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124,000 Punjab Police Personnel Deployed for Muharram Security

Nayab Fatima2026-06-14

LAHORE: The Punjab Police has finally formulated their security plan for the Muharram festival, and the figures indicate the seriousness with which this year’s security arrangement is taken. Over 124,000 members of the police force and their personnel will be deployed throughout the province for the first ten days of the festival of Muharram. The ... Read more

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb clarifies IMF solar panels tax demand Pakistan energy reform 2026

Finance Minister Clarifies IMF Did Not Seek Tax on Solar Panels

Nayab Fatima2026-06-14

Muhammad Aurangzeb, Pakistan’s Finance Minister, appeared on TV. It was reported in some media channels that the IMF insisted on Pakistan imposing tax on solar panel installation. This report is false. “The matter was never part of the discussion, and there has not been any such request from the IMF,” commented Aurangzeb. It must be ... Read more

An official diplomatic briefing room featuring national flags representing international mediation and US Iran peace deal

Pakistan Helped Open Door to US-Iran Talks, Says Khawaja Asif

Nayab Fatima2026-06-13

ISLAMABAD: The efforts made in an intensely covert way and led by Pakistan have almost brought about an unprecedented success story. Defence Minister of Pakistan, Khawaja Asif, has stated that a long-awaited US Iran peace deal will be signed, with the agreement to be termed as “the Islamabad Pact.” In a comment addressing these efforts and ... Read more

K-IV Karachi water project construction site with Keenjhar Lake canal infrastructure

Karachi’s Cursed K-IV Water Project Gets Rs. 10 Billion

Nayab Fatima2026-06-13

This story is familiar to Karachiis. Promises. Speeches. Ground breaking. Filming. Silence, delay, and yet another cycle of the shortage that has plagued millions of people living in the biggest city of Pakistan. KARACHI: When the federal government announced in the Budget 2026-27 that Rs. 10 billion would be allocated for the K-IV water project ... Read more

FPCCI President Atif Ikram Sheikh speaking at Federation House Islamabad about high industrial costs in Budget 2026-27

FPCCI Warns Rising Costs Could Slow Pakistan’s Industrial Growth

Nayab Fatima2026-06-13

It did not take Pakistan’s top trade body long. Hardly had Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb delivered his speech on the country’s budget 2026-27 in the Parliament house than FPCCI President Atif Ikram Sheikh and Senior Vice-President Saqib Fayyaz Magoon appeared on camera from Islamabad’s Federation House to give their verdict that the government could not ... Read more

Pakistan Defence Budget 2026-27 rises to Rs3.01 trillion with increased spending on military modernisation, strategic assets and national security initiatives.

Pakistan Defence Budget 2026-27 Swells to Rs.3.01 Trillion

Faraz Ali Ansari2026-06-13

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has proposed a defence budget of Rs3.01 trillion for the fiscal year 2026-27. This allocation represents a 17.65 percent increase over the previous year’s original budget of Rs2.55 trillion. According to data analyzed by Focus Pakistan, the strategic move underscores the state’s commitment to military preparedness amid a volatile regional security ... Read more

PPP rejects Karachi federal control 18th Amendment 2026 — PPP Sindh seminar showing Nisar Khuhro and Raza Rabbani addressing provincial autonomy defence against federal administration proposals

PPP Rejects Federal Control of Karachi and Any Rollback of Provincial Rights

Nayab Fatima2026-06-12

In a Karachi seminar, all the PPP leaders, constitution makers, and senior journalists rejected any move to federalize Karachi, cut down the NFC shares of Sindh, or dilute the 18th Amendment to Pakistan’s Constitution. According to Mian Raza Rabbani, two-thirds majority is required in parliament for any change in the city’s administrative setup. KARACHI: Leaders ... Read more

Pakistan’s Power Capacity Surges 8.5% to 49,651MW

Nayab Fatima2026-06-12

ISLAMABAD: Total electricity generation capacity in Pakistan increased to 49,651 megawatts (MW) from July-March FY 2026. This was an 8.5% rise compared to 45,782 MW witnessed during the corresponding period of last fiscal year, FY 2025, as stated in the Economic Survey 2025-26, which was launched today by the Economic Adviser’s Wing of the Finance ... Read more

Pakistan Food Consumption Decline as households cut wheat, milk and meat consumption amid rising inflation, according to Pakistan Economic Survey 2025-26

Pakistanis Cut Wheat, Milk and Meat Consumption Amid Inflation Crisis

Faraz Ali Ansari2026-06-12

ISLAMABAD: Pakistanis are eating less of most staple foods than six years ago, with their consumption of wheat, rice, pulses, milk, and meat indicating greater pressures on families in the face of high inflation, according to Pakistan Economic Survey 2025-26. The figures regarding the consumption of food items per month and per capita in the ... Read more

Baldia Town Factory Case as the Supreme Court acquits Rehman Bhola and Zubair Charya, overturning death sentences in the Ali Enterprises fire tragedy.

Supreme Court Acquits Rehman Bhola, Zubair Chariya in Baldia Town Factory Fire Case

Faraz Ali Ansari2026-06-10

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday, acquitted Abdul Rehman ‘Bhola’ and Zubair ‘Charya’ in the case involving the Baldia Town factory fire incident, setting aside death penalties that two courts had awarded them in what was one of the most heinous mass killings in the country’s history. The three-judge bench, led by Justice ... Read more

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124,000 Punjab Police Personnel Deployed for Muharram Security

Finance Minister Clarifies IMF Did Not Seek Tax on Solar Panels

Pakistan Helped Open Door to US-Iran Talks, Says Khawaja Asif

Karachi’s Cursed K-IV Water Project Gets Rs. 10 Billion

FPCCI Warns Rising Costs Could Slow Pakistan’s Industrial Growth

Pakistan Defence Budget 2026-27 Swells to Rs.3.01 Trillion

PPP Rejects Federal Control of Karachi and Any Rollback of Provincial Rights

Pakistan’s Power Capacity Surges 8.5% to 49,651MW

Pakistanis Cut Wheat, Milk and Meat Consumption Amid Inflation Crisis

Supreme Court Acquits Rehman Bhola, Zubair Chariya in Baldia Town Factory Fire Case

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