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Initial investigation raises suspicion over husband's account

Say fuel costs have risen by Rs78.78/litre since January 1, 2026

Victim's brother trying to file FIR against policemen

PML-F calls for fixing of wheat procurement price

Varsity staff hosts condolence reference for supreme leader

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Petition says heart patients forced to buy drugs from market

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Federal Minister for Communications Abdul Aleem Khan on Monday said that ensuring safe highways and modernising the motorway network were among the government’s top priorities, adding that the National Highways and Motorway Police (NH&MP) had a vital role in maintaining discipline and safety on the country’s roads.

The 10th day of the war began with a development that may shape the trajectory of the conflict more than any exchange on the battlefield. Early on Monday, Iran’s Assembly of Experts selected Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei as the country’s new supreme leader. The transition that happened without any disruption signalled both institutional continuity and a consolidation of authority at a time when Iran remains under sustained military pressure. Within Iran, the appointment was immediately endorsed by the revolutionary core and the political and military elite that publicly pledged allegiance, while state media framed the succession as a stabilising step that ensured the continuity of the political system despite the wartime environment, and there were no signs of unrest in cities, suggesting public acceptance as well. The acceptance of the new supreme leader extended beyond Iran’s borders as well, particularly among actors aligned with Tehran’s regional network of allies in Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen who moved quickly...

Federal Minister for Information Ataullah Tarar has stated that Pakistan’s recent operations inside Afghanistan were strictly aimed at militant hideouts and did not involve attacks on civilian locations.

Sri Lanka and India are providing sanctuary to 434 sailors from three Iranian naval vessels targeted or threatened by the United States, a diplomatic conundrum as the US-Israel attack on Iran and the subsequent war spills into the Indian Ocean. The ships had taken part in a naval exercise organised by India off the coast of Visakhapatnam, when the US and Israel began bombing Iran. For Sri Lanka and India, wary of a US response, the dilemma of what to do with the ships and crew has sent legal officials scouring conventions and the laws of the sea. What happened? IRIS Dena, a frigate, was sunk with a torpedo fired by a US submarine on Wednesday, just outside Sri Lanka’s territorial waters. Between 130 and 180 sailors were on board, and at least 84 were killed. Sri Lanka rescued 32 survivors, many since discharged from hospital to be hosted at the Koggala air force base in the island’s south. IRIS Lavan, an amphibious landing ship, docked in India’s southern port of Kochi on Wednesday. It had 183 sailors aboard,...

Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Faisal Karim Kundi, on Monday, was given separate departmental briefings at the Governor's House regarding gas supply infrastructure in the province and the performance of the provincial women's ombudsperson office.

Qatari authorities have arrested more than 300 people for sharing images and what they described as “misleading information” during days of attacks by Iran, the interior ministry said on Monday. The arrests echo measures across the Gulf as Iran targets airports, military bases, energy installations and residential areas with daily drones and missiles. Those arrested “filmed and circulated video clips and published misleading information and rumours that could stir public opinion”, a statement said. The people of “various nationalities” were held by the Department for Combating Economic and Cyber Crimes at the ministry’s General Directorate of Criminal Investigations. The announcement follows a spate of arrests elsewhere in the region. In Bahrain, four people were arrested for “filming and broadcasting clips about the effects of Iranian attacks and spreading false news”, the interior ministry said on Friday. And in Kuwait, authorities on Saturday said three people had been arrested over a video showing them mo...

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday maintained its key policy rate at 10.5 per cent. The announcement was posted on the central bank’s X account. A detailed statement by the central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) was issued later in the day. In its statement, the MPC said that while the incoming data was largely consistent with the macroeconomic projections shared after the January meeting, it was observed that the macroeconomic outlook had become “quite uncertain following the outbreak of the war in the Middle East”. It noted that the conflict had led to a sharp increase in global fuel prices as well as freight and insurance costs, while also affecting cross-border trade and travel. “Given the evolving nature of events, the MPC observed that the intensity and duration of the conflict will both be important determinants of the impact on the domestic economy,” the statement said. The MPC also acknowledged the “important role of the prudent monetary and fiscal policies in increasing the economy’s...

Pakistan’s benchmark KSE-100 index plummeted 11,015.96 points on Monday, closing deep in the red. The decline of 6.99 per cent from the previous close of 157,496.10 points dragged the index down to 146,480.14 points by the closing bell. At close, trading volume stood at 378,012,095 shares, with a total value of Rs33,004,278,586. The market’s heaviest movers were led by K-Electric Limited, which tumbled 7.81pc to Rs7.20 on 127,469,387 shares. First National Equities Limited saw a sharper drop, plunging 12.21pc to Rs1.15 on 33,608,420 shares, while The Bank of Punjab slumped 10.01pc to Rs25.45 on 33,386,862 shares. Trading was temporarily halted around 9:20am after the index dropped 9,780.15 points, prompting a market suspension. A notice from the Pakistan Stock Exchange said the halt was triggered when the KSE-30 index fell 5pc from the previous day’s close. In accordance with PSX regulations, all equity-based markets were suspended. When trading resumed, the index fell further, recording a decline of 13,157.6...

Muhammad Mudassir Tipu has urged Pakistani nationals in Iran who wish to return home to register with the embassy immediately.

The war in the Middle East has formally landed on Pakistan’s shores. The government’s announcement of an emergency Rs55 per litre oil price adjustment on Friday night could well be the first of more to come. More so, the sheer availability of fuel is now an open question, despite the 28 days of stocks that we were assured the country maintains. Dawn spoke to oil industry executives who say oil markets are now roiled with an uncertainty never seen before. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has taken an estimated 20 million barrels per day (mbd) cumulative off global oil markets in what is being called “the largest oil supply disruption in history”. There is no precedent in the past when a quantity of this magnitude was suddenly removed from the market, not even in the oil embargo of 1973. The impact, according to a note by Goldman Sachs circulated on Friday, is that “oil prices, especially for refined products, would exceed the 2008 and 2022 peaks, if Strait of Hormuz flows were to remain depressed throughout...

The Pakistan Army is carrying out coordinated ground and air operations against militants belonging to the Afghan Taliban and extremist groups referred to as Fitna al-Khawarij along the Pakistan–Afghanistan border, according to security sources.