Pakistan for Friday, October 17, 2025
- Pakistan launches air strikes on Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group along Afghan border
- Trump suggests too soon for Tomahawks in talks with Zelensky
- ‘Wherever the source of terrorism is, a heavy price will be paid’, defence minister warns
- Super Tax Case; SC adjourns hearing for Monday
- LJCP stresses legal reforms for effective justice system
- People completely rejected PTI, TLP calls for protest: Tarar
- Newly designated envoys present their credentials to President
- Dr Afzaal Bashir presents ground-breaking research at ACS annual meeting
- Fresh non-bailable arrest warrants for Aleema Khan issued in Nov 26 protest case
- Crisis deepens as 3 more AJK ministers resign
- Pak, Afghan ceasefire extended as border tensions rise
- PM Shehbaz says Pakistan can’t bear burden of Afghan refugees anymore
- Three more ministers quit AJK cabinet, two urge PM to step down
- Fact check: Viral visuals do not show Afghanistan missile test amid Pakistan tensions
- Trump says he expects expansion of Abraham accords soon
- Pakistan and Afghanistan extend ceasefire, confirms diplomatic source
- Govt resists IMF mission on $30b gap
- Pakistan's gold stash tops $9b on back of global rally
- Initial report estimates flood damages at $2.9b: Iqbal
- ECC urges caution in barter trade amid curbs
- 'Made in Pakistan' expo opens in Ethiopia
- SBP sees risks to economic recovery
- SPI up 4.57% YoY on soaring perishables
- Call to adopt fiscal reforms, promote trade
- Pakistan, Vietnam set sights on $3b trade goal
- Profit-taking drags PSX below 164,000 points
- Punjab signs fourMoUs with China
- Western border quiet as Pakistan, Afghanistan extend ceasefire
- Clock runs out as govt moves to speed up Afghan repatriation
- Forces foil attack on Mir Ali post
- 3 more AJK ministers quit
- Punjab toughens stance as TLP strike fails
- Harsh winter stares at flood-hit Buner, Swat
- K-P CM defends skipping federal meeting on Afghan refugees
- K-P CM under fire for skipping key meeting
- UN faces roadblocks in delivering aid to Gaza
- IMO delays decision on carbon price
- India to spend $7.4b on fighter jet engines
- BD parties sign ambitious reform agenda
- Prince Andrew gives up title of Duke of York
- Ex-Trump adviser surrenders in espionage case
- Zelenskiy seeks US weapons
- Pakistan, Afghanistan extend ceasefire ahead of Doha peace talks
- Punjab nears launch of own airline
- Private Hajj booking deadline extended to Oct 22
- CJP Yahya Afridi wants judges' code revised
- WWF, NRC under fire over poor facilities for labourers
- IHC cancels hearing in Jahangiri case
- PM pledges to unlock mineral wealth
- August power bills waived for flood victims
- Finance czar sees 4% growth
- Afridi seeks IHC nod to meet Imran
- Asif sees seismic change in ties with Kabul
- Jammers proposed to foil train sabotage
- EU calls for restraint in Pak-Afghan clashes
- Pakistan warns against weaponising shared waters
- Tarar slams KP CM for skipping key meeting on Afghan refugee repatriation
- Trump calls Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict ‘an easy one to solve’
- Auqaf takes control of TLP-linked mosques
- Anti-polio drive misses on target
- DREAMS project gets 2027 completion deadline
- F-9 park gets eco-friendly upgrade
- Markets flooded with fake, costly geysers
- New LG Act ends ward system, reshapes Ucs
- Late breast cancer diagnoses alarm medics
- Govt to spend Rs55b on farmers to boost wheat cultivation
- Rising in HIV infections alarm health minister
- MQM-P urges development of clean air, EV policy
- At least 71 new dengue cases confirmed in KP; experts link rise to climate change
- Kremlin envoy proposes ‘Putin-Trump tunnel’ to link Russia and US
- OpenAI halts Sora 2 from generating videos of Martin Luther King Jr as deepfakes spark outrage
- Pakistan still looking forward to semi-final chance, says Omaima ahead of New Zealand World Cup clash
- PMD dismisses claims of extremely cold winter in Pakistan
- 5.6 magnitude earthquake shakes part of Islamabad, KP
- Going nowhere
- More than 1.4m Afghans repatriated, no further extension by govt
- 5.6-magnitude quake jostles KP, twin cities and other regions: PMD
- UK government in talks to reverse ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans at Aston Villa
- Summary for banning TLP forwarded to Centre, says Punjab minister
- Can Pakistan reverse its dismal record on ocean protection?
- Punjab to spend Rs 30bn to upgrade industrial estates
- PM orders unified action for swift repatriation of illegal Afghan nationals
- KP CM Sohail Afridi files petition in IHC to meet Imran in Adiala Jail
- Pakistan re-elected to UNHRC as FO highlights ceasefire, regional diplomacy
- Private Hajj scheme deadline extended to October 22
- SHC orders report on animals’ health and living conditions at Karachi Zoo
- Recent floods inflict Rs822 billion loss on Pakistan
- Punjab cabinet approves ban on TLP
- Naval chief reaffirms Pakistan’s commitment to maritime cooperation with US
- US says India halves Russian oil imports, sources say no cuts seen
- Suicide attack targeting security forces foiled in North Waziristan’s Mir Ali: state media
- Security forces foil suicide attack in North Waziristan, four terrorists killed
- Pakistan seeks China’s support for BRICS-backed bank membership
- Japan ex-PM Tomiichi Murayama, famous for WW2 apology, dies aged 101
- KP government to outsource public schools in phases to cut costs, improve quality
- At WHO moot, Pakistan renews pledge to universal health coverage
- Mari Petroleum announces new oil and gas discovery in Sindh
- Naval chief visits US to strengthen maritime security cooperation
- UAE’s IHC acquires 85% stake in First Women Bank
- Pakistan, Afghan Taliban to hold talks in Doha under Qatar’s mediation
- No one will be allowed to spread unrest, warn federal ministers
- Punjab govt out to crush TLP
- Afghan terrorists attacked Pakistan on instigation of India: PM
- 34 more militants neutralised in IBOs in KP
- After PM assurance, PPP, PML-N bury the hatchet
- Newly inducted ministers call on Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz
- ATC extends interim bail of Imran Khan’s sisters in protest case
- Russian enovy stresses strengthening people-to-people ties with Pakistan
- President Zardari visits family of Lt Col Junaid Shaheed
- Planning minister, US envoy discuss ways to deepen bilateral cooperation
- CJCSC reaffirms Pakistan’s active role towards promoting regional peace, stability
- CJP asked to form larger bench to determine life sentence in drug cases
- Saudi Arabia in talks with US for defence pact: report
- Pakistan to open electricity market from January 2026
- Crackdown on TLP in Islamabad as traders reject strike call
- Safeguards being added to blasphemy laws: law minister
- Patch-up likely as PPP claims breakthru on BISP demand