South Waziristan.Addressing a gathering, he…
Christian devotees holding palm leaves attend a service to mark Palm Sunday as part of the traditional Lenten devotion at a Church in Punjab on April 13, 2025. — OnlineBUREWALA: Christians across Vehari district observed the Palm Sunday with religious…
Federal Minister for Poverty and Social Protection Pir Syed Imran Ahmad Shah Wali looks on in this image. — Facebook@Syed Imran Ahmad Shah/File PAKPATTAN: Federal Minister for Poverty and Social Protection Pir Syed Imran Ahmad Shah Wali has said that …
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-04-13/l_1300982_101938_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} A delegation of US congressmen led by Jack Bergman calls on Chief of Army Staff General Syed Asim Munir in Rawalpindi on April 13, 2025. — ISPR Chie…
3D image of a heart in a cardiology test.— Reuters/FileLAKKI MARWAT: Lucky Cement Limited will hold a three-day free heart screening camp for the residents of Lakki Marwat district at its plant premises located in the Darra Pezu town.Medical experts f…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-04-12/l_1300697_104652_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Sarah Javed, first Christian deputy commissioner in Sindh. — Sindh government KARACHI: The Sindh government, under its inclusive governance policy, …
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-04-12/l_1300700_105400_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} US Congressional Delegation , led by Representative Jack Bergman , along with Representatives Thomas Richard Suozzi, Jonathan L Jackson, and other s…
A representational image of a transmission tower, also known as an electricity pylon. — AFP/FileQUETTA: A spokesperson for the Quetta Electric Supply Company has stated that the neighboring country, Iran, has reduced the electricity supply quota for t…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-04-11/l_1300361_115354_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} PML-N President Nawaz Sharif and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meet in London. — X/@pmlndigitalpk/File LONDON: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Frid…
Representational image of electric power generating wind turbines and solar panels can be seen. — AFP/FileSWABI: Speakers at the International Conference on Emerging Power Technologies at Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technol…
Police officers stand behind crime scene police tape. — AFP/FilePESHAWAR: One person was killed and a couple of others were wounded when rivals opened fire on them in the limits of Tehkal Police Starting.Police officials said one Noor Qamar was killed…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-04-10/l_1299838_042903_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} The image shows a dumper running over two motorcycles near Nagan Chowrangi on April 9, 2025. — X@MithuReborn/ScreengrabKARACHI: Angry crowds set at …
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-04-10/l_1299691_125103_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} A police mobile van is seen patrolling an unspecified area. — APP/FileQUETTA: At least three policemen were killed and another sustained injuries wh…
Army personnel travelling in a military vehicle in this undated picture. — ISPR/FileKOHAT: The police and security forces on Tuesday launched a large-scale crackdown against terrorists and their facilitators in the mountainous areas of Kohat and Karak…
Raindrops on a glass window seen in this representational image. — Unsplash/FileLAHORE: Sunny weather was witnessed in the City here on Tuesday while Met office predicted similar weather conditions for the next 24 hours. Met officials said the maximum…
PTI workers protest seeking the release of the incarcerated party founder in Peshawar on March 31, 2024. — INPJAMRUD: A Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI rally here on Monday demanded the release of the party founder Imran Khan.The protest was staged on t…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-04-07/l_1298949_114746_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} PM's Adviser on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah addresses a press conference in this undated photo. — APP/FileReacting to US-based Pakistanis&#…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-04-07/l_1298942_110111_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Afghan refugees deported from Pakistan arrive with their belongings at a makeshift camp near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Torkham, Nangarhar p…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-04-07/l_1298931_103225_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar. —Reuters/NNI/File ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Monday held …
This representational image shows a police tape tied to the gate. — AFP/File PESHAWAR: The brother of a local religious leader was murdered in a mosque in Sarband. Policw said Muhammad Zahid, son of Fazal Bari, was shot dead by unidentified armed men …
This representational image shows, large number of vehicles standing in queue at Motorway Toll Plaza. — APP/FileMANSEHRA: Civil society organisations, traders, transporters, and the lawyers on Sunday demanded of the federal government to remove the to…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-04-06/l_1298647_112800_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Afghan nationals, who according to police were undocumented, are handcuffed as they are detained and shifted to a holding centre, after Pakistan gav…
A representational image of teachers protesting.— Facebook@PunjabTeachersUnion/FileHARIPUR: The Tanzeem-i-Asatiza Pakistan has demanded the provincial government to expedite the process of filling the vacant posts in the government schools before the …
A representational image showing a protest. — AFP/FileBUREWALA: Employees of the Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Services Corporation on Friday launched a strong protest against the government’s proposed plan to privatise the institution.The protest…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-04-04/l_1297934_084254_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addresses 23rd Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit, hosted virtually by India, July 4, 2023. — ReutersFollowing t…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-04-04/l_1297963_113356_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addressing a public gathering related to former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's 46th…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-03-29/l_1296419_032351_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} People cool off in the hot weather at sea view beach in Karachi on September 24, 2023. — PPI A dry and hot weather spell is set to take over the cou…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-04-03/l_1297618_113331_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} This combination of photos shows PTI founder Imran Khan and Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif. — Reuters/ Facebook/ Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif/File Categ…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-03-29/l_1296419_032351_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} People cool off in the hot weather at sea view beach in Karachi on September 24, 2023. — PPI A dry and hot weather spell is set to take over the cou…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-03-28/l_1296151_092326_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addresses ceremony of Rab e Zuljalal ka Ehsaan – Pakistan in Islamabad, March 28, 2025. — Screengrab via YouTube/Geo N…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-03-28/l_1296107_042536_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} An undated image of journalist Farhan Mallick. — linkedin@Farhan Mallick/File KARACHI: A district and sessions court in Karachi dismissed the bail a…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-04-02/l_1297229_032110_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Children attempt to grab hold of ration bags during a charity drive. — Reuters/FileDespite economic constraints, it seems that Pakistanis continue t…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-04-02/l_1297226_031713_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Representational image of a girl highlighting resistance against sexual abuse. — Unsplash/FileLAHORE: Worrisome crime statistics have come to the fo…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-04-02/l_1297217_013149_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} An undated image of Punjab Police's SP Aisha Butt. — Facebook@PunjabPolicePakistanOfficial/FileLAHORE: Bringing honour to Pakistan, especially t…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-04-02/l_1297203_100556_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} A man cools off from a public tap after filling bottles during intense hot weather in Karachi. — ReutersKARACHI: The city sweltered under intense he…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-04-01/l_1297119_110032_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} As the fire in Karachi’s Korangi Crossing area rages into its fourth day, a crowd of residents turned the scene into a viewing spot without keeping …
