Pakistan

Association cites massive losses from burned trucks and forced bribes; demands probe

Women, children and elderly flee homes in scorching heat in Datta Khel

Video analysis found the bull unrealistically huge, far larger than any known cattle breed

A local court on Tuesday remanded suspected drug trafficker Anmol, widely known as Pinky, into police custody for three days for further interrogation in multiple narcotics cases.

A district and sessions court in the federal capital has sentenced Umar Hayat to death in the murder case of social media influencer Sana Yousuf.

Fact-check traced viral video to May 2024 X post showing TTP ambush on Pakistan security forces

Investigation agency says case registered against ‘private individual’ for ‘slapping’ a citizen

'I'm deeply concerned about the scale and speed of the epidemic,' WHO chief tells World Health Assembly

Pakistan is manufacturing world-class footballs for global use

Senior Sindh Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon on Tuesday announced that a new Peoples Bus Service route will be launched in Hyderabad after Eid al Adha 2026.

Inspector General Sindh Police Javed Alam Odho said that more prominent names could emerge in the case involving Anmol alias Pinky.

Sindh Inspector General Javed Alam Odho on Tuesday vowed transparency in investigations into drug queenpin Anmol alias Pinky, noting that the probes stretched across multiple “domains”. Anmol was arrested last week from her apartment in Karachi in connection with the possession of narcotics and an unlicenced weapon. She is in police custody till May 22 in two of the 15 cases active against her, while her judicial remand in other cases extends till May 30. Responding to media queries at an event held at the Karachi Chambers of Commerce and Industry, the Sindh police chief said multiple agencies were involved in probing Anmol’s alleged criminal activities. “There are now different institutions involved […] so there will be transparency, and secondly, each [authority] will work under its domain,” he affirmed. “You referred to one bank account with Rs30 million, indicating a huge quantum, so you are absolutely correct. We are working on this exact aspect,” IG Odho said in response to a question by a reporter. He ...

Thailand is drastically cutting the length of visa-free stays for tourists from more than 90 countries in an effort to curb crime involving foreign nationals, officials said on Tuesday. Tourism is vital to the Southeast Asian nation’s economy, but foreign arrivals are yet to return to their pre-Covid highs. A recent series of high-profile arrests of foreigners has included cases linked to drug offences, sex trafficking and foreigners operating businesses such as hotels and schools without proper permits. Under Thailand’s current tourism scheme, travellers from more than 90 countries — including Europe’s 29-nation Schengen area, the United States, Israel and several South American countries — are eligible to visit for up to 60 days without a visa. Thailand’s cabinet approved reducing visa-free stays for travellers from those countries on Tuesday, Tourism Minister Surasak Phancharoenworakul told reporters in Bangkok. The new visa-free duration would be decided on a country-by-country basis, with most foreign na...

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had constituted a committee on the compressed natural gas (CNG) crisis in the province. The development comes a day after, in a rare show of unity, the KP government and opposition joined hands over wheat and CNG crises in the province and demanded that the federal government resume wheat supply and withdraw its orders for the closure of CNG stations in the province. The province has been affected by a CNG crisis since April, with several filling stations shut and millions of citizens struggling for affordable fuel. The situation has also negatively impacted the economic activity in the province. In a post on the social media platform X on Tuesday, Kundi said, “Thankful to PM Shehbaz for constituting a committee on the critical issue of CNG closure in KP. “KP is producing nearly 508 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) of natural gas against a requirement of around 130 mmcfd, yet our people continue to face unneces...

The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has announced that the Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) 2026 will be held on Sunday, August 16, 2026.

Organisers say Israeli forces intercepted ​44 boats in eastern Mediterranean, six boats were still sailing

PAA says Pakistan’s airspace remains closed to all aircraft registered in India

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued a heatwave alert warning of extremely hot weather across parts of Sindh, southern Punjab and eastern Balochistan from Tuesday till May 26.

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir has reiterated that hostile forces attempting to undermine Pakistan’s progress through proxies and propaganda will ultimately fail in the face of the state’s resilience and the unity of its people.

The National Assembly is set to inaugurate Pakistan’s first artificial intelligence-based parliamentary system today, marking a significant step towards the development of a secure and sovereign AI-driven digital infrastructure for legislative work.