Pakistan for Wednesday, December 24, 2025
- Govt to get Rs55b, not Rs10b, from PIA’s privatisation: PM’s aide
- PM greets Christian community on Christmas
- PM launches laptops scheme in AJK
- No malicious interest, political or otherwise, will be tolerated: CCC
- UAE President to arrive in Pakistan tomorrow on official visit
- SC cases’ pendency drops sharply after its transfer to FCC
- Pakistan, Oman Navies strengthen maritime cooperation with new information sharing MoU
- Fazlur Rehman urges rulers to seek public backing through Islamic principles, not western influence
- Fake visa notices target Pakistani applicants in US; missions warn against unauthorised applications
- PTI rejects govt’s offer for negotiations, cites directions from Imran
- NUMS announces results of first phase of National Registration Exam for foreign medical graduates
- Diallo and Mahrez strike at AFCON as Ivory Coast, Algeria win
- Couple shot dead over ‘honour’ in Karachi’s Machar Colony
- Section 144 imposed on Murree Mall Road to restrict rowdy tourists ahead of holidays
- Romero facing increased ban after Liverpool red card
- African football bows to pressure with AFCON change
- Amorim wants Man Utd players to cover 'irreplaceable' Fernandes
- Army vows to foil malicious politics
- PIA buyers offered hefty tax exemptions
- UAE president to arrive tomorrow, says FO
- PM praises GenZ as 'more aware, more capable'
- Punjab Assembly passes kite flying regulation bill
- Mohsin Naqvi praises NDMA’s innovative approach to disaster risk management
- PM approves dedicated secretariat for national energy plan to boost policy coordination
- Maryam Nawaz reaffirms commitment to Sikh heritage in meeting with Sikh of America delegation
- Public holiday declared in Islamabad on December 26 ahead of visit by foreign dignitaries
- Reporting aerial firing earns life threats
- Millers warn of flour shortages if govt delays wheat release
- The silent crisis: Exploitation persists for subordinated groups
- Mohajir Culture Day marked in city
- Sindh to digitise drugs in govt hospitals
- 12-year-old dies of rabies
- Eloped couple shot dead in sleep
- PCB receives 12 bids for two new PSL franchises
- MoFA asked to adopt best practices
- Xmas: PM greets Christian community
- TTAP strikes a conciliatory tone
- UN expert decries Bushra Bibi's detention
- JUI-F won't bow to rigged govt: Fazl
- Asif calls PTI founder '200% opportunist'
- 'Judges are bound to protect Constitution'
- Father kills daughter, friend for 'honour'
- Court sentences accused in siblings' starvation case
- Ex-SHO sacked for 'blackmailing' complainant
- Police claim breakthrough in Dr Wardah murder
- 9th CPEC Media Forum brings together leaders
- Twin cities embrace spirit of Christmas
- FIA penalises 7 officers over graft, misconduct
- Afridi calls disciplined street movement
- UoP to expel illegal hostel residents
- PHC disposes of 33,774 cases in 2025
- Pakistani mission warns of fake visa notices in US
- Cyber Patrol Unit set up
- Punjab road fatalities up 19%
- US Sikh delegation applauds Punjab for landmark Sikh Marriage Act
- Smog, scrutiny and slow progress
- Four killed, six injured in traffic accident
- Over 320 BBQ points sealed in smog season
- PA passes Kite Flying Bill 2025 with tough penalties
- Property ordinance petitions sent to larger bench
- Christmas festivities light up Bhakkar
- Statements recorded in student's death case
- Guidelines for electricity wheeling approved
- Banks provide Rs1.5tr loans to private sector
- Refineries seek weekly price review
- Duty-free imports allowed for G-B via Sost
- Leadership, governance crisis hurting growth
- Gains vanish as PSX succumbs to late selling
- PM orders export revival plan on agri-slowdown
- Police constable martyred in crossfire at Wana’s Rustam Bazaar
- In pictures: The world prepares for holiday festivities on Christmas Eve
- Russia plans a nuclear power plant on the moon within a decade
- 4 children injured in quadcopter attack in KP’s Kurram
- Military top brass says no malicious interest, political or otherwise, will be tolerated
- UN expert decries Bushra Bibi’s detention; urges communication with lawyers, family
- Post-pregnancy yoga tips every new mother should know
- Government calls PIA privatisation a landmark step in economic reforms: Khawaja Asif
- PIA to be run by new owners from April subject to approvals, says PM’s adviser
- UAE President Al Nahyan to make first official visit to Pakistan on Dec 26: FO
- PM Shehbaz approves formulation of comprehensive national energy plan
- Nation to mark Quaid-e-Azam’s 149th birth anniversary on Thursday
- PM Shehbaz chairs meeting on port reforms for economic growth
- National Dialogue Committee welcomes PM’s dialogue initiative
- 27 cops martyred in 134 terrorist attacks in 2025, says Bannu DIG
- LHC seeks further arguments on petitions against Local Government Act 2025
- ECP adjourns code of conduct case against KP CM to Jan 13
- Asif says govt satisfied with PIA sale, sees it having great ‘symbolic value’
- Finance minister says Pakistan’s economy shifting toward export-led growth
- Daytime movement of heavy vehicles banned in Karachi for 2 months
- India space agency launches its heaviest satellite
- Punjab CM announces one-month bonus for Christian Alhamra staff
- Libya’s top military chief killed in plane crash in Turkiye
- Gold tops $4,500, silver and platinum hit records in metal markets frenzy
- Harassment outside office can still fall under ‘workplace’: LHC
- Interim bail of Imran, Bushra extended till Jan 27
- No talks with govt, only street movement: PTI
- Govt sets two-month timeline for spectrum auction
- Foreign loan inflows surge by 46pc in July-Nov