Pakistan for Thursday, August 13, 2026
- US to impose measures on Iran 'like the world has never seen before': Treasury secretary
- Concern grows over conditions on USS Abraham Lincoln
- Turkey lays out plans for Makkah pact
- Every drop of water is our red line: PM
- Iran: Trump's Hormuz control claim a 'lie'
- Norway hails Pakistan's US-Iran mediation as 'service to world'
- SC fixes petitions on access to Imran
- Tax drive heats up against non-custom-paid vehicles
- K-P to plant 1.4m saplings on Independence Day
- I-Day preparations in full swing across AJK
- From the dawn of freedom to the frontiers of the future
- Roads, parks illuminated for Independence Day
- PPP demands judicial probe into women's death
- Father, two relatives held over alleged murder of newlywed
- Woman allegedly stabs daughter to death
- Two cops shot dead in Badami Bagh
- Two found murdered in separate incidents
- Over 370 foreigners swept up in capital raids
- Two booked over false rape report
- AG seeks time to submit report in AJK protest cases
- Two officials among five held over graft
- ECP employee's drowning in Soan River sparks probe
- Pakistan's heritage footprint expands globally
- Capital police warned over poor probe
- Govt raises petrol price by Rs0.45, high-speed diesel by Rs1.16
- Pakistan Army major general appointed new force commander of UN mission in Western Sahara
- CM orders stronger CTD response to rising terror threats
- Historic chandelier at Mazar-e-Quaid set for restoration
- Karachi turns green and white
- PAC seeks list of firms supplying meds worth billions
- Freedom train chugs off from Karachi for Thar
- PPP politics centred on people, not power: Sharjeel
- Rabiul Awwal moon not sighted, Eid Miladun Nabi to fall on Aug 26
- Yadgar-i-Fatah monument inaugurated in Islamabad on eve of Independence Day
- JAAC accused of 'abducting' eight police personnel
- Minister takes up student visa delays with UK envoy
- Terrorist commander with Rs6m bounty killed in Bannu IBO
- Pakistan's first lunar rover named 'Jinnah-1'
- FPSC suspends online services
- Eid Milad-un-Nabi to fall on Aug 26
- LHC issues judgement in 8-year-long public litigation, reaffirms environmental directions
- Pakistan at 79: Leghari calls for stronger democracy, local government and investment in youth
- Rabi-ul-Awwal moon not sighted, Eid Milad-un-Nabi to be observed on August 26
- 9th Italian Film Fest is a hit with Karachiites
- NCCIA arrests 114 foreigners over alleged cyber-romance, sextortion network
- Pakistan steady after pacers restrict PCC Select XI on day-1
- Govt exceeds IMF surplus target
- Sindh CM backs $100b export target
- FX reserves edge up to $22.5b
- Pakistan seeks 50% price cut for Iran gas
- Leghari launches innovation programme
- Loans rise bypasses small farmers
- Kazakhstan offers wheat to Pakistan
- Govt mulls tokenisation of real estate, other assets
- PSX ends with mild losses, lacks triggers
- Exporters urge govt to address cost pressures
- High-Level delegation from Norway calls on COAS Syed Asim Munir
- Whites edge Blues in Champions Cup thriller
- China’s homegrown narrow-body jetliner completes second-ever international commercial flight
- Pakistan's missing tier of governance
- The resolve to rise
- HIV probe
- FIFA's crisis of trust
- Complexity of terrorism
- Makkah Agreement
- Dissent is the heartbeat of democracy
- Karachi court acquits drug baroness Anmol ‘Pinky’ in 3 cases
- Air India mandates drug tests for all pilots after mid-air plunge
- Egypt denies link to ship targeted off Yemen, condemns Red Sea attacks
- DPM reviews upcoming diplomatic engagements, preparations for forthcoming high-level visits including Norwegian FM
- PM Shehbaz warns India over water, says ‘every drop’ is Pakistan’s red line
- Nearly 600 Israeli occupiers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque under police protection
- Dar orders intensified diplomatic engagement for release of Pakistani sailors held hostage by Somali pirates
- Anthropic investors eye $2 trillion valuation in potential Wall Street debut: report
- Eid Milad-un-Nabi to fall on Aug 26 as Rabi-ul-Awwal moon not sighted
- Iranian Ambassador calls on Khawaja Muhammad Asif
- Govt announces 45 paisas increase in petrol, Rs1.16 in HSD price for August 14
- Pakistan's first lunar rover named 'Jinnah-1': Suparco
- Pakistan, Norway reaffirm resolve to strengthen bilateral ties, expand engagement in defence and security
- Türkiye-Pakistan-Saudi Arabia defence pact aims to boost joint military capabilities: Turkish Defence Ministry
- Two police personnel martyred in firing in Lahore’s Badami Bagh
- High-profile terrorist commander killed in Bannu IBO: DPO
- Ex-Sindh MPA moves court, alleges woman hid identity with AI images before marriage
- Pakistan to celebrate Independence Day tomorrow with national fervour
- Pakistan, Turkiye, Saudi Arabia will form political, military mechanisms to coordinate under defence pact, Ankara says
- Newlywed woman allegedly killed in Khanewal honour killing
- Air India expands drug testing to all pilots after captain tests positive for marijuana
- Mir Raza Ali murder probe digs deeper into DVR, digital trail
- AJK police claim JAAC 'abducted' 8 highway police personnel on election duty
- Iran's state media mock Trump over airplane switch, meme shows him hiding in a catering truck
