G-B governor calls for separate province as demand for new provinces grows

The demands for new provinces are gaining momentum nationwide, with Gilgit-Baltistan Governor Mehdi Shah calling for separate provincial status and warning of protests similar to those in Azad Jammu and Kashmir if rights continue to be denied. Speaking to the media at Jati Umra in Lahore on Sunday, the governor said that while Gilgit-Baltistan’s (G-B) […]

Tetraplegia patient controls wheelchair,robotic dog using only thoughts in China trial

A patient suffering from tetraplegia steered a smart wheelchair through the neighborhood with only his thoughts and directed a robotic dog to fetch a food delivery. These scenes were achieved during a recent clinical trial of a brain-computer interface conducted by a team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). This shattered the conventional boundaries […]

Food inflation bites as poultry, vegetable prices soar above official rates in Lahore

Food inflation continued to batter household budgets as sharp increases in poultry prices offset limited relief in a handful of vegetables, underscoring persistent gaps between official price controls and market realities. Market surveys across the city showed that government-notified rates once again failed to materialise at the retail level. Despite marginal reductions in staples such […]

Saad Rafique seeks Nawaz Sharif’s intervention to reduce pressure on opposition

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz senior leader Khawaja Saad Rafique has urged his party’s chief and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to play a decisive role to ease political tensions in the country, saying no one is currently willing to give any guarantee for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan. Addressing a gathering held at Aiwan-e-Iqbal on the […]

Naqvi warns travellers attempting to go abroad with incomplete documents

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said professional beggars and people travelling with incomplete documents will not be allowed to go abroad, Radio Pakistan reported. He was speaking to passengers during a visit to Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore on Sunday, accompanied by Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry. “Those who bring a bad name […]