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Pakistan · Page 5
Every province, Gilgit-Baltistan and the north, from the desk that has covered the country since the paper began.
Abbottabad launches polio drive targeting 217,917 children
Officials have formed 1,685 teams across 54 union councils, including 1,570 mobile units, to reach children under five at their doors.
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia agree to expand oil, refinery and minerals cooperation
A Petroleum Division statement says the two sides will work together on storage, crude and LPG procurement, while Riyadh opens same-day visa processing in Islamabad.
Sazgar opens three-wheeler assembly plant in the Philippines
The Laguna facility is built to assemble about 12,000 electric and petrol rickshaws a year, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said at its inauguration.
Hugo Boss to rejoin Pakistan Accord from January 2027
The German fashion group reverses its refusal to renew the legally binding factory safety pact, after unions called the exit completely unacceptable.
Over 32 million Pakistanis affected by mental health disorders, NA told
Health ministry figures put the number of registered psychiatrists at 1,050 nationwide, while AIOU marks World Mental Health Day with an awareness seminar.
Couple and two children killed in suspected honour killing in Skardu
Dunya News reported four deaths in one family but gave no time, place, motive or arrests, and carried no police statement on the case.
CDA demolishes Khanna police station in Islamabad anti-encroachment drive
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi promised a wider crackdown on encroachments as the capital's civic body tore down the police station, Hum News English reported.
Weekly inflation slips 0.35pc as tomatoes, diesel climb
PBS puts the SPI at 373.51 points from 374.84 a week earlier, with tomatoes up 34.91 percent and year-on-year inflation at 11.32 percent.
Journalists' health insurance scheme to launch soon, information secretary says
Ashfaq Ahmed Khalil told an APNEC Gilgit-Baltistan oath-taking ceremony in Islamabad the scheme would return in improved form, without giving a date.
ECC approves moving EDF funds to bank account for investment
The commerce ministry sought permission to put the fund's money into government securities after the export surcharge suspension cut off its main revenue source.
Excavation for Islamabad housing scheme leaves Kurri girls' school exposed
The Federal Directorate of Education says soil has been stripped from three sides of the building, while the housing authority denies the work falls inside its scheme.
Pakistan offers Saudi firms tax-free oil storage under bonded policy
Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik told the new Saudi ambassador that reserves held under the regime would carry no local tax liability.
PIA to add four aircraft, first to fly from November 1
Parliamentary secretary tells the National Assembly the second plane arrives on November 15, with two more due in January 2027 for Karachi routes.
Lahore AI traffic signal rollout stalls on Rs580m funding gap
TEPA says only Rs10 million has been released this fiscal year for a project approved at more than Rs590 million, with about 30 percent of the work done.
Winter fuel costs may lift December-February electricity bills
Power Division sources tell two outlets fuel price adjustments could rise two to three times as hydropower output falls and LNG prices climb.
Pakistan drafts mobile policy targeting 50pc local value addition
Domestic content in handset manufacturing is currently estimated at 10 to 20 percent, and the ministry wants assemblers to move beyond basic assembly.
MQM lawmaker seeks PAC probe into Rs7.5bn KMC development spending
Taha Ahmed Khan's letter to committee chairman Nisar Khuhro also asks for a CMIT inquiry into KMC's schemes and tendering, and transparency in Rs15-16bn of tenders this year
No plan to cut passport fees, interior ministry tells Senate
Ministry reports Rs219.931 billion in passport fee collections over five years and says e-passports cost more to produce than machine-readable ones.
Winter plan would limit domestic gas supply to eight hours a day
The Petroleum Ministry has finished work on a schedule it will put to the prime minister, with SNGPL and SSGC to issue separate timetables for their regions.
LPG still sells at Rs550-600 a kilo as official price gap persists
The importers' association has warned of a further increase in November and slower supplies, with bowsers from the Taftan border now taking up to 12 days.
Karachi residents, JI to challenge Nehr-i-Khayyam project in court
Critics, including officials inside the environmental watchdog, call the review an eyewash with construction reported about 80 per cent complete.
HEC rejects fake notification on engineering degree equivalence
The commission says a document dated October 29 claiming BTech and DAE holders could enter BE programmes did not come from it.
Peshawar court grants NAB seven-day remand of Kohistan scandal accused
Muhammad Ayaz, brother of a former Dasu bank cashier accused of embezzling over Rs11 billion, was arrested after NAB alleged he held the assets in his own name.
Four members of a family murdered in Skardu house
24 News HD reported the killings inside the family home but gave no names, no time, no arrests and no police statement.
Singapore foreign minister arrives in Islamabad for talks with Dar
The visit marks 60 years of Pakistan-Singapore diplomatic ties, precedes Singapore's 2027 ASEAN chairmanship and will see a disaster management MoU exchanged.
DG ISPR meets Peshawar students, answers security questions
Students from several universities greeted the military's media chief with a traditional Pashtun turban and chador before a session on regional challenges, Express News reported.
NEPRA reserves verdict on Rs2.56 per unit tariff hike request
The regulator will rule on CPPA's plea to recover September's fuel cost gap, which it says would add Rs32.66 billion to consumer bills nationwide.
Naqvi reviews Kashmir Chowk underpass as work reaches 78 percent
The interior minister directed officials to finish remaining work within the 30-day schedule and plant 6,000 trees around the project.
Pakistan says Afghan intelligence coercing video confessions to shift terror blame
The state wire service, citing unnamed sources, says Kabul plans to show staged ISKP statements to Russia, Iran and Central Asian states.
Sindh to launch graduate internship scheme through iwork4Sindh
Sharjeel Inam Memon says the platform, which has recorded 5.3 million visits and 137,770 registered candidates, will also add market-focused physical skills courses.