- K-P Police, terrorists trade heavy fire as clash continues in Upper Dir
- Sohail Afridi denied meeting Imran Khan at Adiala Jail, calls for nationwide protests
- Body of missing Pakistani climber Sohail Sakhi recovered on Broad Peak
- Karachi court acquits drug queenpin 'Pinky' in three cases
- DPM Dar directs intensified diplomatic efforts for safe, early release of 10 Pakistani hostages
- How Pakistan emerged as an indispensable actor in Middle Eastern security dynamics
- In Independence Day message, German envoy hails ‘enduring friendship’ with Pakistan
- PSX closes nearly flat above 180,100 points
- Sports Writers thrash DG Sports XI
- SHC orders formation of committee to probe HIV outbreak among children at Karachi hospital
- Emails reveal Indian carmakers' fuel contamination worries before public retreat
- Microsoft retreats in China, but AI boom helps it keep a window open
- Pakistan duo Aisam, Aqeel advance to ITF Masters semi-finals
- Gas supply to parts of Balochistan suspended after main pipeline blown up in Bolan
- 'The Legend of Maula Jatt' wins two awards at Jackie Chan action film festival
- Asian Games draw rules out early Pakistan-India clash
- Infantino future should be decided by election: Motsepe
- Japan reaffirms commitment to strengthen ties with Pakistan ahead of Independence Day
- Report accuses Meta of systematically suppressing Palestinian content
- Gaza cancer patients face rising death rate due to Israeli control
- Gold prices fall after seven consecutive days of gains
- Israel sends more troops to West Bank village besieged by Jewish settlers
- 33 Pakistani scholars to pursue fully funded studies in UK under Chevening, Commonwealth scholarships
- The geopolitics behind Pakistan’s $10 billion US request
- Pakistan, Norway reaffirm commitment to strengthening ties
- Petrol dealers announce 'indefinite strike' nationwide from Aug 15 after talks with govt fail
- Wanted terrorist commander with Rs6m bounty killed in Bannu IBO: K-P police
- Body of Pakistani climber Sohail Sakhi recovered from Broad Peak
- Human Rights Watch urges Taliban to release detained UN, NGO staff
- In pictures: Spectators watch in wonder as rare total solar eclipse plunges Spain into darkness
- US senators demand inquiry into conditions aboard aircraft carrier deployed in Middle East
- Five dead as landslide buries houses in western Nepal
- Pro-Palestine campaigners urge boycott of new Spider-Man film over producer’s support for Israel
- Bilal Maqsood says 'Pakkay Dost' season 4 aims to foster children’s love for Urdu
- Eurovision bans countries at war from hosting contest under new rules
- Islamabad making all-out efforts to bring US, Iran back to negotiating table: FO
- Pakistan pushes for US-Iran talks as 60-day ceasefire set to expire
- Afghan Taliban support for TTP fuels attacks on Pakistan, UNSC report says
- Aurangzeb calls for framework to expand digital finance, electronic transactions
- President Zardari receives credentials of Italy, South Korea Ambassadors
- The magic number -169- set to matter again?
- Pakistan's debt growth falls to 20-year low, says finance adviser
- Talal blames PTI for deadly shooting against security forces
- US envoy holds separate meetings with CM Maryam
- PM launches first-ever National Youth Employment Policy
- Can empowered local governments offer an alternative to new provinces?
- Shafique credits domestic cricket for red-ball form revival
- AJK SSP says JAAC 'abducted' 8 highway police personnel, vows 'no leniency' in response
- Iran cricket association delegation visits PCB headquarters at Gaddafi Stadium
- Water-starved citizens ‘squeezed’ further for more Karachi Water and Sewerage Corporation revenue
- Investigators seek NCCIA’s help to unlock Mir Raza’s digital footprint
- 7 miners abducted from Balochistan's Chagai
- Autopsy conducted on Rawalpindi shooting suspect
- Russia's Putin visits Japan-claimed islands for first time, Tokyo protests
- KP cabinet okays tax relief for Malakand, ex-Fata
- Democracy and the market
- Saudi oil exports ‘go dark’ amid Houthi threat
- Taliban support fuels deadlier TTP attacks in Pakistan: UN
- Pipeline blast disrupts gas supplies to Quetta, several Balochistan areas
- National security odyssey
- Seemab Gul’s award-winning film 'Ghost School' barred from cinemas in Sindh
- Hasan takes 6-55 as Bangladesh fold Australia for 198
- AJK outlook
- PSG down Aston Villa to retain UEFA Super Cup
- Italy's Meloni has a youth problem as election approaches
- CIA had ‘low confidence’ in Iranian threat before Trump switched planes in Turkiye: Washington Post
- Grieving Argentine icon Messi unsure about playing on 'much longer'
- Xavi named first foreign Netherlands coach since 1978
- Afghanistan crush Ireland to clinch ODI series
- England captain Root tells players to be 'adults' as he ditches curfew
- Shelton reaches Montreal final
- Miller targets 2027 ODI World Cup glory on home soil
- Meta says it has taken down 756,000 Australian teen accounts as ban enforcement looms
- SHC orders high-level probe into HIV spread among children at Karachi hospital
- US senator demands answers on USS Abraham Lincoln’s extended deployment
- Oil eases as weaker demand outlook counters Mideast supply concerns
- Norwegian FM praises Pakistan's role in regional peace in meeting with CDF Munir