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Karachi Special Economic Zone announced by PM Shehbaz during China visit to boost investment and industrial growth

Karachi to Get 6,000-Acre World-Class Special Economic Zone: PM Shehbaz

Focus Pakistan2026-05-24

HANGZHOU: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has revealed that Pakistan will build an international-standard Special Economic Zone occupying 6,000 acres of land in Karachi, in its bid to strengthen economic ties with China during a historic trip to Hangzhou. As per the statements delivered by Shehbaz Sharif during his speech at the Business-to-Business forum of Pakistan-China ... Read more

Leaked investigative report reveals Anmol Pinky drug network contact list includes Pakistani bureaucrats and diplomatic figures

Leaked Report Reveals Anmol Pinky Drug Network Linked to Influential Figures Across Pakistan

Focus Pakistan2026-05-23

ISLAMABAD: According to news sources, a supposedly leaked confidential investigation report has plunged the drug ring Anmol Pinky in the heart of a controversial matter which appears to have moved far from what could just be called a drug bust in Karachi. As per the report, the contact list of Anmol, who is otherwise referred ... Read more

Pakistan seeks 36-month extension for stalled $460 million Khyber Pass Economic Corridor Project Peshawar Torkham Expressway

$460 Million Khyber Corridor Project Still Unbuilt After Eight Years

Focus Pakistan2026-05-23

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pass Economic Corridor Project of Pakistan costing $460.6 million has hit one of the most unfortunate milestones in its already checkered history with more than seven years having passed from the date of conception without building even an inch of expressways. Despite the improvement in the project’s implementation rating to Moderately Satisfactory, ... Read more

NCCIA Director General Syed Khurram Ali confirms personal data sold to foreign agencies at press conference Islamabad

NCCIA Busts Network Selling Pakistanis’ Personal Data to Foreign Agencies

Focus Pakistan2026-05-22

ISLAMABAD: The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency of Pakistan issued a serious warning about national security on Thursday after it emerged that the personal data of the people had been sold to agencies outside the country by a gang that operated from South Punjab. The Director General of NCCIA, Syed Khurram Ali, made the announcement ... Read more

Pakistan Power Division issues advisory warning consumers against fake QR code scam targeting electricity bill information

Your Electricity Bill Could Be a Trap Power Division Exposes Fake QR Code Scam

Focus Pakistan2026-05-22

ISLAMABAD: On Thursday, Pakistan’s Power Division released an important public alert regarding a highly advanced phishing scam involving counterfeit QR codes that could result in the theft of personal details via manipulated links for electricity bills. “The way such frauds operate is by using an unbelievably simple four-step procedure, preying on unwitting consumers.” In the ... Read more

Pakistan Rasoob-250 stealth cruise missile displayed at IDEAS 2024 in Karachi

Pakistan Unveils Rasoob-250 Stealth Cruise Missile With 350km Range and Sub-5m Accuracy

Focus Pakistan2026-05-22

Rasoob-250 is a stealth cruise missile that packs a semi-armour-piercing warhead of 75 kilos in weight that always lands at the intended place and not on some random point based on the effects of blast radius. The estimated weight of the weapon itself with its booster package comes to around 285 kilograms. The new estimated ... Read more

Pakistan Power Division orders Discos to resolve solar connection backlog of 1,355 pending net metering cases

Pakistan Orders Solar Backlog Cleared in 10 Days

Focus Pakistan2026-05-22

ISLAMABAD: The Power Division of Pakistan has been paying special attention on Thursday to what is described as unneeded delays in rooftop c, asking power distributors to clear the case backlog of 1,355 pending net meters within ten days. June 1 is the deadline looming over all Disco employees under the ex-Wapda system, as the ... Read more

Construction workers and heavy machinery deployed on Karachi's Red Line BRT Project along University Road

Red Line BRT Project: Another Deadline, Another Contractor Will Karachi Ever See It Done?

Focus Pakistan2026-05-22

KARACHI: Enough is enough for the commuters of Karachi. Off budget funds have been released by the Sindh cabinet today to save the troubled project from collapse. It will now be the responsibility of the Frontier Works Organization to complete the project within 90 days. This was after the original contractor of the joint venture ... Read more

Pakistan RLNG price increase 2026 OGRA tariff showing SNGPL consumer price at USD16.9847 and SSGCL at USD16.0426 per MMBtu after Qatar supply disruption

Gas Bills Set to Rise Sharply After RLNG Prices Surge to $16.98

Focus Pakistan2026-05-22

ISLAMABAD: The domestic customers consuming RLNG in all over Pakistan are bound to pay much higher bills for gas in this month after the Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority introduced a new steep tariff structure for national gas companies. The rise in Pakistan RLNG cost in 2026 is due to two overlapping factors: increased cost of ... Read more

Momina Iqbal harassment allegations against a PML-N MPA over death threats and cyberbullying triggered an NCCIA summons in Lahore

Momina Iqbal Drags PML-N MPA Before NCCIA With One Social Media Post

Focus Pakistan2026-05-21

The actress went public about it, the post went viral, and now a ruling party MPA has received a summons for cybercrime charges overnight. Both Momina Iqbal who is an actress and model, and a member of the Punjab provincial assembly belonging to PML-N were summoned by the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA), on ... Read more