Pakistan for Thursday, January 22, 2026
- Airport moved to privatisation list
- Nestlé's $60m sparks cautious optimism
- AI governance push hits barriers
- Income tax bill sails through National Assembly
- 'Security hindering telecom expansion'
- Multan Airport completes upgrade
- 6.5m posts blocked in a year
- 'Climate finance fails to deliver'
- 1,200 conferred civil awards, NA told
- Dar, ICRC president discuss cooperation
- ECO meeting adopts Islamabad declaration
- IHC halts employee reinstatements
- PM, CDF interact with world leaders at Davos
- X rebuffs PTA attempts to suspend Imran
- Punjab police get e-vehicles under CM’s ‘Green Policing’ initiative
- SC upholds life sentences in murder of five people in Kasur
- Kh Asif highlights Pakistan’s commitment to strengthening its relations with ASEAN countries
- US envoy launches Liberty Bell initiative
- Attaullah Tarar greets newly elected office bearers of SC Press Association
- DPM, ICRC President discuss matters of mutual interest
- Gul plaza fire death toll rises to 67
- Opposition hits out at treasury, casts doubts on Trump’s Gaza peace plan
- Sindh govt has failed, Karachi be declared federal territory, demands MQM-P
- Major water supply projects to be fast-tracked
- Governor unveils Celebrity Cricket League trophy in Peshawar
- Overhaul of hospitals ordered to ease patient burden
- Man gets death for killing rival over old enmity
- Trump to sue New York Times over unfavourable opinion poll
- Govt defends decision to join Trump’s Board of Peace amid opposition outcry in NA
- Death toll of deadly fire at Karachi’s Gul Plaza reaches 67
- ‘No legislation under consideration’: Ahsan Iqbal terms reports of increasing voting age from 18 to 25 ‘baseless’
- TV isn't dead — but changing fast
- Cold mornings revive age-old breakfast culture
- Next generation takes centre stage at BRIT Awards
- 'Sinners' sinks its teeth into Oscars history
- A landmark moment for new cohort of performers
- Major snubs surprise fans and critics
- Nominees for 98th Academy Awards
- Hope fades for missing father
- MQM-P expresses doubts over probe committee
- Families protest slow Gul Plaza rescue
- Rimpa Plaza declared structurally unsafe
- Minor girl 'raped', tortured in Sanghar; accused at large
- Govt to host 18 major sports events in 2026
- Sindh home minister orders inquiry after journalist arrested for allegedly firing, injuring citizen in Karachi
- India condemns alleged act of ‘vandalism’ at embassy in Croatia
- Over 994,000 jobs created in Punjab since February 2024, says CM Maryam Nawaz
- Rain batters Lahore, snowfall intensifies across Northern Pakistan
- MQM-P demands Karachi be made ‘federal territory’, be declared ‘financial capital’
- State minister claims reduction in Islamabad’s allergy cases amid criticism over widespread tree felling
- Knocking doors to eradicate polio
- CM launches electric patrolling
- Police deny fake CCD encounters
- Cybercrime watchdog caught in corruption web
- Cop sets youth on fire over altercation
- Four of a family die in road accident
- 11 seized lions sent to Safari Park
- Punjab to fix 190-day school calendar
- Pindi WASA aligns pay, rules with Lahore
- Freedom 250 Liberty Bell initiative launched
- Twin cities set for major water boost
- Low marriage grant approvals protested
- 'Paper mulberry removal cuts allergy cases'
- Sewing centres' closure hits women hard
- Hattar traders protest urban property tax
- Statements recorded in Sana murder case
- Rawalpindi retailers reject official rate cuts
- PHC quashes child protection rule change
- K-P pushes alternative crops to end poppy
- Kalash endowment fund set up in K-P
- Tirah evacuation deadline extended
- UoP teachers seek Rs1.5b bailout
- Sindh governor seeks judicial inquiry into Gul Plaza tragedy
- PM Shehbaz, other world leaders sign charter for Trump-led Board of Peace
- Case registered after KIPS CEO allegedly abducted by unidentified suspects in Lahore
- U19 World Cup: Pakistan beat Zimbabwe by 8 wickets, advance into Super Six round
- Parts of Karachi receive rain; Met Office forecast cold spell till Saturday
- Bangladesh parties launch campaigns for first post-Hasina elections
- Could voting break the plastics treaty deadlock?
- PM Shehbaz, CDF Munir hold meetings on sidelines of World Economic Forum
- Psychiatrist suggests kids should only get smartphones after the age of 12
- Bangladesh firm on not playing T20 World Cup in India
- Nestle announces $60m additional investment in Pakistan, to expand operations in country
- Strong winds, rain cool Karachi as cold spell intensifies
- Over 288,000 tickets issued under e-challan system in Karachi since October, Sindh IGP told
- US set to quit World Health Organisation
- FM Dar holds bilateral talks with Thai counterpart at Davos
- Punjab Police reject ‘fake encounter’ claims, cite sharp fall in crime
- Mustafa Kamal calls for Karachi to be declared federal territory
- President Zardari confirms 27 judges of Sindh, Lahore and Peshawar high courts as permanent
- First snowfall grips northern Balochistan, temperatures plunge below zero
- PTA wrote to X three times seeking closure of Imran Khan’s X account over the past 3.5 years
- In Davos speech, Trump repeatedly refers to Greenland as ‘Iceland’
- After two-year delay, SBCA issues fire safety directives
- Fitch affirms Pakistan’s debt ratings at ‘B-’