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Pakistan authorities prepare to move Imran Khan from prison to hospital under court deadline Pakistan raises fuel prices as Trump’s Iran threats push oil to three-week high Five militants killed in intelligence-led raid in restive Balochistan province Syria’s foreign minister makes historic Islamabad visit as Sharif pledges deeper ties with Damascus Six injured Pakistani sailors return home after Houthi missile attack in Red Sea Opposition parties agree in principle to form ‘united front’ against coalition government Parliament pushes through military command overhaul amid opposition walkout Govt risks contempt of court as deadline passes to move Imran Khan to hospital 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

Latest News

Pakistan authorities prepare to move Imran Khan from prison to hospital under court deadline

August 21, 2026 at 12:20 AM

Imran Khan, the jailed former prime minister, was poised to be moved from his prison cell to a private hospital in Islamabad, in what supporters cast as the first real breakthrough in a three-year standoff over his health and treatment behind bars.

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    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

Parliament pushes through military command overhaul amid opposition walkout

August 20, 2026 at 09:32 PM

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s parliament pushed through sweeping changes to the country’s military command structure on Thursday, passing legislation that formally hands the newly created post of Chief of Defence Forces sweeping powers over the armed services, hours after the bills cleared the federal cabinet and over strong objections from opposition lawmakers in both houses.

  • Pakistan authorities prepare to move Imran Khan from prison to hospital under court deadline

    August 21, 2026 at 12:20 AM
  • Five militants killed in intelligence-led raid in restive Balochistan province

    August 20, 2026 at 09:59 PM
  • Syria’s foreign minister makes historic Islamabad visit as Sharif pledges deeper ties with Damascus

    August 20, 2026 at 09:54 PM
  • Govt risks contempt of court as deadline passes to move Imran Khan to hospital

    August 20, 2026 at 09:18 PM
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People

Opposition parties agree in principle to form ‘united front’ against coalition government

August 20, 2026 at 09:37 PM

ISLAMABAD: Opposition parties in parliament moved a step closer to forming a joint political front on Thursday, after Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman held talks with National Assembly Opposition Leader Mehmood Khan Achakzai and Senate Opposition Leader Allama Raja Nasir Abbas in Islamabad.

  • Six injured Pakistani sailors return home after Houthi missile attack in Red Sea

    August 20, 2026 at 09:47 PM
  • Parliament pushes through military command overhaul amid opposition walkout

    August 20, 2026 at 09:32 PM
  • PPP and PTI agree to renew parliamentary contact – but Bhutto Zardari warns coalition support is conditional

    August 19, 2026 at 11:24 PM
  • Lahore’s Basant festival set to return for second consecutive year in March 2027

    August 18, 2026 at 09:11 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 raises fuel prices as Trump’s Iran threats push oil to three-week high

August 20, 2026 at 11:43 PM

Pakistan raised petrol and diesel prices for delivery Friday, the Petroleum Division said on Thursday, as crude oil climbed to a three-week high after President Donald Trump threatened sweeping economic measures against countries that continue trading with Iran.

  • 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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Trending

Five militants killed in intelligence-led raid in restive Balochistan province

August 20, 2026 at 09:59 PM

QUETTA: Security forces have killed five militants during an intelligence-based operation in the Killi Suran area of Panjgur district in southwestern Balochistan, officials said on Thursday, the latest action under a wider campaign against armed groups in the mineral-rich but long-troubled province.

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  • Syria’s foreign minister makes historic Islamabad visit as Sharif pledges deeper ties with Damascus

    August 20, 2026 at 09:54 PM
  • Six injured Pakistani sailors return home after Houthi missile attack in Red Sea

    August 20, 2026 at 09:47 PM
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