Pakistan for Saturday, August 9, 2025

• NADRA POC: Step-by-Step guide
• Thousands protest in Tel Aviv against Israel’s Gaza take over plan
• Govt presses China on Gwadar plan
• IFC funds Oman solar project over US objection
• Pakistan, Romania eye deeper tech, innovation ties
• Canada sheds 40,800 jobs as tariffs dent hiring
• Committee constituted to check cannabis misuse
• Industry for rationalising SESSI, EOBI contributions
• Kazakhstan offers to fully fund new trade corridors
• Bullish week lifts stock market above 145,000
• Turkey says Muslim countries must be united against Israel’s Gaza takeover plan
• UK police arrests 365 protestors in London for supporting Palestine Action
• Spain’s Coll lost her bottle, notes in Euro 2025 final shootout
• Portugal’s top court blocks bill restricting immigration
• Drug smuggling foiled at Allama Iqbal International Airport
• ECNEC approves 100MW solar power project for Gilgit-Baltistan
• Foreign Minister orders fast-track visa processing for overseas Pakistanis
• Debutant Hasan lifts Pak in first ODI
• Woakes weighs rehab against surgery
• New Zealand crush Zimbabwe to clinch series 2-0
• ECB bans ex-Pak players' agent Mughees
• Sesko completes Man Utd's new-look line-up
• Toronto champion Shelton to start Cincy
• Champions Liverpool armed with new weapons
• Manchester City ready for new era
• US Open prize money revealed
• Faults found in newly installed Sukkur Barrage gates
• Balochistan CM Bugti asserts state authority against armed militants
• A biography crackles with scandals
• Liam Neeson makes big move amid Pamela Anderson romance
• Singer Maanu drops first full-length album
• Adidas accused of cultural appropriation
• Tom Hanks, who portrayed Jim Lovell in 'Apollo 13,' pays tribute to the late astronaut
• PTI’s Zartaj Gul, Ejaz Chaudhry appeal to LHC against ATC convictions in May 9 riots cases
• Islamabad Airport to suspend flights for Aug 14 prep
• PM accepts MBS invite to attend investment moot
• Over 71,000 apply in first phase of govt Hajj scheme
• PMDC refutes MDCAT fee hike claim
• Top court puts Imran's bail on the docket
• Tarbela spillways opened to ease water pressure
• No group allowed to impose its ideology, says Bugti
• Pak-Tajik 'Dosti-II' exercise concludes
• PML-N weighs its by-poll contenders
• Railways digitisation to wrap up by year-end
• China, Pakistan reaffirm peace-focused defence ties
• Tony Hemming resigns as Pakistan Cricket Board’s chief curator
• Four astronauts home from space station after successful splashdown
• Defence minister rubbishes Indian air chief’s ‘comical’ claims of downing 6 Pakistani aircraft in May conflict
• Minorities pay tribute to Quaid, vow unity, sacrifice for Pakistan
• Road carnage: 546 lives lost in traffic accidents
• Girls outshine boys in HSC-II exams
• Chaos mars grand musical concert in Hyderabad
• Bhitai's message echoes as 282nd Urs begins in Bhit Shah
• Unregistered drugs plague Badin markets
• 'Boat rally depicts true meaning of freedom'
• Heavy rain disrupts power supply
• CM okays Rs100b loans for wheat farmers
• Wanted suspect killed in police encounter
• One killed in truck-trailer collision
• Man shot dead by son over domestic dispute
• Early cotton sowing on 850k acres completed
• Schools defying govt directives face the music
• Railways digitalization, upgradation, outsourcing projects to be completed this year: Hanif Abbasi
• Stage drama highlights plight of Kashmiris
• Capital to get 50 new sports grounds
• Hospital begins brain microsurgery
• Punjab clears all local bank loans after 30 years, saves billions in interest
• Ecnec approves 100MW solar power project for Gilgit-Baltistan
• Armenia-Azerbaijan truce: Pakistan again hails Trump’s efforts for peace
• Thai soldiers injured by landmine near Cambodia amid fragile ceasefire
• Kazakhstan’s president to visit Pakistan in November: Kistafin
• Zelensky warns on ‘decisions without Ukraine’ before US-Russia summit
• Modi’s efforts to woo US, China hit stalemate after frictions with Trump, Xi: report
• Saudi Crown Prince invites PM to attend FII
• ECNEC approves 100 MW solar power project for Gilgit-Baltistan
• Pakistan, Tajikistan conclude joint counter-terrorism exercise ‘Dosti-II’ in Fakhrobod
• Three wounded in New York Times Square shooting
• Security forces kill 14 more ‘Indian-sponsored’ terrorists along Pak-Afghan border in Zhob: ISPR
• Hasan Nawaz sparks Pakistan to 5-wicket ODI win over West Indies
• Shispar Glacial Lake outburst triggers flooding in Hunza, claims 15 lives
• Pakistan export skilled workers to State of Kuwait
• Pakistan Medical and Dental Council refutes claims of 80pc fee increase for MDCAT 2025
• ATC rejects Omar Ayub’s bail in May 9 cases
• Security forces kill 47 Indian-sponsored terrorists along Afghan border
• SHC finalises nominations for ex-cadre judicial posts
• Altaf Hussain discharged from London hospital after ‘chest infection’
• ‘Pakistan-India Asia Cup clash will go ahead’
• China welcomes Indian PM Modi’s planned visit for SCO
• Three suspected criminals held from PML-N MPA’s farmhouse in Rawalpindi
• Pakistan to host transport ministers conference in Oct
• Hot, humid weather to persist in parts of country
• Low-Level flood in Indus at Chashma, Section 144 enforced in Punjab
• SC’s Justice Naeem Afghan questions haste shown by NAB in auction
• PM directs strategy to meet $30b IT exports target in coming years
• World leaders condemn Israel’s plan to occupy Gaza
• ECP de-seats Senate, NA opp leaders, other PTI MPs
• Talks between Bajaur Amn Jirga, TTP continue
• India fanning terrorism inside Pakistan: FO
• Security forces kill 33 terrorists in Balochistan clash
• Azerbaijan and Armenia sign peace deal at White House
• ECP directs political parties to submit annual financial statements by 29th
• CM Maryam highlights deepening Pak, Australia ties
• Bilawal condoles with PM Shehbaz over cousin’s death
• Khawaja Asif meets Nawaz amid controversy over bureaucratic corruption
• Pakistan dispatches aid consignment to Gaza
• State media equipped to counter misinformation: Info Minister
• SC’s Justice Salahuddin Panhwar comes down hard on ‘dishonest judges’
• Bill on salary and perks unites Sindh MPAs across party lines
• Dar stresses fast-tracking Pak–Türkiye projects
• FO blames ‘procedural issues’ for delay in Afghan FM’s visit
• Pirwadhai police recover mobile phone of honour killing victim
• 3-day annual celebrations of 320th urs of Hazrat Bari Imam starts