Pakistan for Sunday, March 15, 2026

• Punjab govt to take legal action against those involved in ‘malicious campaign’ over use of official jet
• France picks mayors ahead of 2027 polls
• Israeli strike on police vehicle kills nine in Gaza
• PAA reschedules Islamabad airport suspension
• Nation stands with armed forces in anti-terror fight: Shujaat
• Rs90m car purchased for Gilani from public funds
• Fazl, Siraj discuss regional situation
• Punjab govt to sue over 'jet campaign'
• Govt raises kerosene, LDO prices by upto Rs68
• ‘I am dead … for coffee’: Israeli PM Netanyahu posts his video amid speculation about his death
• Pakistan declines China's push for talks with Kabul
• Missiles, drones rain on multiple Gulf fronts
• Pakistan strikes Taliban infrastructure in Kandahar
• Oil shock and the import trap
• Seeking cheap external development finance
• Recalibrating economic policy to ensure social sustainability
• Flood relief and Samaritan's dilemma
• Pakistan: trade corridors or security corridors?
• Pakistan's production crisis
• 1 dead as Lahore-bound Shalimar Express derails after colliding with goods train in Naushahro Feroze
• Volunteers restore charm of Chaka Gali
• Four killed in Khuzdar road crash
• LRH appoints internal candidate as director
• Rains, snowfall return to Shangla
• CM Afridi says quality public services top priority
• Fake recruitments exposed in sports dept
• It's 'Sinners' v 'One Battle' as Oscar day arrives
• Oscars 2026: everything to know before the ceremony
• Most shocking Oscar moments of all time
• Prince Harry, Meghan respond to 'fictitious' claims in new book
• Nintendo lawsuit against US government paused
• New fighting game with novel features in the works
• Cowboy boots, line dancing: country music fever grips UK
• Punjab launches climate leadership internship programme
• Keeping Washington assured, Tehran calm
• Pakistan targets Taliban installations, terrorist hideouts in Kandahar
• KP CM chairs meeting on governance, reviews performance road-map
• Rising Islamophobia poses serious threat to universal human values: Bilawal
• ‘Always tried to play fearlessly’: Sarfraz retires from international cricket
• Bangladesh clinch ODI series with 11-run win over Pakistan
• President Zardari stresses ‘unity, political harmony’ in Karachi meeting with Naqvi, MQM-P’s Khalid Maqbool
• Overnight strikes in Afghanistan’s Kandahar target ‘terrorist hideouts and military infrastructure’, says state media
• Eid cheer reaches the needy
• City sizzles in spring heat
• Islamophobia threatens global peace, says CM
• Runaway tankers, collisions kill three
• PDP chief urges shift to domestic oil, gas for energy security
• Inflation drives crowds to free Iftar tables
• GDA accuses Zardari, MQM-P of plotting to 'loot' Sindh resources
• Daughter held for robbing parents' home
• Over 30 drug dealers arrested in raids
• Governor House IT programme discontinued after Tessori's exit
• Builder among four booked in PPP-SB leader's killing
• RTI implementation hangs in limbo
• Security locked down for Eidul Fitr
• Woman beaten to death by husband
• Khanewal flood safety measures expedited
• Rs13b saved in tenders: minister
• Burewala police bust drug trafficking ring
• Elders, children adopt online Eidi
• One killed, another injured in 'encounters'
• RTO eyes weaving, furniture sectors for tax recovery
• Security forces kill 5 terrorists in Lakki Marwat operation: ISPR
• Islamabad airport to see 2-hour suspension of flight operations on March 17: PAA
• War Diary Day 16: Trump losing initiative as allies reluctant, Iran defiant
• PM Shehbaz directs formulation of strategy for exporting surplus food items to Gulf countries
• Govt announces Eid holidays for offices from March 20-21
• Government announces Eid-ul-Fitr holidays on March 20–21
• Pakistan Railways to run four special trains for Eid-ul-Fitr
• ‘Post of responsibility’: Newly appointed Governor Nehal Hashmi vows better education, jobs for Sindh’s youth
• Attack on police checkpoint repulsed in Dera Ismail Khan; one constable injured
• Dar notes ‘alarming rise’ in Islamophobia, warns it worsens existing tensions and conflicts
• Kerosene price increased by Rs39.20, petrol unchanged
• Punjab distributes 2.8m Ramazan relief cards
• Govt announces austerity measures, salary cuts for senior officials
• Pakistan Railways to run four special trains for Eid travellers
• Six terrorists killed in joint operation by CTD, police in KP’s Kohat
• Pakistani women’s voices resonate at UN rights forum
• Karachi citizens fume as unannounced gas cuts continue to disrupt Sehri cooking, Iftar
• New Zealand observes seven years since shootings at Christchurch mosques
• FO rejects India’s ‘absurd and unwarranted’ statement on Pakistan’s cross-border actions in Afghanistan
• Govt hikes kerosene by Rs40 per litre, keeps petrol and diesel prices unchanged
• POLITICS: THE RHETORIC OF WAR
• Trump administration slams CNN over Iran war coverage
• Israeli strike kills 12 Lebanon medics amid peace push
• War escalates as US strikes Iran’s energy lifeline
• PTI calls for OIC moot over war on Iran
• Tehran reminds Modi about need to activate BRICS