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Pakistan · Page 17
Every province, Gilgit-Baltistan and the north, from the desk that has covered the country since the paper began.
K-Electric eases load-shedding in Korangi, SITE and other Karachi areas
The utility's quarterly review moves several neighbourhoods from the medium-loss to the low-loss category and others out of the high-loss bracket.
Police arrest prime suspect in Gadap mobile phone theft case
Malir police say Babar alias Sahil Salman was held on his way to sell the handsets, with 40 phones and a pistol recovered from him.
PTI warns governor's rule may stall KP's 12 Senate seats
Gohar Ali Khan says the provincial assembly cannot elect senators while emergency rule continues, with the next Senate polls due in March 2027.
PM orders inquiry into PIMS fire safety failures
A charge sheet says corrective action after the 6 July nursing hostel fire could have prevented the August blaze that killed 14 newborns
Karachi board declares first-year results under new grading system
Candidates must score at least 40 per cent in every paper, and anyone below that is marked "ungraded" in that subject, the board says
Four killed in Islamabad and Karachi police encounters within 12 hours
Minute Mirror reports two Afghan nationals among the dead in the capital and eight injured and arrested in Karachi, saying the pattern has spread from Punjab.
DI Khan police arrest suspect, seize charas, meth and weapons
Two outlets framed a DI Khan arrest and a Peshawar warehouse raid as action under governor's rule, without giving the order's date, authority or terms.
Maryam Nawaz ties industrial growth to job creation at investment review
Meeting with PM's adviser Haroon Akhtar reviewed ease-of-doing-business reforms, with a briefing citing Rs70 billion in interest-free loans under the Asaan Karobar scheme.
Three shot dead near Quetta's Pood Gali Chowk
Police sources quoted in television reports said the attackers fled the scene and a search operation is under way; none of the dead has been identified.
Wapda releases Rs29m for schools in Diamer district
The report named no schools and gave no breakdown of the spending, and no Wapda official was quoted in it.
Karachi police briefly detain more than 10 JI local representatives
Jamaat-e-Islami's Karachi chief says union committee chairmen and councillors were summoned to police stations and held without reason; police have not commented.
National Assembly passes seven bills, then suspends sitting over quorum
Opposition lawmaker pointed out the lack of quorum, and a resolution on Indian actions in Kashmir was left pending as the house adjourned, Dawn reported
Government drafting policy to shield poor households from LPG price rise
Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik told the National Assembly that OGRA's notified Rs280 rate applies only to locally produced LPG, with no policy yet for imports.
Balochistan Assembly sets aside resolution to abolish Sardari system
Speaker Abdul Khaliq Achakzai told the house that a 1976 law abolishing the system already applies to the whole country, Dawn reported.
SBP raises policy rate to 12% and projects $25bn reserves
Governor Jameel Ahmed says the $3.5 billion build-up to June 2027 will come mainly from dollar purchases in the market rather than fresh borrowing.
Azad Kashmir premier calls 27 October state's darkest day
Iftikhar Gilani marks Black Day with a message on 1947 and repeats his hope that the whole of Jammu and Kashmir will join Pakistan.
Sindh to mark Kashmir Black Day with rallies across province
The News reported the observance without naming venues, organisers or timings, while APHC-AJK called 27 October Kashmir's darkest day.
PM says South Asia peace depends on Kashmir settlement
In his Jammu and Kashmir Black Day message, Shehbaz Sharif reaffirmed Pakistan's support for the Kashmiri right to self-determination under UN resolutions.
Government fixes wheat price at Rs4,500 after IMF consultation
Food security minister Rana Tanveer Hussain says provinces agreed to the support price and 1.3 million tonnes of PASSCO stocks have already gone to them.
Internships made mandatory at Pakistan's 282 universities, NA told
Parliamentary Secretary Rabia Naseem Farooqi said the requirement, introduced in 2023, is meant to give students practical experience and improve their job prospects.
Lahore woman jumps from moving motorcycle to escape alleged harassment
Police say she had booked the ride-hailing motorcycle in Johar Town on October 17 and was hurt in the fall; the rider fled the scene.
Lahore second on global pollution index as Punjab smog builds
IQAir's live tracker put Lahore at AQI 199 on Monday, while Punjab EPA readings cited by the Express Tribune ranged from 35 in Nankana Sahib to 210 in Pakpattan.
Gilgit-Baltistan fixes December 5 for municipal corporation polls
A Minute Mirror report gives the polling date but not the number of corporations, wards or voters involved, nor which body issued the schedule
Asif sees 'progress' in Makkah alliance talks with Iran
Defence minister repeats that Pakistan is bound to defend Saudi Arabia and says the Tehran meeting may help end the kingdom's war with the Houthis
Astore development work carries on as cold weather cuts tourist visits
UrduPoint reports building activity continuing into the cold season, but gives no project names, costs or visitor figures.
Gilgit roads being rebuilt as sewerage scheme continues
The report linking the two works did not name the affected roads, the cost, the executing agency or a completion date, and the details could not be independently confirmed.
Diamer-Bhasha Dam HM-1 contract signed at Rs133.18 billion
The report gave no contractor name, no signing officials and no start date, leaving the scope of the HM-1 package unclear.
Earthquake tremors felt in KP, Sindh and Gilgit-Baltistan
The report carried no magnitude, epicentre or timing for the shaking, and no account of damage in any of the three regions.
Farooq Abdullah's remark on 'neighbour' sets off political row in India
The National Conference leader told a party gathering in Baramulla that the neighbour 'protects us'; the BJP called the remark anti-India and demanded action.
Cotton output down 60 percent in a decade, ginners' chief says
Dunya News and the Daily Times both carried the figure, but neither report gave the current crop size or the year the comparison starts from.