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Carriage ride through Islamabad parade draws cries of ‘colonial’ excess Truckers suspend 9-day strike with 40-day truce after govt offers concessions MQM-P calls for ‘grand national dialogue’ on new provinces, reigniting old fault lines over Sindh Hunza bids farewell to Sohail Sakhi as avalanche-hit climber laid to rest Security forces kill seven terrorists in Balochistan intelligence raid Rain, gusty winds to sweep Pakistan for five days as authorities warn of urban flooding Security forces kill ten Fitna al-Hindustan militants in Khuzdar gun battle Jamaat-i-Islami plans sit-ins in four cities over petrol levy, warns of escalation Riyadh Air launches Pakistan service, adding capacity to Islamabad route Business partner ordered to join Mir Raza Ali’s murder probe as court extends his bail

Latest News

MQM-P calls for ‘grand national dialogue’ on new provinces, reigniting old fault lines over Sindh

August 16, 2026 at 09:10 PM

KARACHI: Pakistan’s fractious debate over redrawing its provincial map erupted again on Sunday, after the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan announced it would lead a “grand national dialogue” on creating new provinces — a proposal that has already split the government’s own coalition and reignited historic tensions over the future of Sindh.

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Opinion

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Videos

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Politics

Security forces kill seven terrorists in Balochistan intelligence raid

August 16, 2026 at 08:51 PM

QUETTA: Security forces killed seven terrorists in an intelligence-based operation in Balochistan’s Kharan district on Sunday, according to state media, in the latest of a string of raids conducted across the province this month as the security situation there continues to deteriorate sharply.

  • MQM-P calls for ‘grand national dialogue’ on new provinces, reigniting old fault lines over Sindh

    August 16, 2026 at 09:10 PM
  • Security forces kill ten Fitna al-Hindustan militants in Khuzdar gun battle

    August 15, 2026 at 10:01 PM
  • Jamaat-i-Islami plans sit-ins in four cities over petrol levy, warns of escalation

    August 15, 2026 at 09:51 PM
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa rejects federal bid to withhold Rs6.4 billion from transfers

    August 15, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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People

Rain, gusty winds to sweep Pakistan for five days as authorities warn of urban flooding

August 16, 2026 at 08:48 PM

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is bracing for another bout of heavy monsoon weather, with the Meteorological Department forecasting rain, gusty winds and thundershowers across the upper and central parts of the country from August 17 to 21, alongside warnings of urban flooding and landslides in vulnerable districts.

  • Carriage ride through Islamabad parade draws cries of ‘colonial’ excess

    August 16, 2026 at 09:56 PM
  • Hunza bids farewell to Sohail Sakhi as avalanche-hit climber laid to rest

    August 16, 2026 at 09:00 PM
  • Business partner ordered to join Mir Raza Ali’s murder probe as court extends his bail

    August 15, 2026 at 09:43 PM
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    August 14, 2026 at 09:19 AM
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  • Pakistan hopes early, successful visit by FATF team
  • Pakistan commiserates with Afghanistan over quake, flood destruction

Economy

Truckers suspend 9-day strike with 40-day truce after govt offers concessions

August 16, 2026 at 10:08 PM

KARACHI: Pakistan’s largest goods transport alliance called off a nine-day nationwide strike on Sunday, agreeing to a 40-day pause after the federal and Sindh governments offered concessions on fuel pricing, toll taxes and vehicle load limits that had brought cargo movement across the country to a standstill.

  • Riyadh Air launches Pakistan service, adding capacity to Islamabad route

    August 15, 2026 at 09:47 PM
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa rejects federal bid to withhold Rs6.4 billion from transfers

    August 15, 2026 at 10:04 PM
  • Pakistan raises fuel dealer margins by Rs1.34/liter, averting nationwide strike

    August 14, 2026 at 10:12 PM
  • Pakistan’s fiscal deficit shrinks to 23-year low on fuel levy, provincial surplus

    August 14, 2026 at 08:39 AM
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Trending

Carriage ride through Islamabad parade draws cries of ‘colonial’ excess

August 16, 2026 at 09:56 PM

The horses arrived first. The applause never did.

That is the image Pakistanis have been passing around since Saturday: two of the country’s senior bureaucrats, riding into an Independence Day parade in a carriage built for heads of state, to a crowd that would not clap.

  • Truckers suspend 9-day strike with 40-day truce after govt offers concessions

    August 16, 2026 at 10:08 PM
  • MQM-P calls for ‘grand national dialogue’ on new provinces, reigniting old fault lines over Sindh

    August 16, 2026 at 09:10 PM
  • Hunza bids farewell to Sohail Sakhi as avalanche-hit climber laid to rest

    August 16, 2026 at 09:00 PM
  • Security forces kill seven terrorists in Balochistan intelligence raid

    August 16, 2026 at 08:51 PM
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