LAHORE: Punjab requires Rs135 billion to achieve 90pc literacy rate by 2035 as the province is grappling with the dual challenge of 9.6m out-of-school children (OOSC) and 26.8m adult illiterate population. The largest proportion of OOSC falls within the 8-16 years age group, which cannot be effectively absorbed by the formal education system, making the non-formal sector...
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September 9, 2026September 9, 2026Pakistan
Poor planning National Highway Authority’s weakest point, Public Accounts Committee told
• Ministry says highway authority’s planning and design wings are being strengthened • Committee members express concern over poor highway conditions and delays in road projects ISLAMABAD: Special Secretary of the Ministry of Communications Ali Sher Mehsud on Tuesday conceded that poor planning was the weakest point of the National Highway Authority (NHA) in road...
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September 9, 2026September 9, 2026World
Israel tells British consulate in East Jerusalem to close within 30 days
Israel has told the British consulate in East Jerusalem that it must close and that diplomats assigned there will lose their accreditation within 30 days, an Israeli official and two sources familiar with the matter said. British representatives assigned to a US-led Gaza coordination mission in Israel, as well as British diplomats based in Ramallah,...
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September 9, 2026September 9, 2026Blogs
Seventeen Years Between Two Open Doors
I still remember the weight of that night in Lahore the way some people remember the first time they realized the world could turn on them without warning. I was in my second year of bachelor’s studies, living in a girls’ hostel, young enough to believe that ordinary plans stayed ordinary. My friend and I...
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September 8, 2026September 8, 2026World
5 killed in US after cargo plane overshoots runway
MIAMI: At least five people were killed when an Amazon cargo plane overshot a runway after it landed on Sunday at Miami International Airport, crashed into vehicles and caught fire, officials said. Miami-Dade County fire chief Ray Jadallah told reporters that in addition to five fatalities, three people were transported to trauma centers “in critical...
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September 8, 2026September 8, 2026Pakistan
Legal challenge launched against PTI’s planned march on Islamabad
• IHC CJ Dogar to take up petition against Sept 27 protest today • Petitioner fears disruption of routine life, traffic, and businesses, seeks court intervention against use of provincial resources for march • KP CM asks Karachi lawyers to join protest, says Imran not cutting any deals ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has...
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September 8, 2026September 8, 2026Pakistan
SC upholds Bait-ul-Mal aid for Hindu girls
• Rejects plea against SHC order requiring Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal to pay Rs10,000 per month to each girl, with 10pc annual increase until marriage • CJP says courts may look beyond legal questions to address underlying predicament ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a plea filed by the Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (PBM) challenging the Sindh High...
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September 7, 2026September 7, 2026World
Israeli strikes kill seven in Lebanon
ARABSALIM: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun urged Washington and the international community to help stop Israeli attacks after strikes on Sunday killed at least seven people despite a truce and an Israel-Lebanon deal. Mr Aoun said Sunday’s strikes, which damaged government premises and destroyed an out-of-service hospital, were “a dangerous escalation… reaching Lebanese state institutions” and...
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September 7, 2026September 7, 2026Pakistan
Pakistan rejects India’s ‘baseless’ claims on status of occupied Kashmir
The Foreign Office (FO) on Monday rejected Indian claims about the status of occupied Kashmir, saying that the neighbouring country’s “unilateral claims of sovereignty have no bearing on the internationally recognised disputed status of the territory”. The statement came after the United Nations voted on Friday to back a resolution spearheaded by several African countries aimed at...
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September 5, 2026September 6, 2026Blogs
The Inner Reflection : The Water War: Pakistan’s Next Existential Crisis
It is said that life itself was drawn from water, yet if one looks closely at the current stream of our existence, we appear to be drifting toward a desert where thirst will scorch not merely our throats, but our very future. In Pakistan, we have witnessed political rivalries, power struggles, and the turbulence of...