Pakistan for Tuesday, April 21, 2026
- ‘At the request of CDF Munir, PM Shehbaz’, Trump announces extension in ceasefire until Iran submits proposal
- ‘Reprehensible’: Pakistan condemns storming of Al Aqsa Mosque compound, raising of Israeli flag in its courtyard
- Nawaz highlights PML-N’s focus on development ahead of GB elections
- Israeli army jails soldiers for vandalising Jesus statue in Lebanon
- Pakistan receives $1b from Saudi Arabia: SBP
- Pakistan’s international standing improves under current leadership, says Nawaz Sharif
- PM directs to initiate projects through Public-Private Partnership
- US-Iran conflict: Islamabad intensifies diplomatic push
- Trump extends ceasefire with Iran on Pakistan’s request for talks
- CM Maryam approves Punjab-wide disease prevention programme
- Downing Street denies exerting pressure on civil servants to approve Mandelson’s appointment as envoy to US
- DPM Dar, Saudi FM stress upon dialogue, engagement for lasting peace
- Notification declaring local holiday in Rawalpindi on April 22 is fake: DC
- Work from home announced for Red Zone federal offices on April 22
- Peru election chief resigns as vote count drags on
- Democrat accused of corruption resigns from House
- US navy arming warships with Patriot missiles
- US imposes new curbs against suppliers of weapons to Iran
- Trump heeds CDF Munir, PM's truce call
- Pakistan condemns Al Aqsa storming
- Analysts praise Islamabad's balancing act
- State Bank receives $1b Saudi tranche
- Azerbaijan ready to supply LNG to Pakistan
- Fake medicines alert issued after dangerous drugs found in Punjab
- Pakistan extends ban on Indian flights
- Arms licences get fixed five-year validity
- PM streamlines P3A to expedite projects
- FIA books suspects in Rs6.6b fraud case
- Nawaz questions K-P governance record
- Floods may have hit 3.3m jobs: ILO
- JI for united front against 'failed system'
- HEC cracks down on sub-campus sprawl
- Pakistan Navy tests Taimoor cruise missile
- 'Hormuz closure highlights Pak significance'
- Pak backs Africa's UNSC rep demand
- CJ summons JCP meeting on judges' transfer
- US bases heighten Gulf risks, says Fazl
- Ukraine pipeline repair allows Russian oil flow to Europe
- Starmer teetering on the edge
- El Salvador tries over 400 gang leaders
- Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel
- Trump says currency swap with UAE possible
- 4 suspects arrested in Karachi in action against gangs involved in leaking matric exams
- IMF to vet auto policy before cabinet
- Strong dollar, rising yields push gold lower
- FinMin expects continuous progress under GSP+
- PTCL returns to profit after four-year hiatus
- OGDC engages Balochistan to utilise Zin gas
- Freelancers fetch $856m in 9 months
- Skills, e-commerce key to boosting exports
- Energy disruption to widen India deficit
- PSX trims gains as profit-taking limits rally
- 170 port personnel promoted after 24 years
- Encroached land reclaimed near Diplomatic Enclave
- Punjab slashes jobs ahead of new budget
- Security lockdown disrupts daily life
- Monsoon preparations begin in Rawalpindi
- 'Suthra Punjab' emerges top public initiative
- CM approves disease prevention programme
- LHC moved against traffic challan quota
- PSCA reunites woman with family after 29 years
- PA approves delayed tax notifications
- Woman shot dead by 'paramour'
- Two held for attempted assault at Vehari shrine
- 'Solar energy key to industrial survival'
- Teenage student abducted
- Pakistan awaits Iran response on delegation for US-Iran talks
- SC to function with minimal staff on Wednesday; no judicial work to be conducted at FCC for 2nd consecutive day
- Health minister says medicine stocks sufficient to meet demand for next 5 to 6 months
- Dollar at Rs278.90 as SBP releases April 21 rates
- Pakistan extends airspace ban on Indian flights
- ECP halts Senate by-election for Murad Saeed’s vacant seat
- Young doctor shot dead near Karachi’s Mehran Hotel
- Nawaz Sharif credits civil-military leadership for boosting Pakistan’s global image
- PSX gains over 900 points amid geopolitical uncertainty
- Azerbaijan says it is ready to supply LNG to Pakistan
- Around 3.3 million jobs may have been affected by 2025 floods in Pakistan: ILO
- Double-header action in PSL 11 as Lahore and Karachi host key clashes
- PM approves reforms to speed up public-private partnership projects
- Flight operations disrupted across Pakistan as Gulf routes face low demand
- Govt actively pursuing diversified capital markets strategy, finmin tells EU envoy
- ECP halts Senate by-election over Murad Saeed seat dispute
- Islamabad to get 1,000-acre park, new investment incentives approved
- Pakistan Navy successfully test-fires indigenously developed ‘Taimoor’ cruise missile
- China backs Pakistan's role in US-Iran talks
- Pakistan Navy conducts successful test of locally developed air-launched cruise missile: ISPR
- Rats, fleas plague Gaza’s displaced as temperatures rise
- 7,900 people died, disappeared on migration routes in 2025: UN
- Man dies in Nawabshah police custody, inquiry ordered amid torture allegations
- Diplomatic flurry as US-Iran truce deadline nears
- Punjab launches disease awareness drive led by CM Maryam Nawaz
- Japan opens door to global arms market with overhaul of defence export rules
- No assault evidence in Sadiqabad girl’s Karachi death: post-mortem
- Over 5,000 Pakistani pilgrims arrive in Madinah as Hajj flight operation continues
- PAA extends airspace ban for Indian aircraft until May 24
- SBP receives $1bn from Saudi Arabia as part of $3bn support package
- IMF sets 11 new conditions for Pakistan to unlock $1.2bn tranche
- Punjab reviews land acquisition for proposed steel mill in Chiniot
- Pakistan extends airspace ban on Indian flights for another month
- Mpox clade 1b detected in Sindh, south Punjab
- US-Iran talks expected tomorrow in Islamabad: Reports
- Nation observes Allama Iqbal’s 86th death anniversary
- Govt mulls relief for salaried class, says minister Bilal Azhar Kiani
- ‘More than 16,000 lives lost in over 350 disasters in 2025’
- Amnesty highlights erosion of civil liberties in Pakistan
- Pakistan receives $1bn from Saudi Arabia as second tranche of $3bn deposit
- Confusion grips Rawalpindi amid strict security measures for US-Iran talks
- Man who threatened to bomb US mission sent to prison in Karachi
- 12 British varsities paid firm to ‘spy’ on pro-Palestine students: report