Pakistan for Thursday, May 21, 2026
- Qatar-based British-Pakistani scientist develops AI eye scan for early dementia diagnosis
- Patient tests HIV-positive after surgery, triggering probe at Multan’s Nishtar Hospital
- Educationist who fled occupied Kashmir fights for his life after targeted attack
- Sialkot authorities on alert as India opens spillway gates of dam on Chenab River
- Israel deports all foreign Gaza flotilla activists
- Punjab announces summer vacations for colleges from May 22
- Security forces kill 23 terrorists in multiple Khyber Pakhtunkhwa IBOs: ISPR
- PDMA Punjab issues heatwave alert as temperatures likely to reach 50°C
- Court ousts leadership of Turkey's main opposition party
- Rich countries top $100b climate finance target
- US sanctions nine over Hezbollah ties, including Lebanese MPs
- Pakistan hails China's 'rock solid' support
- Efforts intensify for 'standby agreement'
- Security forces kill 23 terrorists in K-P IBOs
- CDF vows relentless anti-terror fight
- Achakzai, Abbas to lead talks with govt
- Trump 'slush fund' sinks Senate immigration bill
- Taliban's new marriage separation decree draws UN criticism
- Journo goes on trial for 'insulting president'
- Saad Edhi released after flotilla interception
- Rubio warns Cuba after ex-leader indicted
- Trump eases curbs on planet-warming gases used in refrigerants
- FCC suspends subsidy payment to petroleum firm
- Pakistan Railways to run three special Eid trains
- Six years on, memories of PIA plane crash remain fresh
- PM urges AKDN to deepen partnership
- PTI considers return to parliamentary committees
- MPs take up 'arbitrary' offloading issue
- Ex-PM calls for overhaul instead of new taxes
- Pakistan hits back at India at UNSC
- Govt denies UAE targeting Pakistanis
- Wheat devolution fuelling agri crisis
- SJC dismisses complaints against CJP
- Pakistan, Germany sign 40.5m agreement
- Marwat moves FCC to restore Gandapur as CM
- UNGA adopts Pakistan-led resolution
- Mercury may hit 50°C during Eid days
- Pakistan plans strategic oil reserves
- Reserves strengthen to $22.6 billion
- Juice industry urges excise duty cut to 10%
- IMF talks on budget ongoing
- Pakistan, Kenya vow to double trade in five years
- Panda Bond raises hopes
- Tarbela fifth extension cost jumps 285%
- Mango exports to Iran exempted from financial instrument
- PSX up 3,683 points on easing geopolitics
- OGDCL secures eight offshore blocks
- India's 'Cockroach Janta Party' goes viral, spotlights Gen Z worries
- Cattle markets face price squeeze complaints
- Live dashboard to secure wheat stock planned
- Heatwave alert issued for next week
- Inflation forces farmers back to bullock ploughing
- 'Punjab records highest number of encounters'
- Meat, waste dumping around airports banned
- Man kills father
- PM Shehbaz lauds ‘steadfast’ Pak-China friendship, says Beijing supported Islamabad in ‘unwavering fashion’
- PIA wraps up Haj operations, transports over 53,000 pilgrims: spokesperson
- Twin cities parched as water crisis worsens
- Kalabagh Kiosk owner earns judicial reprieve
- Urdu-Uzbek dictionary launch unites cultures
- 'Contaminated food drives hepatitis cases'
- Islamabad Traffic Police announces special Eidul Azha traffic plan for cattle markets
- Inside the unravelling of US diplomacy under Trump
- Seems PTI will now have to 'resort to agitation', says MNA after party leaders yet again denied meeting with Imran
- Quadcopter attack kills two schoolchildren in KP's Bajaur
- Interior Ministry marks 75 years of Pakistan-China diplomatic relations with flag-hoisting ceremony
- Pakistan concludes Hajj flight operation as final pilgrims depart for Saudi Arabia
- FO condemns mistreatment of Gaza flotilla activists following global outcry over video posted by Israeli minister
- Taliban's new marriage separation decree draws UN criticism
- 60 flights cancelled, several others delayed across Pakistan
- Pakistan Railways begins clearing long-pending dues of employees
- Hot weather to continue in south, rain and hail expected in upper regions
- Nearly 96pc of pilgrims reach holy cities as final flights depart today
- Fight against terrorism will continue with 'full national resolve', asserts CDF Munir
- Pakistan Railways to run three special Eidul Azha trains from May 23
- Asim Munir reaffirms resolve to eliminate terrorism
- Hot weather on the cards during Eid as PMD predicts heatwave from May 25-31
- IHC announces Eid holidays from May 26 to 28
- Major anti-narcotics operation foils Rs31bn smuggling bid
- COAS to visit Tehran amid Iran-US mediation efforts: Report
- FCC suspends SHC order in petroleum subsidy case
- PM praises Prince Rahim Aga Khan V’s humanitarian role
- Naqvi holds talks with Iranian leadership amid US-Iran negotiations
- Punjab imposes Section 144 around airbases, airports
- At breakfast meeting hosted by PM, Aga Khan expresses desire to continue cooperation with Pakistan
- Pakistan rebukes India at UNSC over terrorism, Kashmir and minority rights
- Punjab govt imposes Section 144 around airports, PAF bases for 30 days
- Wanted terrorist ringleader among 5 militants killed in North Waziristan operation: security sources
- Justice for women: Pakistan’s long walk from promise to protection
- MQM-P leader Khalid Maqbool made member of Economic Coordination Committee
- IMF wraps up Pakistan visit following talks with authorities on reforms, budget
- Trump administration pressures Palestinian UN envoy to drop General Assembly vice presidency bid
- Pakistan responds to India at UNSC debate, says it stands exposed by terrorism and disregard for international law
- MQM presents budget proposals to PM
- KP CM claims bullets were fired at PTI workers’ sit-in at Adiala
- President Asif Ali Zardari receives Prince Rahim Aga Khan V
- Punjab, Azerbaijan to form joint working group for economic cooperation
- Radio station mistakenly announces death of King Charles
- Imran’s cases will be fixed after Eid, CJP assures PTI
- Govt reopens offshore oil frontier
- Pakistan races to prevent US-Iran escalation