ISLAMABAD: The federal government has fixed the value of diyat, or blood money, at Rs19,352,390 for the financial year 2026-27, a rise of nearly 97 per cent driven by a sharp climb in silver prices.
top-trending
Pakistan issues fresh glacial flood warning as Gilgit-Baltistan remains cut off for fifth day
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s meteorological authorities have issued a fresh warning over the threat of glacial lake outburst floods in the country’s mountainous north, as thousands of residents in Gilgit-Baltistan remain cut off from the outside world for a fifth consecutive day.
Pakistan flood toll hits 97 as 400 sq km of Punjab lies underwater, Gilgit-Baltistan cut off
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s monsoon death toll has climbed to 97 after 11 more people died in rain-related incidents over the past 24 hours, disaster management officials said on Saturday, as forecasters warned that widespread rain and pockets of heavy downpours would persist across much of the country for at least another two days.
New nuclear oversight body gets its first chief as Pakistan’s military restructuring takes shape
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan promoted Lieutenant General Aamer Raza to four-star general on Friday and named him the first commander of the National Strategic Command, the newly established military body that will oversee the country’s nuclear arsenal and wider strategic capabilities.
Curfew imposed in Balochistan district after gunmen kill three in ambush on Karachi-bound bus
QUETTA: Pakistani authorities have imposed an indefinite curfew across a sub-district of Balochistan province after gunmen opened fire on a passenger bus travelling to Karachi, killing three people and wounding five, in the latest bloodshed to hit the restive southwestern region.
Pakistan fuel dealers suspend strike after govt pledges two-week fix
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s petrol pump owners called off a threatened nationwide strike on Wednesday after Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik agreed to review their grievances within two weeks, averting a shutdown that would have shuttered thousands of fuel stations across the country.
Pakistan fuel retailers to shut 15,000 pumps over daily pricing rule
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s largest fuel retailer association said it will shut roughly 15,000 petrol pumps nationwide from Thursday, escalating a standoff with the government over a new daily pricing mechanism that dealers say threatens their survival.
Six more die in Pakistan floods as toll reaches 47; north braces for glacial threat
PESHAWAR: The death toll from Pakistan’s monsoon season rose to 47 on Monday after six more people were killed in a single 24-hour span in the country’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where flash floods and collapsing homes have claimed dozens of lives since the rains began in late June.
Torres punishes 10-man Argentina as Spain claim World Cup and end Messi’s dream
Ferran Torres delivered the goal that Spain’s patience deserved, sweeping home an extra-time winner to beat Argentina 1-0 and claim the World Cup at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, in a final that will be remembered less for its football than for the manner in which Lionel Messi’s international story reached its close.
Messi and Argentina face Spain’s perfect machine for World Cup glory
They were meant to meet in Qatar back in March, in a Finalissima billed as a clash of continental champions, before the match was swept aside by the strikes on Iran that reordered so much of the world’s business this year. Today, in the low bowl of MetLife Stadium, Argentina and Spain will finally have their reckoning — only now the stakes have grown considerably. This is not a curtain-raiser. This is the World Cup final.