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Pakistan authorises six-month army deployment in Rawalpindi under emergency powers Imran Khan’s family files contempt petition against PM Sharif and officials over ignored medical transfer order Husband and servant held after Rawalpindi woman found dead with hands bound, wire around neck Imran Khan’s hospital visit descends into blame game as govt accuses PTI of flouting court order PM Sharif reprimands Islamabad’s top officials over ‘colonial-era’ horse buggy entrance at Independence Day event Pakistan opens crypto licensing regime, bets on blockchain to cut remittance costs Pakistan raises petrol, diesel prices into the weekend Govt refiles challenge to Supreme Court order on Imran Khan’s Shifa hospital transfer Pakistan and seven Muslim nations demand sanctions over Israel’s ‘dangerous’ E1 settlement plan Pakistan draws 11 bids for power distributor Gepco in privatisation push

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Pakistan authorises six-month army deployment in Rawalpindi under emergency powers

August 22, 2026 at 10:51 PM

ISLAMABAD: The government has authorised the deployment of three companies of the Pakistan Army to Rawalpindi for six months, according to an interior ministry order dated August 21 and confirmed on Saturday.

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Politics

Imran Khan’s family files contempt petition against PM Sharif and officials over ignored medical transfer order

August 22, 2026 at 10:46 PM

ISLAMABAD: Imran Khan’s family and party filed a contempt of court petition against prime minister and a string of senior officials on Saturday, accusing them of defying a Supreme Court order that directed the jailed former leader be moved to a private hospital for treatment.

  • Pakistan authorises six-month army deployment in Rawalpindi under emergency powers

    August 22, 2026 at 10:51 PM
  • Imran Khan’s hospital visit descends into blame game as govt accuses PTI of flouting court order

    August 22, 2026 at 10:31 PM
  • Govt refiles challenge to Supreme Court order on Imran Khan’s Shifa hospital transfer

    August 21, 2026 at 10:55 PM
  • Pakistan and seven Muslim nations demand sanctions over Israel’s ‘dangerous’ E1 settlement plan

    August 21, 2026 at 10:46 PM
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People

Husband and servant held after Rawalpindi woman found dead with hands bound, wire around neck

August 22, 2026 at 10:42 PM

RAWALPINDI: Police in Rawalpindi have detained a woman’s husband and the family’s domestic servant after she was found dead at an apartment in the city’s Lal Kurti area, in a killing her family says was made to look like suicide.

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Economy

Pakistan opens crypto licensing regime, bets on blockchain to cut remittance costs

August 22, 2026 at 10:27 PM

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan formally launched a licensing regime for virtual asset firms on Saturday, a step officials cast as the foundation for a broader effort to route billions of dollars in remittances and trade finance through blockchain-based systems.

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    August 22, 2026 at 07:07 AM
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    August 21, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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PM Sharif reprimands Islamabad’s top officials over ‘colonial-era’ horse buggy entrance at Independence Day event

August 22, 2026 at 10:28 PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has reprimanded Islamabad’s two most senior officials after footage of them arriving at an Independence Day ceremony in a horse-drawn buggy prompted accusations of colonial-style excess.

  • Pakistan authorises six-month army deployment in Rawalpindi under emergency powers

    August 22, 2026 at 10:51 PM
  • Imran Khan’s family files contempt petition against PM Sharif and officials over ignored medical transfer order

    August 22, 2026 at 10:46 PM
  • Husband and servant held after Rawalpindi woman found dead with hands bound, wire around neck

    August 22, 2026 at 10:42 PM
  • Imran Khan’s hospital visit descends into blame game as govt accuses PTI of flouting court order

    August 22, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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