Pakistan for Tuesday, March 10, 2026

• 270,000 Afghans have returned from Iran, Pakistan this year: UN
• Extremism gaining traction among Swedish youth
• PM greets Iran's new supreme leader
• IMF wants reversal of secrecy clause in MPs assets law
• Middle East on brink as retaliation cycle intensifies
• Media urged to exercise restraint on Mideast crisis
• Key Afghan posts destroyed
• Pakistani nationals safe in ME, NA panel told
• Adequate LPG stocks available, says Khokhar
• 'Israeli aggression risks regional crisis'
• PTI chairman questions delay in Imran's release
• Senate committee passes motion picture bill
• Judicial courage is constitutional duty, not activism: Minallah
• 4 fuel-laden ships reach Pakistan amid concerns about shortages, 3 yet to berth
• In letter to Mojtaba Khamenei, PM Shehbaz reaffirms commitment to continue to work ‘closely’ with Iran
• India always played role of a spoiler in Afghanistan, UNSC told
• IHC defers hearing of plea to shift Imran to Shifa hospital
• DPM Dar reaffirms Pakistan’s solidarity with Bahrain, stresses need for de-escalation
• Punjab govt reviews establishment of Nawaz Sharif IT City in Faisalabad
• SCP commutes death sentence of man convicted of killing wife, daughter to life imprisonment
• Sindh announces school closure from March 16–31, govt staff to work from home on Fridays
• Govt advises media to be cautious on foreign policy
• PM orders strict implementation of austerity, energy conservation measures
• KP CM reviews proposed Outer Ring Road project for Peshawar
• FO calls on international community to take ‘urgent’ action to end Israeli aggression in Lebanon
• 5 children injured in quadcopter attack in KP’s Lakki Marwat: officials
• India’s Arshdeep fined for throwing ball at New Zealand’s Mitchell in T20 World Cup final
• Private sector inclusion urged in Punjab panel
• PSX makes vibrant recovery on oil price fall
• Dams' body discusses land purchase
• Credit for manufacturing urged
• UAE overtakes Saudi Arabia in remittances
• India orders gas rationing
• Asset-based tax for traders proposed
• Auditors declare ex-EDB CEO deputation illegal
• T20 World Cup: West Indies players leave India on commercial flights after charter cancelled
• Courts join others in adopting austerity measures, will observe 4-day work week
• Bahrain authorities arrest 6 Asians, including 5 Pakistanis, for allegedly filming, sharing videos of Iran’s attacks
• Cabinet approves austerity, fuel conservation plan
• Crackdown on profiteers continues
• Bike snatcher nabbed immediately after crime
• New motorcycles gutted as truck catches fire
• School clerk arrested red-handed taking bribe
• Alleged police encounter, suspect killed
• Gul Plaza tragedy: Senior architect records statement
• Inter part-II form submission date extended
• Two travellers offloaded for forged documents
• Man fatally shoots elder brother, injures himself
• Doctor ends life after argument with wife on petty issue
• Shrinking pastures threaten rural livelihoods
• Punjab Dental Hospital MS notification suspended
• Lahore air quality turns 'unhealthy'
• CCD to undergo modernisation
• LHC seeks replies on plea against Ramazan price hike
• Police equip 747 stations with crime scene protection kits
• Man commits suicide after shooting wife
• Toddler shot over family dispute
• Faisalabad launches plan to relocate polluting industries
• Robber held after encounter
• Lawyers challenge LHCBA election results
• Missing girl found murdered
• UK under-16 social media ban fails as govt seeks talks
• Oil crisis: Is world better placed than in 1973?
• Capital on high alert for Youm-e-Ali
• Schools sealed over costly stationery
• Price control mechanism falters
• Punjab schools get Rs3.27b boost
• War Diary Day 11: Shift in strategies as war slows, costs rise
• ‘Faster, cheaper, better’: 480MHz sold for $507m as 5G spectrum auction concludes
• NA body informed mass evacuation from Middle East not required
• Official sources dismiss reports of Pakistan sending delegation to Kabul for talks with Afghan Taliban
• ‘First, we are humans’: Ramazan brings Hindus and Muslims closer in Sindh’s Mithi
• A parent’s guide to comfortable Eid wear for kids
• Sindh schools to close from March 16-31, Friday to be WFH for govt offices as part of austerity measures
• Oil sinks 7pc as Trump predicts Middle East de-escalation
• Army destroys militant posts in Arandu, Kurram sectors
• Dar, Bahrain FM discuss regional tensions
• Hajj flight schedule preparation halted amid regional tensions
• CEC criticises delay in Islamabad LG polls
• Law minister stresses need for caution when discussing Pakistan’s foreign policy amid tensions in Middle East
• Govt employees to get salary, pension in advance before Eidul Fitr
• Bulls return as KSE-100 surges past 9,000 points, market closes in the green
• Pakistan, India exchange sharp words at UN Security Council over Afghanistan
• In phone call with Bahrain’s FM, Dar reiterates Pakistan’s call for de-escalation in Iran war
• Pakistan holds ceremony for 5G spectrum auction
• Pakistan receives first fuel shipment after Hormuz closure
• Pak envoy in Iran urges nationals to register with embassy
• US designates Afghanistan ‘State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention’
• US-Israeli strikes on Iran’s oil sites could worsen air quality in western Pakistan
• Balochistan launches Green Peoples Bus Service in Turbat
• Flights to Middle East disrupted as tensions trigger cancellations
• PDMA warns of flash floods as heavy rains expected in KP
• Trump declines to say if Iran’s new supreme leader has ‘target on his back’
• Govt says petrol supply stable despite global market volatility
• National Assembly to resume session today
• Pakistan to implement four-day work week under ‘war austerity plan’
• Nearly 700,000 displaced by Israeli onslaught on Lebanon
• Oil prices go haywire as Iran welcomes new supreme leader
• Higher education goes online, schools shut for 2 weeks, 4-day work week announced as ‘austerity measures’