4+ hour, 36+ min ago   (638+ words) Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday announced a “relief scheme” for users of motorcycles, autos and vehicles of up to 800cc to “alleviate the burden” of rising global oil prices. Renewed hostilities in the Middle East, which have resulted in disruption…...

15+ hour, 17+ min ago   (817+ words) KARACHI: Speakers at a programme called for the creation of new administrative units or provinces and constitutionally empowered local governments (LGs), arguing that Pakistan’s existing provincial structure has failed to cope with rapid population growth, urban expansion and worsening governance....

9+ hour, 49+ min ago   (626+ words) KARACHI: All opposition parties in the Sindh Assembly have jointly rejected the proposed amendments to the Sindh Local Government (LG) Act, calling the draft law “unconstitutional” and an attempt to weaken elected local bodies. The parliamentary committee formed to review…...

15+ hour, 12+ min ago   (1109+ words) On August 27, 2026, 55 acres of land belonging to a long-closed textile mill in Faujdarhat, Chattogram, was handed over to the Bangladesh army. This site, some 245 kilometres southeast of the capital Dhaka, is being developed to produce modern weapons, ammunition and other…...

12+ hour, 18+ min ago   (385+ words) US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has predicted that the Iran war will end “very soon”. Yet the facts on the ground belie this assumption. While speaking in Ireland on Saturday, the American leader repeated that in his calculation, the conflict would…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (770+ words) Adviser to the Prime Minister on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah said on Saturday that Parliament will decide on the matter of creating new provinces. The recent debate regarding new provinces began in late July when Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi called…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (314+ words) Punjab Senior Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb on Saturday defended Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz amid recent criticism of her use of a government jet for a private visit and her remarks on the province facing a terrorism threat from neighbouring provinces. “The…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (454+ words) LAHORE: Around 100 Pakistani Sikh pilgrims, including women and children, were stopped at Faisalabad International Airport on Friday from travelling to India to perform religious rituals at Gurdwara Sri Hemkund Sahib, after the immigration authorities raised questions over their travel documents…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (338+ words) This is where celebration must give way to policy. The government should assess this partnership against five questions: whether it builds national capacity, offers fair economic terms, keeps public data under Pakistani control, protects critical datasets, and guarantees citizens enforceable…...