Four Police Killed in Karak, Including a CTD Superintendent
NewsDar Departs for Istanbul to Attend First-Ever R-4+E-3 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has departed for Istanbul to attend a meeting of R-4 bloc foreign ministers and an R-4+E-3 meeting on Friday, the Foreign Office (FO) said. The R-4 group, comprising Pakistan, Egypt,…
Pakistani Among Injured as Dammam Airport and Shaybah Hit
Three were killed and ten injured across two attacks, one of them a Pakistani national at the Aramco facility. The coalition says it intercepted four drones.
Top Headlines
Briefly updated through the day
- Government to Form JIT in Mir Raza Case
- Field Marshal Vows Total Defeat of Terrorists and Their Ideology
- NCCIA Rescues Karachi Teenager from Dark Web-Linked Network That Ordered Her to Poison Cat, Harm Herself
- Petrol Price Cut by Rs1.60 Per Litre, High-Speed Diesel Increased by Rs1.64 Under New Daily Pricing Mechanism
- Lahore Tops Global Ranking of Most Polluted Cities with Hazardous AQI of 344
- Pakistan Signs Four-Nation Defence Accord in Doha
Markets this week
KSE-100 Pakistan Stock Exchange index
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US Dollar rupees per dollar Rs 277.05 +0.00% · rupee weaker
Gold Rs per tola Rs 439,036 +0.00% dearer
Petrol Rs per litre Rs 377.71
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International
Earthquake in Tibet Kills Sixteen
A strong quake struck China's Tibet region, killing sixteen — a reminder of the fault system that runs along Pakistan's northern frontier.
Magnitude 7 Earthquake Strikes Tibet, Killing at Least 16 and Injuring 32
US Orders Staff Out of Saudi Arabia as Blasts Hit Southern Iran
Türkiye Moves to Send Personnel to Saudi Arabia Under Makkah Pact
Sisi Says Egypt Will Defend Saudi Territory but Not Attack Yemen
Opinion · Intellectual Voices
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The Word That Was Dropped
On 21 September the government said it had struck "the border region". On 24 September it said it had struck 10 locations in Afghanistan. Nothing was debated in between. A column on a two-word change that nobody voted for.
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Two Traders
The FBR offered shopkeepers a one-page return, no audit, no machine and one per cent of turnover. Two traders who were not already filing signed up. A column on what that result actually proves.
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As and When Needed
On 16 September Pakistan told the Security Council it would respond in self-defence as and when needed. On 18 September fifteen policemen were killed in Kohat. By the 21st, aircraft were over the border area. A column on a doctrine executed within five days.
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Four and Six
Two children, aged four and six, were taken from a house in Lahore with their father on Monday morning and later found safe. A thousand containers of food are rotting outside Rawalpindi. A column on who pays for a political confrontation.
Business
KSE-100 Falls 2,007 Points — Worse Than Emergency Day
Thursday's drop exceeded the fall that followed the KP emergency, and the index was down a further 1,450 points in Friday morning trade.
Diesel Now Rs14 Dearer Than Petrol as the Gap Keeps Widening
Petrol fell Rs1.60 and diesel rose Rs1.64, opening the widest gap recorded this month. Diesel has now risen in four of the last five revisions.
