ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf has publicly thrown its support behind Aleema Khan’s call for a fresh “long march,” the latest attempt by the jailed former prime minister’s family to force his release.
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Pakistan mandates battery storage in first competitive power auction after 30-year wait
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s power sector regulator is being asked to approve mandatory battery storage requirements for a landmark competitive electricity auction, as the government moves to address grid instability caused by the rapid growth of solar power, Dawn newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Pakistan car sales accelerate as buyers rush to beat budget tax rises
KARACHI: Pakistan’s automotive industry closed the 2026 financial year with its strongest performance in years, as falling interest rates, a raft of new model launches and a late rush of pre-budget buying combined to lift sales across almost every category of vehicle.
Pakistan narrows mobile internet gender gap to 8 percent – but ownership divide remains widest globally
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has recorded the fastest reduction in its mobile internet gender gap of any country tracked globally, according to the government, narrowing the divide between men’s and women’s usage from 38 percent in 2024 to 8 percent this year.
Army chief Munir begins two-day Turkey visit, building on deepening military ties
ISLAMABAD: Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, Pakistan’s Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff, arrived in Turkey on Monday for a two-day official visit, according to state media.
Two policemen killed in roadside bomb attack in northwest Pakistan
PESHAWAR: A roadside bomb tore through an armored police vehicle on patrol in Tank district on Monday, killing two officers and wounding two others in the latest attack targeting law enforcement in a district that has become one of the deadliest fronts in Pakistan’s fight against militancy.
Pakistan in talks with Netflix, weighing its own streaming platform, minister says
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s government is negotiating with Netflix and other global streaming services to secure greater visibility for the country’s films and television dramas, while separately developing a state-backed digital platform to carry Pakistani content abroad, a senior minister said, reviving a long-running debate over why a domestic entertainment industry with a vast international following has landed so few original commissions from the world’s dominant streaming companies.
Pakistani forces kill 114 in widening Balochistan offensive
QUETTA: Pakistani security forces have killed 114 militants in Balochistan province since July 5, according to state media reports on Monday, as a sprawling counterterrorism campaign launched after a deadly ambush on a police post entered its second week with no clear end in sight.
US, Iran trade fire for second day as Hormuz truce teeters
ISLAMABAD: The United States and Iran pounded each other’s forces for a second consecutive day on Monday, with American warplanes and drones striking dozens of targets across Iran and Tehran answering with missile and drone attacks on US military installations spread across five Gulf countries, plunging a monthlong ceasefire deeper into crisis and sending oil prices sharply higher.
Inquiry finds contractor, consultant, and Wapda all responsible for dam collapse that tripled Tarbela-5 project’s cost
ISLAMABAD: A government-appointed inquiry has concluded that a contractor, its consultant, and the state authority overseeing a major Pakistani hydropower project all bear responsibility for the collapse of a cofferdam last year, an incident that has added more than two years to the project’s timeline and driven its cost up by nearly 285 percent, according to a report published by Dawn newspaper on Monday.