Pakistan for Friday, April 3, 2026
- Iran’s military claims shooting down second US jet while hunt for crew of downed F-15 aircraft continues
- ‘Silence’ stonewalls Pakistan-led US-Iran talks initiative
- Pakistan to return $3.5bn UAE debt before month end: official
- Petrol price reduces to Rs378 per litre as govt cuts levy by Rs80
- PM Shehbaz Sharif reduces petrol price to Rs378 per litre
- Earthquake shakes Islamabad, parts of Punjab and KP
- CM Maryam announces free transport, fuel subsidies, targeted cash support
- Agreement alone not enough to prove property ownership: SC
- Romanian envoy presents choral version of National Anthem to Senate chairman
- Centre, provinces close ranks on targeted relief
- Pakistan set to repay entire $3.5b UAE loan
- Five martyred in suicide bombing targeting Bannu police station
- Backchannel peace efforts continue
- Iran shoots down US fighter jets, helicopter
- 6.1-magnitude quake rattles K-P, Islamabad
- Govt takes sting out of fuel price surge
- Bushra Bibi petitions IHC for urgent relief
- UNSC divided over US-Israeli war on Iran
- Six killed in Afghan earthquake
- White House seeks $1.5tr defence budget
- BD cuts working hours to save energy
- 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolts Islamabad, KP
- National Assembly fails to take up agenda as opposition protests fuel price hike
- Dar, Saudi FM discuss regional tensions, stress urgent need for dialogue
- AUC welcomes Sino-Pak peace plan
- Opposition slams fuel price surge
- Fuel hike may trigger power tariff rise
- PM freezes Pakistan Railways fares
- FCC rules on bureaucrats' perks
- Heated protest in NA over fuel price hike
- Govt holds back increase in toll tax
- NFA 'now fully functional'
- NEOC warns of flash floods in K-P
- Seized vehicles offered to public bodies
- Sindh's Haleji Lake faces ecological crisis
- China says Pak-Afghan peace talks advancing
- Fares spike amid fuel price hike
- Islamabad public transport goes free
- Rain exposes vulnerabilities
- CDA chief in dock over tree felling
- Armed men rob trader in Rawalpindi
- Students file complaint over 'police abuse'
- Christians celebrate Good Friday
- ZAB's 47th death anniversary today
- Toddler abducted from Karachi rescued
- Citizens offered free transport
- 474 killed in Punjab road crashes in March
- LHC upholds right to fair trial in key ruling
- Punjab expands major shrines to boost revenue
- Efforts underway to pair solitary animals at Lahore Zoo
- Aleema Khan criticises govt, calls for street power
- Petroleum price hike challenged in LHC
- Body-worn cameras rolled out in public hospitals
- Japan-Pakistan cultural exchange highlighted at Ikebana expo
- Security tightened for Good Friday, Easter
- PTI calls for all-parties conference amid historic fuel price surge
- PML-Q urges govt to reconsider price hike
- Petrol price shock triggers huge fare hike
- Car sinks into road collapse, women rescued
- Doctor's suicide case: 7 officials bolt after bail denial
- Rising fuel costs hit Sindh fishermen hard
- HBL PSL 11: teams gear up as city set to host second phase
- Fuel fury sparks Sindh street protests
- Provinces take the lead in doling out fuel subsidies following petrol price shock
- White House seeks $1.5tr defence budget as war on Iran drives costs
- Sanaullah says petrol prices increased as a consequence of Middle East war, govt has ‘nothing to do with it’
- Sindh announces Rs2,000 for bikers as part of fuel subsidy; Punjab, Islamabad make public transportation free
- Railway fares frozen as PM orders relief
- Imran, Bushra move IHC to fix appeals in Toshakhana-I, £190m cases
- Govt withdraws increase in toll taxes on highways; Pakistan Railways to keep fares unchanged
- China urges respect for Palestinian rights after Israel passes death penalty law
- NDMA warns of nationwide strong winds, thunderstorms in next 24 hours
- The petrol crisis that could electrify Pakistan
- Govt freezes toll tax hike, expands relief measures and infrastructure plans
- Islamabad announces free public transport for one month on PM’s orders
- China says peace talks advance between Afghanistan, Pakistan
- Punjab rolls out free public transport, fuel subsidies in major relief drive
- Sindh announces cash relief for motorcyclists, farmers amid fuel price surge
- World anxious to open Hormuz Strait while Trump and Iran trade threats
- National Forensic Agency ‘now fully functional’, says interior ministry
- Govt plans early market closures amid fuel crisis, raises petrol and diesel prices
- NA surrenders over Rs470m into national exchequer to support govt’s austerity drive
- Suicide bombing at Domel police station in Bannu leaves 5 civilians dead, 13 injured
- Met Office says no rain expected in Karachi today as death toll rises to six
- NA Secretariat returns Rs472m to treasury under austerity drive
- PM Shehbaz condemns suicide attack on police station in Bannu
- Downpour claims six lives in Karachi amid widespread rain forecast
- Transport fares surge after fuel price hike sparks inflation fears
- Limited fuel subsidy for eligible motorcyclists, says Khurram Schehzad
- ‘Breathtaking’: Artemis astronauts blast towards Moon
- Pentagon shake-up as Hegseth ousts army chief amid Iran conflict
- Investigators identify suspects in Dr Malik attack case
- Commission concludes Gul Plaza fire probe; report on 7th
- Pakistan walks into IMF meetings in DC amid war shocks
- US blows up key Iranian bridge, steel plants
- Fuel rates explode as govt withdraws blanket subsidy