KARACHI: Fears of a petrol shortage have emerged across Pakistan, including Karachi, after oil dealers claimed that oil marketing companies (OMCs) have started limiting the supply of petroleum products amid rising global oil prices, ARY News reported. According to Sindh Petroleum Dealers Association President Amir Khan, OMCs have imposed allocations on all petrol pumps, resulting…
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday met with the secretary general of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Nurlan Yermekbayev, and reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to advancing its objectives, the Foreign Office (FO) said. In a post on X, the FO said that Dar received Yermekbayev, with the two holding a “productive exchange”…
LAHORE: A resolution has been submitted to the Punjab Assembly, seeking a nationwide ban on social media accounts for children under the age of 16 without parental consent, amid growing concerns over cyberbullying, online sexual abuse and digital addiction among the minors. The resolution, moved by Punjab lawmaker Sarah Ahmad, urges the provincial government to…
PESHAWAR: A member of the Bomb Disposal Unit (BDU) of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) police was martyred on Tuesday whereas defusing an improvised explosive system (IED) inside an deserted police publish in Peshawar’s Hassan Khel subdivision, police mentioned. In accordance with the police, the publish within the Faqeeri Banr space of Hassan Khel had been…
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) process during a meeting with the association’s Secretary-General Golam Sarwar in Islamabad on Tuesday, according to the Foreign Office (FO). A statement posted by the FO on social media said that Sarwar called on FM…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday directed that remittances from abroad be fully digitized as the government aims to achieve a cashless and digital economy. The premier issued the directives during a meeting he chaired in Islamabad on promoting a cashless economy and digital payments. “The prime minister directed that awareness campaigns to encourage merchants…
DOHA: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met with Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani during a visit to Doha, where he conveyed Pakistan’s condolences over the death of former Qatari emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. Sharif paid tribute to the late emir’s visionary leadership and his contributions to regional peace, stability and development.” He…
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Speaker Babar Saleem Swati on Monday referred the controversial legislation seeking to expand lawmakers’ powers and privileges to the House’s standing committee for review. In April, the provincial assembly passed the KP Provincial Assembly (Powers, Immunities and Privileges) Act, 2026, granting blue passports to members and their spouses, arms licenses, blanket…
KHYBER: Pakistani customs authorities on Monday issued gate passes to as many as 26 World Meals Program (WFP) containers carrying meals and important provides on the Torkham border to cross into Afghanistan. Since October 2025, the Torkham border — a key commerce route between Pakistan and Afghanistan — has been closed as a result of…
KARACHI: A 28-year-old physician was killed in a capturing throughout a daylight financial institution theft outdoors a non-public financial institution in Karachi’s Clifton space, as armed robbers escaped with Rs2.5 million in money, police mentioned. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) South Mahzoor Ali mentioned the sufferer, recognized as Akash, had withdrawn Rs5 million alongside along…
