Reporting from the federal capital by The Thursday Times' Islamabad bureau.
Pakistan's federal capital is moving closer to genuine self-governance, with a high-level committee submitting a framework to PM Shehbaz Sharif that would give Islamabad its own elected assembly, its own chief executive, and administrative and financial autonomy on the pattern of a province.
Fourteen newborns were killed and one rescued in a fire at the PIMS nursery in Islamabad. PM Shehbaz Sharif has ordered an inquiry due to report within 24 hours.
The New York Post’s Caitlin Doornbos told The Thursday Times that meeting Pakistanis was “the added sugar on top” of covering the US-Iran talks, but said no reporter could predict where they would lead.
