Pakistan for Friday, January 16, 2026
- Pakistan U19 suffer defeat to England in World Cup opener
- Power sector sees Rs800b equity hole
- Consumers brace for tariff hike
- SPI up 3.87% on flour, gas prices
- Higher SME lending limits proposed
- RLNG prices reduced up to 5.3% for January
- SBP injects Rs12.8tr via OMOs
- DISCO losses drain Rs397b in FY25
- Seafood exports surge on improved competitiveness
- Easing tensions lift PSX by over 3,600 points
- SBP launches WE-Finance Code with 23 banks
- Indus AI week 2026 unveiled
- Federal Minister pledges full support for literary organizations
- Pension not charity but legal right of govt employees, rules Supreme Court
- CM Maryam Nawaz vows to make Punjab crime-free
- 12 terrorist killed after attempting bank robberies in Balochistan’s Kharan
- Abid Sher Ali swears in as Senator
- Achakzai notified as opposition leader in National Assembly
- PM launches health card scheme for Islamabad, GB, AJK
- Mahmood Khan Achakzai, a political figure since Bhutto era, steps in as new NA opposition leader
- LG polls delay: ECP summons Punjab officials
- Minister explains internet suspension
- PTI protests denial of meeting with Imran
- Ulema close ranks against terrorism
- FIA may tighten policy on deportees
- Ghotki police sign deal with dacoits
- SC declares pension a legal right
- Senate urged to rein in kids' social media use
- Senate passes railways bill
- Pakistan seeks UN's active role in resolving crises
- Ex-minister sees potential reconciliation
- PIA inks cargo deal with Indonesia's Garuda
- Govt raises levy on petrol by Rs4.65/litre
- Illegal content: PTA blocks 1m sites
- Trump threatens tariffs on countries that don’t back Greenland takeover plan
- Guillermo del Toro to be recognised at film awards
- Spanish singer Julio Iglesias says abuse allegations 'absolutely false'
- John Mellencamp shares update on daughter's cancer battle
- Ryan Coogler says he put twins in 'Sinners' despite his ' fear of doppelgangers'
- A 'Star Wars' era comes to an end after 14 years
- Punjab revises school timings across province from January 19
- Punjab govt expands Basant festivities to parks and open spaces
- Nation observes Shab-e-Meraj with prayers and spiritual fervour
- PTI leaders want dialogue but Imran not in favour of it: Rana Sanaullah
- 20 containers destroyed as huge fire erupts at Karachi Port: officials
- EOBI should go to provinces: Murad
- Family alleges police killed youth in 'staged encounter'
- TTAP leadership arrives for Sindh tour
- Court doubts police claim of arresting 'thieving maids'
- PPP slams technocrats govt 'plan'
- Digital cell recovers Rs40m in stolen phones
- Missing child case resolved
- Experts stress social inclusion for youth empowerment
- PTI founder's close aides acquitted in foreign funding case
- Abducted child rescued, two held
- CM pays tribute to SHO martyred in Sargodha
- Soaring wheat prices trigger flour crisis in RY Khan
- Man arrested for killing, burning wife
- Three fake travel agents nabbed
- India liquidates Chabahar stakes over Trump’s tariff threat
- FPCCI warns against widespread textile factory closures, unemployment amid high energy tariffs, taxes
- Pause on immigrant visas until vetting meets ‘maximum degree’ of eligibility, says US mission in Pakistan
- Security forces kill 12 terrorists, thwart hostage attempt in Balochistan’s Kharan district: ISPR
- Social media platform X hit by second global outage within a week
- Three wardens sacked
- Rain-fed Pindi areas to get new dams
- Female hostels get digital oversight in capital
- Pirwadhai blind murder case cracked
- ISSI unveils Hali's 'Defence and Diplomacy'
- FIA penalises five officials
- Junaid Safdar’s colourful mehndi celebration held in Lahore
- Governor Tessori criticises KP CM for causing ‘loss of billions’ due to blockades during Karachi visit
- Russia-Pakistan relations ‘genuinely mutually beneficial’, says President Putin
- Shah Mehmood Qureshi refuses to support Fawad Chaudhry’s committee, says can’t deviate from PTI’s policies
- EU delegation visits Sialkot Airport to monitor departure processes, measures taken to prevent irregular migration
- PM Shehbaz relaunches Sehat Card health insurance scheme in ICT, AJK and GB
- ECP suspends membership of 159 lawmakers over non-filing of assets
- Senator Abid Sher Ali calls on Acting President Gilani
- Islamabad local government polls deferred after ECP withdraws election schedule
- CM Punjab Maryam Nawaz vows peaceful Punjab
- Achakzai named opposition leader in National Assembly after months-long delay
- PM Shehbaz urges national unity to combat terrorism and extremism
- ECP withdraws schedule of local body polls in Islamabad
- PTA blocks over one million illegal web links in Pakistan
- SUPARCO predicts Shaban moon sighting on January 20
- Gilani reiterates commitment to development of South Punjab
- Ishaq Dar reviews Pak-Indonesia health cooperation
- Wheat prices surge across Punjab, Islamabad amid shortage
- Bushra Bibi’s daughter moves LHC for visitation rights to her mother
- Social media posts case: Court directs Islamabad DIG to arrest Imaan, Hadi ‘within 24 hours’
- Trump says he supports transitional Palestinian panel in Gaza
- At UN, Pakistan voices hope for early normalisation of situation in Iran, rejects any external interference
- Netanyahu urged Trump not to attack Iran: report
- Trump accepts Nobel medal from Venezuelan opposition leader Machado
- Taliban leader’s speech lays bare ‘Kandahar vs Kabul’ divide
- Under construction house hit by rocket in Bannu’s Defence Colony
- No more imports of ‘personal’ used cars