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Pakistan opts for tender test before committing to sugar exports Pakistan slashes diesel price by record 32.63 rupees as refineries yield to government pressure Pakistan presses US for $10 billion currency backstop, eyes September decision PPP and PTI agree to renew parliamentary contact – but Bhutto Zardari warns coalition support is conditional PML-N govt moves to block Imran Khan’s hospital transfer, calls Supreme Court order “discriminatory” Pakistan refiners agree to cut diesel price by up to Rs32 a liter Pakistan summons US envoy over ambassador’s Kashmir remarks Pakistan launches app-based tax scheme to bring small traders into the net Ruling ally paralyses National Assembly, shelving 21 bills in show of force – report Factory output rises 4.98 percent on autos surge, June slumps

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Pakistan summons US envoy over ambassador’s Kashmir remarks

August 19, 2026 at 11:12 PM

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan lodged a formal protest with the United States on Wednesday, summoning the American charge d’affaires in Islamabad to convey what the Foreign Office described as a “strong demarche” after the US ambassador to India referred to Jammu and Kashmir as part of India during a visit to the disputed territory.

  • Five years on, the world has stopped watching Afghanistan. That is precisely what the Taliban were counting on

    August 15, 2026 at 09:32 PM
  • Mecca’s new pact is a hedge, not a break — and the Gulf knows the difference

    August 8, 2026 at 09:21 AM
  • JD Vance just said the unsayable about Israel

    July 17, 2026 at 02:13 PM
  • PM Sharif travels to Doha to mourn Qatar’s former emir

    July 13, 2026 at 09:21 PM

OPED

Editorial

  • The pause that can’t become peace
  • Budget changes little
  • Budget delivers what the IMF wants, not what the people need

Opinion

  • Five years on, the world has stopped watching Afghanistan. That is precisely what the Taliban were counting on
  • Mecca’s new pact is a hedge, not a break — and the Gulf knows the difference
  • JD Vance just said the unsayable about Israel

Videos

  • US-Iran Round Two: Pakistan’s Make-or-Break Push for Peace

Politics

PML-N govt moves to block Imran Khan’s hospital transfer, calls Supreme Court order “discriminatory”

August 19, 2026 at 11:20 PM

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has asked the Supreme Court to overturn its own ruling ordering the transfer of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan to a private hospital in Islamabad, setting up a fresh legal confrontation just a day after the original order was issued.

  • PPP and PTI agree to renew parliamentary contact – but Bhutto Zardari warns coalition support is conditional

    August 19, 2026 at 11:24 PM
  • Pakistan summons US envoy over ambassador’s Kashmir remarks

    August 19, 2026 at 11:12 PM
  • Ruling ally paralyses National Assembly, shelving 21 bills in show of force – report

    August 19, 2026 at 10:24 AM
  • PML-N govt moves to challenge Supreme Court order on Imran Khan’s hospital transfer

    August 19, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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People

Lahore’s Basant festival set to return for second consecutive year in March 2027

August 18, 2026 at 09:11 PM

LAHORE: Lahore is preparing to welcome back its famous Basant festival for a second consecutive year, with Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif confirming the kite-flying celebration will take place from 12 to 14 March 2027.

  • PPP and PTI agree to renew parliamentary contact – but Bhutto Zardari warns coalition support is conditional

    August 19, 2026 at 11:24 PM
  • Gunshot residue found on both hands of murdered Karachi entrepreneur, forensic report reveals

    August 18, 2026 at 10:03 AM
  • ‘A tragedy and a comedy’: Pakistan military tears into India’s Operation Sindoor documentary

    August 18, 2026 at 10:05 AM
  • Jailed ex-prime minister’s vision improving, but blood pressure report fuels new dispute

    August 17, 2026 at 11:08 PM
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BITES

  • Mobile broadband services restored 
  • LPG prices rise by 29.2pc for February
  • Cabinet swells to 75 members
  • Govt allows TCP to import wheat via all ports
  • World Bank approves $200 million in loan for Punjab’s farm development project
  • PM Sharif’s party decides to get tough on hecklers
  • Apex court overturns PHC ban on poultry exports
  • Shahbaz Gill declined bail
  • IHC disposes of PTI employees petition against FIA notices
  • Rupee plumbs new lows against dollar
  • Punjab gets new policy chief
  • Loans under Mera Ghar scheme to continue
  • Senior army official shot dead in Balochistan rescue operation
  • Bani Gala Firing: Man shot, wounded by PTI leader’s gunman
  • Turkish commander calls on CJCSC
  • Inquiry commission to probe reasons of energy crisis
  • ANP set to fly Sharif’s coop
  • Member Communist Party of China calls on COAS
  • CHE to be renamed, HQ shifted to Karachi
  • Pakistan to import high-quality Afghan coal in rupees
  • IHC chucks plea to interfere with legislation
  • Saudi Arabia confers King Abdulaziz medal on General Bajwa
  • Interior Minister no-show at drugs case hearing
  • Pakistan hopes early, successful visit by FATF team
  • Pakistan commiserates with Afghanistan over quake, flood destruction

Economy

Pakistan launches app-based tax scheme to bring small traders into the net

August 19, 2026 at 11:08 PM

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan rolled out a mobile application on Wednesday to formalize its Fixed Tax Asaan Scheme, a bid to draw millions of small traders into the tax system through a simplified, app-based filing process that officials say removes the friction that doomed past efforts.

  • Pakistan opts for tender test before committing to sugar exports

    August 20, 2026 at 07:55 AM
  • Pakistan slashes diesel price by record 32.63 rupees as refineries yield to government pressure

    August 20, 2026 at 12:39 AM
  • Pakistan presses US for $10 billion currency backstop, eyes September decision

    August 19, 2026 at 11:28 PM
  • Pakistan refiners agree to cut diesel price by up to Rs32 a liter

    August 19, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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Pakistan refiners agree to cut diesel price by up to Rs32 a liter

August 19, 2026 at 11:16 PM

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s oil refiners agreed to cut diesel prices by more than Rs30 to Rs32 a liter, Petroleum Minister Ali Pervez Malik said Wednesday, delivering relief to consumers after months of price increases tied to the war in the Middle East.

  • Pakistan opts for tender test before committing to sugar exports

    August 20, 2026 at 07:55 AM
  • Pakistan slashes diesel price by record 32.63 rupees as refineries yield to government pressure

    August 20, 2026 at 12:39 AM
  • Pakistan presses US for $10 billion currency backstop, eyes September decision

    August 19, 2026 at 11:28 PM
  • PPP and PTI agree to renew parliamentary contact – but Bhutto Zardari warns coalition support is conditional

    August 19, 2026 at 11:24 PM
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PML-N govt moves to block Imran Khan’s hospital transfer, calls Supreme Court order “discriminatory”

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