From Sheikhupura to Dera Ghazi Khan, demonstrators have staged sit-ins and rallies and faced clashes with police, demanding better compensation for their wheat harvest.
The PPP, which is in power in Sindh, farmers and other stakeholders have opposed the Green Pakistan Initiative (GPI), worth USD 3.3 billion, launched by the federal government to construct six canals to irrigate 1.2 million acres of "barren land" in south Punjab.
In a case filed at the New York Southern District Court against Within Our Lifetime and its leader Nerdeen Kiswani, Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine and representative Maryam Alwan, Columbia-Barnard Jewish Voice for Peace and representative Cameron Jones, and Columbia University Ap
UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in his capacity as Ruler of Abu Dhabi, has issued an Emiri decree appointing Maryam Eid AlMheiri as the Chairperson of the Abu Dhabi Media Office, granting her the rank of Department Chairman.
Fugitive Islamic preacher Zakir Naik met former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz at their residence in Raiwind, according to The Express Tribune's report.
A 36-year-old Karachi woman, Maryam Shakeel, died after contracting Naegleria, a brain-eating amoeba found in water. Health officials confirmed that low chlorine levels in the city's water supply allowed the deadly organism to thrive.
During the press conference, prominent social activists, including Farzana Bari, Huda Burghari, Nishat Maryam, Zainab Jamil, and Jiya Jaggi, outlined a series of urgent demands aimed at addressing human rights, social justice, and environmental issues in the country.
Addressing a press conference at the Lahore Press Club on Wednesday, Leader of the Opposition in Punjab, Malik Ahmad Khan Bhachar accused the provincial government of misusing public funds for self-promotion.
Shehbaz Sharif briefed Nawaz Sharif on talks with PTI and other important issues, including the current political and economic situation of the country.
While addressing a press conference along with adviser to the chief minister on finance Muzammil Aslam at the information department, Akram rejected the federal government's claims regarding "economic recovery" and called it "jugglery of words."
He added that if the conditions in the province were indeed comfortable, the current law and order situation would not be as it is. He further commented that the visit to China resembled a 'fashion show' rather than an official visit.