Pakistan for Saturday, December 13, 2025

• Army focused on hostile hybrid campaigns: CDF
• Economy out of the woods, declares PM
• Govt-backed group cements its hold on PBC
• Asif claims Faiz engineered Imran's power grab
• Judge likely to appear before IHC
• NJPMC seeks mechanism to ensure detainees production before magistrate within 24 hours
• Ex-spymaster misused his position to protect PTI’s interests: Kh Asif
• Pakistan Army fully focused on internal, external challenges: CDF
• Pakistan’s economy out of the woods, doing wonders: PM
• Govt contains circular debt through prudent policies: Petroleum Minister
• NJPMC lauds steps to curb enforced disappearances
• £10m phase II of Pak-UK Education Gateway launched
• Zardari asks PPP Punjab to wait for 'right moment'
• Twin-engine aircraft lands at new aerodrome
• Envoy to liaise between PIA, Canadian carriers
• Reporting rape: judge details difficulties
• WHO calls for urgent investment in UHC
• RT India retracts post on Shehbaz-Putin meeting
• 3 US military personnel killed in suspected Islamic State attack in Syria
• Norway says envoy’s presence at Imaan Mazari SC hearing ‘in line with international law’
• IMF cuts power subsidies to Rs893b
• Circular debt blocks $1b gas field investment
• Industries demand urgent revival of rail freight
• Govt, industry flag deep economic strains
• FBR seizes 2.75m kg of non-duty-paid tobacco
• Gems sector seeks value-addition
• PSW, Alibaba.com push digital trade shift
• Nvidia mulls increasing H200 chip output on Chinese orders
• IMF inflows drive PSX to record close
• ICCI hosts Google Cloud DevFest 2025
• Dick Van Dyke turns 100: a century of laughter
• Trump appears in newly released photos from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate
• Punjab grants industry status to transport sector, strike ends after agreement
• President Zardari directs PPP to prepare for local body polls in Punjab
• Punjab Assembly moves resolution to lower driving licence age to 16
• TikTok hosts first Creator Day in Pakistan
• Disney's 'Zootopia 2' set to join $1b box office club
• Oscar-nominated #MeToo film finally screened in Japan
• 'Friends' cast reunites to honour Matthew Perry in charity tribute
• Josh Hutcherson nearly played iconic role before 'Hunger Games'
• Lindsay Lohan teases future Maggie Simpson role
• Peter Greene, 'Pulp Fiction' star, found dead in NYC
• PCB extends bid deadline for new PSL franchises amid international interest
• Exam boards begin key appointments
• Hair-cutting case falters as TikToker vanishes
• CCD 'encounter' leaves torture accused dead
• Murree residents face firewood crisis
• RDA proposes Rs800m underpass at 9th Avenue
• Information minister accuses PTI of promoting ‘character assassination, politics of hatred’
• RT India deletes X post about PM ‘waiting to meet’ Putin, says it ‘may have been misrepresentation of events’
• PM Shehbaz says economy ‘out of the woods’, key indicators show ‘wonderful’ performance
• National Games conclude with glittering finale
• Fishermen protest detention of Pakistanis in India
• Tenants confess to murdering landlord over unpaid rent
• 'Vaccine shortfall could force patients to streets'
• Pakistan's first AI-driven film set to premiere in city
• Petition filed over Benazir's images in Indian movie
• Body found in airline's office
• Proceedings in PM's defamation suit adjourned
• Two young motorcyclists die in road crash
• Whistleblower drive to curb poaching
• Faisalabad rolls out citywide road safety, infrastructure plan
• One killed, three injured in four alleged encounters
• Four CCD men injured in encounter
• Oil depot near school faces PHC challenge over safety risks
• US, Ukraine to discuss ceasefire in Berlin before European summit
• Pakistan Army takes top spot with 353 medals as National Games closing ceremony held in Karachi
• ECP sets up complaint centres ahead of Shikarpur by-election
• HEC launches nationwide quality review of MS/MPhil, PhD Programmes offered by HEIs
• Fans vandalise India stadium after football star Messi’s abrupt exit
• Punjab launches first wildlife informer initiative to tackle illegal hunting
• AG asked to redress complaints about production of detainees within 24 hours
• Pakistan calls for equitable climate finance at UN environment forum
• Asset details of public servants to go online by Dec 31: Aurangzeb
• Arts students can opt for Pre-Medical, Pre-Engineering from 2026: IBCC
• Khawaja Asif holds ex-ISI chief Faiz Hameed responsible for Nawaz’s ouster, says more charges to come
• Indonesia flood death toll passes 1,000: rescuers
• CDF Field Marshal Munir says Pakistan Army fully focused on internal, external challenges
• Security, polling arrangements finalised for PS-9 by-election
• Punjab’s ‘Suthra Punjab’ initiative earns global acclaim, inspires Birmingham
• CDF stresses preparedness against internal, external challenges
• Pakistan urges ceasefire, dialogue as fighting intensifies in eastern DRC
• 1 killed, 9 injured as speeding bus collides with trailer on M4 near Khanewal
• Analysts say US package to keep Pakistan’s F-16s combat-ready through 2040
• PTI forms new political committee following Imran Khan’s directives
• UN expert decries Imran’s detention, calls on authorities to ensure compliance with international standards
• Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee draws legal challenge from US states
• Motorway sections closed as dense fog grips Punjab, KP
• Thailand vows to keep fighting Cambodia, despite Trump’s ceasefire claim
• Using official cavalcade, Punjab minister travels 700km to dine at a wedding
• 2 boys among 11 Pakistani fishermen held by India
• Ambassador Yerzhan calls for bolstering Kazakhstan, Pakistan ties
• Media bodies slam govt ad ban for Dawn outlets as tool to gag press
• Gaza force deployment expected in early 2026
• Turkiye backs stability plan as PM seeks global action to stem terror
• Arts students allowed to opt for medical, engineering studies too
• Husband can’t face rape charge before divorce finalised: LHC