Pakistan for Saturday, September 20, 2025

• Saudi loans help Pak economy stay afloat
• Mastermind of Jaffar Express hijacking killed
• Pakistan, India keen to avoid controversy
• Minister inspects damaged gas pipeline
• Fitch put Pakistan's debt ratings under review
• ADB warns Pakistan lags in digital trade reforms
• Iqbal unveils $3tr economic vision
• 'Textile waste threatening blue economy, marine life'
• Vietnam, Pakistan set to launch PTA talks
• PM says CPEC-2 is Pakistan's last big chance
• NYC readies for record Climate Week
• FBR faces backlash from sugar mills
• Asia Cup: Pakistan cancel pre-match press conference ahead of redemption clash with India
• Iran says cooperation with IAEA suspended after European move on UN sanctions
• Trump’s $100,000 fee for H-1B visas, a tech industry favourite, concerns India
• Asia Cup: Hridoy and Hassan steer Bangladesh past Sri Lanka in last over thriller
• Israel boycott calls spread as celebs and artists speak out
• 'Daredevil: Born Again' renewed for Season 3
• 'MIA' and in pain, Bella Hadid's hospital selfies stir speculations
• 'Holy Grail' of watches set for Geneva auction
• Canada bars Irish rap band Kneecap from entering
• Madonna to release new album next year
• AI meets cinema in 'Post Truth'
• 'Mir's poetry and our era'
• Verstappen takes pole after wild session of six red-flag crashes
• Duplantis and McLaughlin-Levrone lit up world championships
• Juventus top in Italy with Verona draw as Milan cruise
• Man Utd earn vital win against Chelsea as Liverpool stay perfect
• Pentagon imposes new restrictions on US media
• Rana Sanaullah highlights Pak-Saudi defence pact, economic recovery
• PIA flight delay sparks passenger anger
• Man indicted over TikTok star killing
• M5 section swept away by floodwaters
• Railways outsourcing plan goes off rail
• IHC moved over Imran's alleged jail posts
• Seven die in Hafizabad roof collapse
• Pakistan for diplomatic solution to Iran N-issue
• Elderly man killed in house robbery
• IGP recommends major reshuffle in Karachi Range police
• Minister vaccinates daughter against HPV
• Bandits kidnap policeman from Kashmore picket
• Landowners maim camel for straying onto crops
• Structural collapses kill one, injure three
• Teacher killed, student injured in armed attack on school
• IAEA praises Pakistan’s partnership, progress in peaceful nuclear programme
• Resource constraints mar sanitation
• Gogi Butt denies role in Balaj's murder
• LHC acquits man in power pilferage case
• Man guns down wife, father in Faisalabad dispute
• Woman, lover held in murder case
• Emergency coverage extended to underserved towns
• Khadija Shah challenges May 9 conviction in LHC
• Shireen Mazari says Islamabad police ‘surrounded’ her house, enquired about daughter Imaan and son-in-law Hadi
• Khawaja Asif hails Pakistan-Saudi defense pact as ‘Historic Milestone’
• Seven placed on FIA remand in APP graft case
• Ring Road to transform life in twin cities
• Seven injured in road crash
• Bride dies due to in-laws' violence
• Free meals mark sacred month
• Islamabad to launch crackdown on unlicensed drivers from October 1
• Americans would dominate board of new TikTok US entity: White House
• Five children among 7 killed in Punjab’s Hafizabad district roof collapse: police
• Pakistan will have to adapt to floods as the new normal, says expert
• Indian skipper sidesteps handshake issue ahead of Pakistan-India rematch
• Pakistan’s voter count nears 135 million ahead of next general elections
• Second solar eclipse of 2025 to occur on Sept 21–22
• Judiciary under siege: Rule of law or rule of men?
• Pakistan Riverine Groundwater and Integrated Water Resource Strategy for Water and Food Security
• Islamabad court indicts accused in teenage social media influencer Sana Yousaf’s murder case
• Cyberattack disrupts European airports including Heathrow, Brussels
• Water levels recede at Guddu, Sukkur barrages
• Saudi business delegation to visit Pakistan next month to boost trade ties
• Ukraine President Zelensky says will meet Trump next week as Russia intensifies attacks
• Guru Nanak’s 486th death anniversary commemorations begin without Indian pilgrims
• More Arab states eye defence pacts with Pakistan after Saudi agreement: Ishaq Dar
• Trump sought mayor Sadiq’s exclusion from banquet hosted by Charles
• Thousands gather in Swat for peace
• All 11 M-5 passengers safely recovered from Katcha dacoits
• Man arrested for digging up grave to perform ‘black magic’ in Rawalpindi
• Four DSPs face inquiry as Sindh IG acts on corruption allegations
• US plans to sell weapons worth $6.4bn to Israel
• Senate panel told PTCL-Telenor merger in final stages
• FBR media secretary Ali Shahzad elevated to Grade 19
• Defence Minister’s contradictory take fuels conjecture over nuclear-angle in Saudi pact
• Gulf states to form ‘regional shield’ against threats
• Health Minister stresses safety and necessity of ‘Cervical Cancer Vaccine’ despite limited doses
• Balochistan wants families to report ‘missing’ relatives, those with militant links
• IHC’s Justice Jahangiri challenges order barring him from work
• Punjab to launch province-wide flood rehab operation
• CM Maryam launches Electric Bus Service in Sargodha
• Five judges question IHC top judge authority
• Saudi Arabia’s security now Pakistan’s formal responsibility: Dar
• Justice Janangiri challenges court order stopping official work
• Pakistan calls for immediate, permanent ceasefire in Gaza
• Pakistan extends airspace ban for India till Oct 24
• Monsoon ends in country, rivers recede: PDMA
• Sindh, federal govt agree to formulate national wheat policy
• Illegal Afghan nationals involved in terrorism, crimes in Pakistan: DG ISPR
• PTI MPs, some judges planning to resign: Senator Siddiqui
• Events that led to the ‘demolition of Islamabad High Court’, in the words of its own judges
• Acting President Gilani pledges relief, rehabilitation, national unity for flood victims