Pakistan for Wednesday, February 25, 2026

• PTI moves SC for Imran's treatment
• PM seeks to cool tempers amid escalating PPP-MQM row
• 34 dead in Balochistan, K-P anti-terror sweep
• Seven martyred in Chaman, Bajaur attacks
• Aleema launches broadside against PTI leadership
• PM for joint efforts to address challenges
• Court to hear petitions of Imran, wife for sentence suspension
• NA panel flags consular gaps in Europe missions
• Green Line engine, three coaches derail
• President to address joint sitting on March 2
• Jailed PTI leaders seek CJP's intervention
• Pakistan highlights children's vulnerability
• Six killed in deadly attack on house in Kech
• PB-21: ECP orders recount at 39 polling stations
• Global system is in flux: Dar
• DISCOs: Rs472b loss to exchequer in one year
• UK rolls out eVisas for Pakistanis
• President summons joint Parliament session on March 2
• Formal nod for $2b rollover awaited
• Gold surges to Rs541,262/tola amid US-Iran tensions
• Upcoming budget to be industry-friendly
• Poor planning fuels Ramazan inflation
• Oil prices slip into negative territory
• Govt eyes $2.5b in mobile exports
• World Bank seeks tighter coordination on reform
• BOI links export push to end of subsidies
• PSX falls 1% as investors trim holdings
• Businessmen slam proposed rule changes
• Uproar in Punjab Assembly over luxury plane purchase
• PTI moves SC seeking transfer of Imran to hospital from jail
• ‘Homegrown’: PM says IMF has no role in Pakistan’s economic reforms
• Iran sees ‘good outlook’ for talks with US as negotiating team heads to Geneva
• Modi addresses Knesset, says India stands ‘firmly’ with Israel after Oct 7 attack
• PTI moves SC for Imran’s treatment at hospital of choice, access to personal doctors
• New Zealand knock sorry Sri Lanka out of T20 World Cup
• Jailed PTI leaders urge CJP to look into matter of Imran’s health, ‘see that justice is done’
• ATC extends interim bail of PTI leaders, workers in May 9 Jinnah House attack case
• President Zardari summons point Parliamentary session for March 2
• Who's up for induction in 'Rock & Roll Hall of Fame' in 2026?
• 1, 550 iconic film, TV pieces to go under the hammer
• 'Resident Evil' ninth instalment to launch this week
• Veteran comedian Hanif Raja announces stage comeback on Eidul Fitr
• Mahnoor Rahim replies to defamation notice from Umer Mukhtar
• First look at 'Pretty Lethal' survival thriller unveiled
• Probe ordered into 'serious mistake' over BAFTA racial slur
• Fact check: Viral video does not show PTI founder Imran from his 2nd visit to Pims
• Labourer rescued from kidney racket
• Premature twins saved from blindness
• Exhibit features special students' artworks
• Ventilator transfer delay sparks probe at HFH
• Ukraine defiant after four years of war
• TikTok relationship ends in murder
• School enrolment drive launched
• Gold and silver extend rally for fourth straight session
• FM Dar to undertake 3-day Saudi visit, will attend OIC session on Israel pursuing West Bank annexation: FO
• Punjab plans Rs. 1.14bn vehicle purchase for cabinet, security and inspection units
• Dar reaffirms Pakistan’s commitment to peaceful diplomacy and regional cooperation
• Pakistan allows married women to keep father’s name on Passports
• Red Line turns University Road into 'death trap'
• Rs6.1m vanishes in armed hold-up
• Gul Plaza Judicial Commission flags lapses in rescue ops
• Protest against murder of Dr Mehwish in Kohat
• Scholar drags varsity to court for denying her gold medal
• KCR revival back on track
• Khuhro opposes Center's bid to wrap up KDLB
• Committee to Protect Journalists, rights groups express concern at ‘deterioration of media freedom’ in Pakistan
• Man shot dead in targeted attack
• Cop dies in road crash
• Lahore court issues notice to NCCIA on bail petition filed by Canadian national in cybercrime case
• 4 cops martyred, 2 injured in firing by unidentified assailants on patrol squad in KP’s Bajaur
• Centre, provinces agree on joint strategy to establish peace and stability in country
• Brain-computer interface technology sees broader application, benefiting patients
• 34 terrorists killed in separate engagements in KP and Balochistan: ISPR
• Highway between KP and Punjab reopened following closure due to suicide attack at checkpost in Bhakkar
• PM Shehbaz stresses need for reducing direct taxes in upcoming budget to facilitate business community
• Pakistan wary of militant attacks after Afghanistan air strikes
• IMF mission opens talks with central bank on Pakistan’s loan programmes
• Aleema assails PTI leadership for decisions regarding Imran’s health, IHC for delay in fixing of cases
• Italian minister says decision to issue 10,500 work visas for Pakistanis aimed at promoting ‘legal migration’
• E-visas introduced for Pakistanis travelling to UK
• NAB recovers Railway land worth Rs. 9.67b
• PTA launches digital assistant to facilitate telecom consumers
• UK launches digital e-visa system for Pakistani applicants
• 5.6 Magnitude earthquake shakes Islamabad, KP; no casualties reported
• 5.6-magnitude earthquake jolts Islamabad, parts of KP
• 6 killed in firing, mortar attack on Kech house: DSP
• Punjab govt imposes 30-day ban on flying drones outdoors over risk to public safety
• KSE-100 plunges over 1,600 points, closes in the red
• KP CM Afridi denied meeting with IHC chief justice
• Israel committed two-thirds of record press killings in 2025: CPJ
• 17 deaths reported during Basant in Lahore, says Punjab Home Department report submitted to LHC
• Supreme Court petition seeks Imran Khan’s transfer to Shifa Hospital
• 133 Lahore schools closed over unsafe buildings
• Punjab launches ‘One Punjab, One Standard’ for uniform infrastructure
• Trump keeps the world guessing on his Iran options during annual State of the Union speech
• Sindh Assembly completes second year amid accountability concerns
• Punjab sets up first intelligence fusion and threat assessment centre
• Muslim, European countries condemn Israeli attempts aimed at ‘de facto annexation’ of Palestinian land in West Bank
• PM Shehbaz Sharif holds talks with Amir of Qatar in Doha
• PMD says Ramadan likely to complete 30 days