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Rescue teams report no casualties; attribute cause of fire to short circuit in machinery Rescue 1122 vans being used to hose down a construction factory. PHOTO EXPRESS RAWALPINDI: The severe fire that broke out in a textile factory and warehouse located in Rawat Industrial Estate has been brought under control after a long and continuous firefighting operation. Sources have revealed that the fire broke out due to a short circuit in the motor of an electric machine in a part of the factory where a large quantity of clothes, blankets, polyester fib0re used to make plastic bottles as well as…

Police officers walk past the Supreme Court of Pakistan building, in Islamabad, Pakistan April 6, 2022. REUTERS ISLAMABAD: After months of restrictions on legal access, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has finally succeeded in compelling the Supreme Court to intervene, resulting in a meeting between the incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan and his lead counsel at Adiala Jail. Following the SC’s intervention, senior advocate Salman Safdar met Imran Khan on Tuesday inside Adiala Jail. The meeting lasted for more than three hours and marked the first such engagement after a prolonged ban on consultations between the jailed PTI leader and his legal…

RAWALPINDI: A petition has been filed in the Sessions Court seeking immediate enforcement of a judicial order banning the use of loudspeakers and megaphones in residential streets and neighbourhoods in the city and cantonment areas of Rawalpindi for selling goods, soliciting donations, and begging. The petitioner, Advocate Anwar Dar, has requested that the City Police Officer (CPO) be summoned and directed to ensure strict implementation of the court’s order.  The petition states that on January 21, Additional District and Sessions Judge Maqsood Ahmed Qureshi imposed a ban on the use of loudspeakers and megaphones from 8am until midnight in residential…

BAKU: US Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday visited Azerbaijan, arriving from Armenia as part of a regional trip aimed at consolidating a US-brokered peace process between the Caucasus neighbours. The visit follows US President Donald Trump’s mediation last year of a peace agreement between the historical rivals Baku and Yerevan, which have fought two wars over the Karabakh region. Vance sparked controversy by deleting a post from the @VP account on X that said he and his wife had laid a wreath “at the Armenian Genocide memorial to honour the victims of the 1915 Armenian genocide.” His office said…

The Costco $20 rule is changing again as the retailer moves ahead with a new pay increase that raises its minimum hourly wage to $21 starting next month.Costco workers who already earn $20 an hour are set to receive a $1 raise under an employee agreement that first took effect last year. That deal lifted base wages to $20 an hour and pushed the average hourly pay across the United States and Canada to about $31. The agreement also promises another $1 hourly increse scheduled for March 2027 .The updated pay structure means first year employees now receive paid vacation…

ISLAMABAD: Senators from treasury and opposition benches on Tuesday lambasted the government for its new net metering policy, urging it to rein in independent power producers (IPPs) rather than penalizing common people who are turning to solar power due to the energy crisis. As the upper house resumed its session, Senator Zarqa Suharwardy presented a resolution opposing National Electric Power Regulatory Authority’s (Nepra) (Prosumer) Regulations, 2026. The resolution argued that the proposed framework could discourage citizen investment in rooftop solar and undermine the country’s renewable energy transition. The power regulator has overhauled the country’s net metering regime, moving rooftop solar…

.An aerial view of a tiny island off the coast of Greenland revealed by shifting pack ice. PHOTO: REUTERS SISIMIUT: Standing in his boat with binoculars in hand, hunter Malik Kleist scans the horizon for seals. But this February, the sea ice in southwestern Greenland has yet to freeze, threatening traditional livelihoods like his. “Normally the seals are on the ice or in the more calm waters. But today we had to sail all the way into the fjords to find them,” the 37-year-old tells AFP. The Arctic region is on the frontline of global warming, heating up four times…

.Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif speaking at the ceremony honouring Pakistan’s leading businessmen and exporters in Islamabad PHOTO: YouTube/PTV ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will visit Washington on February 18 to represent Pakistan at the first leaders’ meeting of US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, diplomatic sources told The Express Tribune on Tuesday. The inaugural meeting of the board will be held on February 19 and will be chaired by President Trump. A Foreign Office source said Pakistan has received a formal invitation and is likely to attend, although an official announcement is still awaited. Diplomatic sources had earlier said…

KARACHI: A United Nations Security Council (UNSC) report has said that attacks on Pakistan by the banned terrorist Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group from Afghanistan have increased, endorsing Islamabad’s long-running complaints about militant sanctuaries across the border. The 37th report by the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, dated February 4, not only endorsed Islamabad’s stance that Afghanistan had become a sanctuary for militants who used its territory to launch attacks on Pakistan, but also came at a time when the country is facing a renewed spate of violence. Last week, at least 33 people were killed and around 169 others…

Cops make major request as they search for Nancy GuthrieAs authorities are frantically searching for Nancy Guthrie, so is the press, in tow, covering the investigation as it unfolds. In the height of the tensions, an unexpected incident happened.A pizza delivery driver dropped off several pizza boxes at the front door of the abducted mom of the Today show host, Savannah Guthrie, in Arizona. Brain Entin, NewsNation’s senior correspondent, shares the shocking news on X, writing, “A pizza delivery man just showed up to Nancy Guthrie’s house and was able to walk up to the front door without the deputies…