ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s mounting debt burden and the relentless climb in electricity and gas prices have eclipsed every other worry for ordinary citizens, a first-of-its-kind nationwide survey showed, exposing a widening gap between what Pakistanis fear most and where the government actually spends its money.
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Pakistan deepens defence ties with Indonesia and Lebanon as Field Marshal Munir holds back-to-back talks in Rawalpindi
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s most senior military officer held a pair of high-level meetings in Rawalpindi on Monday, receiving Indonesia’s naval chief and Lebanon’s interior minister within hours of each other, in a further sign of Islamabad’s push to widen its defence and security partnerships across Asia and the Middle East.
Pakistan banks weather Mideast shock as bad loans hit multi-year low
KARACHI: Pakistan’s banking industry expanded its balance sheet and cut its stock of bad loans to the lowest level in years during the first half of 2026, even as a spike in Middle East tensions rattled the country’s stock market and squeezed lenders’ margins, according to the State Bank of Pakistan.
Pakistan hockey chief says India trip depends on govt, after Indian minister’s claim of participation
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s hockey authorities have declined to confirm the national team will travel to India for next month’s Asian Champions Trophy, insisting any tour remains contingent on government approval — hours after a senior Indian politician suggested the fixture was already secured.
Three militants killed in Balochistan drone strike
QUETTA: Security forces killed three militants, including a field commander, in a drone strike in Balochistan’s Mastung district, state media reported on Monday, the latest in a weeks-long escalation of military operations across the restive province.
Police surgeon who exposed autopsy flaws in Mir Raza Ali case says she was stalked and threatened
KARACHI: A police surgeon whose findings blew apart the official account of a young Karachi businessman’s death told a judicial commission on Monday that she had been followed, threatened and subjected to an online smear campaign after she disputed the results of his first post-mortem examination.
Bhutto-Zardari says Malaysia PM’s remarks expose India’s Pahalgam narrative
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former foreign minister has seized on an interview given by Malaysia’s prime minister to an Indian broadcaster, casting it as vindication of Islamabad’s long-standing rejection of accusations that it orchestrated last year’s attack on tourists in Kashmir.
IHC bars use of state machinery ahead of PTI’s Sept 27 protests
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court has ordered the country’s four provincial governments to keep public resources and government machinery out of a mass protest planned for later this month by the party of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan.
Jemima Goldsmith marries Irish-Australian financier 22 years after Imran Khan divorce
KARACHI: Jemima Goldsmith, the screenwriter and film producer once married to former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan, has married for a second time, exchanging vows with the Irish-Australian financier Cameron O’Reilly in a private ceremony over the weekend.
Pakistan weighs return to austerity as Mideast turmoil pressures fuel costs
ISLAMABAD: The government is considering reinstating austerity measures first imposed in March, as renewed conflict in the Middle East threatens to strain public finances already stretched by a new fuel subsidy program.