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Pakistan · Page 3
Every province, Gilgit-Baltistan and the north, from the desk that has covered the country since the paper began.
LPG associations call nationwide strike from 16 November
Marketers reject a new pricing formula they say could raise LPG prices by 25 to 30 per cent, and give the government 15 days to accept their demands.
Mansehra assistant commissioner injured in Nowshera firing
Adil Waseem was shot at near Jalozai Panah Kot on Cherat Road while travelling to Peshawar, and is stable at Lady Reading Hospital, police and hospital officials said.
Punjab Assembly speaker rejects unilateral suspension of Indus Waters Treaty
Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan says the treaty's status must be decided under international law, as Dunya News reports the attorney general vowing to continue the legal fight with India.
Skardu family of four killed; police suspect honour killing
Police say Muhammad Aslam, his wife Hania and their children Mahdi, 4, and Zahra, 2, were killed with a sharp-edged weapon; the FIR names Hania's father, brothers and uncle.
SECP marks 39,704 companies inactive over four years of missed filings
The regulator says the firms cannot open new bank accounts until they clear overdue returns; 1,102 of them are registered in Gilgit.
Punjab healthcare commission makes uniforms mandatory for hospital staff
Doctors will wear blue, paramedical staff green and laboratory workers white coats under directives issued under Section 4(2)(o) of the PHC Act 2010
ECP to register 174,845 women voters in two-district pilot
The project runs in Kasur, Punjab and Qambar Shahdadkot, Sindh from December 2026 to February 2027 to narrow the gender gap on the electoral rolls.
US plans to deport 150 Afghans to Afghanistan through Pakistan
A New York Times report cited by Aaj News says the first chartered flight could leave on 2 November; Pakistan has not confirmed the arrangement.
Smog returns to Punjab as Multan air quality index hits 434
Gujranwala recorded 347 and Lahore 294 as winter smog set in, with four other Punjab cities staying above 200 on the index.
PM defends governor's rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
UrduPoint quoted the prime minister saying a delayed decision would have caused further damage, and that the government waited for approval of a draft agreed in negotiations.
Ogra raises LPG price by Rs14.73 per kg for November
A domestic cylinder will cost Rs3,470.09 from 1 November, Rs173.86 more than October's Rs3,296.23, under the regulator's notification.
PSL 12 franchises must release a top-tier player to retain seven
All eight franchises approved the retention rules at a Gaddafi Stadium workshop; the auction is set for January 23 under a Rs45 crore salary cap.
PM Shehbaz defends Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor's rule, blames stalled talks
Shehbaz Sharif told a PML-N meeting that 48 hours of PPP-PML-N negotiation produced a draft that never won provincial approval, and questioned Rs800bn in NFC transfers.
Punjab crop-fire detections 4.2 times Indian Punjab's, satellite data shows
Okara, Gujranwala and Nankana Sahib alone logged more hotspots than all of Indian Punjab, as Lahore's air quality index reached 232.
Sindh High Court gives lawyers seven days to remove official symbols from cars
Vehicles still carrying green plates, blue lights, flashers or fake government number plates will be refused entry to the high court, the City Court and district courts.
Court grants bail to Iqrarul Hassan in cybercrime case
A Karachi court ordered his release on Rs200,000 surety bonds, three weeks after the NCCIA arrested him over posts on X, Instagram and Facebook.
Minister calls for satellite mapping of floodplains before monsoon
Climate minister tells an Islamabad space-technology conference that AI and digital modelling should back disaster planning, as UrduPoint reports an annual floodplain construction report is planned.
World Bank approves $150m for Sindh property tax and municipal services
The Sindh Property Revenues Enhancement Program will back urban immovable property tax collection and the service delivery capacity of selected local councils, Karachi foremost.
Sindh forms committee to review local bodies and audit budgets
The panel, chaired by local government minister Nasir Hussain Shah, will examine illegal recruitment and budget irregularities from union councils up to district councils.
Pakistan presses Taliban at UN on women's rights, cross-border militancy
Counsellor Muhammad Jawad Ajmal told the General Assembly's interactive dialogue that Kabul must meet its international commitments on women and shut down militant sanctuaries.
IHC bars police from listing acquitted cases on character certificates
Justice Ayyaz Shaukat ordered the Islamabad police chief to frame a procedure keeping FIRs that ended in final acquittal off certificates used for travel abroad
Khawaja Asif says India admitted defeat in recent conflict
Speaking in Sialkot, the defence minister said Pakistan fought an enemy five times its size and that this time the result was not open to interpretation.
Gujranwala bride-killing suspect dies in alleged CCD encounter
Sarfraz, wanted for shooting Saba on their wedding day on 24 October, was wounded on Mado Khalil Road and died on the way to hospital, CCD sources say
Karachi courts order park and Scheme 33 land cleared of encroachments
The Sindh High Court wants a park cleared and a report by 20 January, while a Malir civil court has given seven days to vacate eight acres in Scheme 33.
RDA paid senior officer Rs31,980 for medicines on 2022 prescription
Express News reported that the private hospital which wrote the prescription is not on the authority's approved list, and that internal audit cleared the bill.
Safdar's remarks on women draw criticism, Maryam Nawaz calls episode heartbreaking
The Punjab chief minister's husband told a Khatm-e-Nubuwwat conference in Chiniot that a woman who questioned him would not control her own body had she studied at a seminary.
Balochistan dismisses 72 more doctors, total reaches 200
Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti says Rs410m has been deducted from salaries and 11,000 staff issued show-cause notices, while the Express Tribune reports 102 dismissals.
FBR orders tyre makers to install output monitoring by November 30
Registered manufacturers must record production in real time and send the data to tax authorities, joining eleven sectors already under the regime.
FBR falls Rs156 billion short of October tax target
The board collected Rs975 billion against a target of Rs1,131 billion and expects late filings on the month's last day to recover about Rs40 billion.
SBP opens draft open banking rules to public feedback
The proposal would let customers share financial data with authorised third parties and start business payments, with safeguards on privacy and fraud.