Pakistan
National and regional reporting from Pakistani and regional desks. Sorted by source publication time.
Four booked for negligence after prisoner escapes from Malir jail
KARACHI: Four officials of District Jail Malir were booked on Sunday over charges of intentional omission and negligence as an undertrial prisoner (UTP) allegedly involved in the recent kidnapping and murder of a trader escaped from the prison on Saturday, police said. Shah Latif Town SHO Mumtaz Mar...
SPSC official lodges terrorism FIR against journalist Imtiaz Chandio, two others
HYDERABAD: Imtiaz Chandio, a US-based journalist and YouTuber, and two social media activists — Fayyaz Hussain Shar and Rafiullah Qureshi — have been booked in a terrorism case for allegedly spreading “false propaganda and inciting” candidates following the announcement of the Sindh Public Service C...
AJK premier opens work on new grid station near Line of Control
MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Raja Faisal Mumtaz Rathore on Sunday laid the foundation stone of a 132/11 KV grid station in Samahni at a cost of Rs1 billion, in response to a longstanding demand of the local population. During the visit to the area, he also inaugurated a ...
وزیراعظم کا رکن پنجاب اسمبلی کرنل (ریٹائرڈ) ایوب گادھی کے ڈیرہ پر فائرنگ کے واقعے پر اظہار تشویش
شہباز شریف نے جلد انکوائری مکمل کر کے ذمہ داران کا تعین کرنے اور مجرمان کو کیفر کردار تک پہنچانے کی ہدایات جاری کی
HEC seeks Rs100bn recurring budget for universities in 2026-27
ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has sought an increase in the recurring budget for universities from the existing Rs65 billion to Rs100 billion in the fiscal year 2026-27 to stabilise institutional finances, sustain core academic operations and strengthen the country’s national rese...
کراچی: شادمان میں نامعلوم گاڑی کی ٹکر سے موٹر سائیکل سوار نوجوان جاں بحق
متوفی کی شناخت 25 سالہ بلال کے نام سے کی گئی جو میٹروول باوانی چالی کا رہائشی تھا
ڈھاکا ٹیسٹ: چوتھے روز کھیل کا اختتام، بنگلادیش کی پوزیشن مستحکم ہوگئی
کپتان نجم الحسن شنتو 58 اور مشفق الرحیم 16 رنز بناکر کریز پر موجود ہیں
ڈھاکا ٹیسٹ: بارش کے بعد کھیل کا آغاز، بنگلادیش کی بیٹنگ جاری
کافی دیر تک مسلسل بارش ہونے کے باعث چائے کا وقفہ بھی اسی دوران کرلیا گیا تھا
پنجاب حکومت کا مدارس کے رجسٹریشن نظام کو یکجا کرنے کا فیصلہ
ذرائع کے مطابق پنجاب حکومت نے مدارس رجسٹریشن ایکٹ میں ترمیم لانے کا فیصلہ کیا ہے
Punjab CM inaugurates Kutchery Chowk flyover, set to open for traffic today
RAWALPINDI: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Sunday inaugurated Kutchery Chowk, which has been remodelled at a cost of Rs19 billion and renamed Marka-i-Haq Square. The two flyovers and three underpasses were, however, not opened for traffic on Sunday. The district administration said the main s...
لاہور ہائیکورٹ نے وزیر اعلیٰ پنجاب مریم نواز کو 7کروڑ روپے واپس کرنے کی ہدایت کر دی
نیب کے وکیل نے آئینی عدالت سے درخواست واپس لینے سے متعلق بیان حلفی جمع کروا دیا
BNP blames ‘political wanderers’ for Balochistan’s situation
https://www.dawn.com/news/1999308
Imran says ‘army is mine, country is mine’: PTI
ISLAMABAD: The PTI on Sunday congratulated the entire nation on the first anniversary of the Marka-i-Haq victory, a year after Pakistan’s armed forces achieved tactical superiority over India with a decisive and crushing response to its aggression during a four-day conflict. It claimed that from Adi...
جنگ بندی کیلئے امریکا کو ’ذمہ دارانہ‘ تجاویز پیش کی تھیں، ایرانی وزارت خارجہ
اگر ایران پر جنگ مسلط کی گئی تو تہران بھرپور دفاع کرے گا، ترجمان ایرانی وزارت خارجہ
بیٹی کی تدفین کیلیے جانیوالے باپ کو مزاحمت پر قتل کرنیوالا ڈاکو مقابلے میں زخمی، گرفتار
ملزم کا ساتھی موقع سے فرارہونے میں کامیاب ہوگیا، جس کی تلاش کے لیے چھاپے مارے جا رہے ہیں
Housing the nation
Amid surging demand for a long-term housing policy for low-income groups, the government is developing a revised framework to scale up outreach for the Prime Minister’s Apna Ghar Programme. On May 5, the Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet approved a summary submitted by the Ministry of H...
Plan to make 5G handsets ‘affordable’ hits roadblock
ISLAMABAD: A policy proposal that could put 5G-enabled handsets in the hands of more and more Pakistanis seems to have hit a snag, with the government still awaiting a response from certain industry stakeholders. The proposal to make costly smartphones available to purchase on instalments, has been ...
Upcoming budget may include income tax relief amid salary, pension freeze
https://www.dawn.com/news/1999291
کراچی: جعلی کرنسی کے دھندے میں ملوث 3 ملزمان گرفتار
گرفتار ملزمان بازار میں 5000 روپے کا جعلی نوٹ ایک ہزار روپے میں فروخت کرتے تھے
Foreign economic assistance inflows rise nearly 20pc
ISLAMABAD: Foreign economic assistance (FEA) inflows to Pakistan surged by almost 20 per cent to $6.594bn in the first three quarters (July-March) of the current fiscal year, mainly on the back of programme support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Total inflows (excluding IMF disbursement...
Mango harvest in a bind
Once again, this year’s mango season will be challenging for producers for a variety of reasons, including current marketing prospects, unending orchard diseases, the closure of the Afghanistan border and highly unstable conditions in the Middle East and Iran amidst the US-Israel and Iran war. This ...
Japan develops easy-to-install prayer room for Muslims
OKAYAMA: A company in Soja, Okayama Prefecture, has developed a compact, easy-to-install prayer room designed to help tourist sites and businesses accommodate Muslim visitors. The product, called “Prayer Space,” was developed by a staff member of OM Kiki Co., which produces welfare and other equipme...
US widens drive to revoke citizenship of foreign-born Americans
• Indian businessman among a dozen facing denaturalisation • Justice Dept targets naturalised citizens over fraud, terror links • Civil liberties groups warn of uncertainty, fear in immigrant communities WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is widening its drive to revoke the citizenship of foreign-...
آبنائے ہرمز کی بندش سے گوادر پورٹ کی اہمیت میں اضافہ، ایک اور کارگو جہاز لنگر انداز
گوادر پورٹ علاقائی تجارت کا اہم مرکز بنتا جا رہا ہے، وفاقی وزیر بحری امور