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Gwadar Port Completes First International Ship-to-Ship Bunkering Operation

Nayab Fatima2026-07-12

ISLAMABAD: This is the first ship-to-ship bunkering of an international vessel at the Gwadar Port – an event that symbolizes the start of Pakistan’s efforts to establish itself as a regional fuel hub at one of the best-situated deep-sea ports in the Indian Ocean. This is the stage when the Gwadar Port bunkering maritime hub ... Read more

rime Minister Shehbaz Sharif issues World Population Day message warning Pakistan population growth pressure on jobs schools hospitals housing with 2.55 percent

PM Shehbaz Warns Pakistan’s Population Boom Could Be Its Greatest Asset or Biggest Challenge

Nayab Fatima2026-07-12

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, has given a warning on World Population Day that Pakistan’s rapidly growing population is putting increasing strain on employment, education, healthcare, and housing sectors, and the country stands at the crossroads of choosing whether the country’s population boom will be an asset or liability to the country. This is ... Read more

Imran Khan Jemima house Ormeley Lodge in Richmond listed for £25 million in London

Imran Khan’s Former London Home Hits Market for £25 Million

Faraz Ali Ansari2026-07-11

A £25 million price tag now sits on one of London’s most politically significant addresses for Pakistan. Ormeley Lodge. The name will not mean much outside Pakistani politics, but the address certainly will. This week Knight Frank and Sotheby’s International Realty put the Georgian mansion on the market. It sits in Richmond. Imran Khan lived ... Read more

Privatisation Commission appoints Asian Development Bank as financial adviser for Islamabad airport outsourcing

ADB Appointed Financial Adviser for Islamabad Airport Outsourcing

Nayab Fatima2026-07-11

ISLAMABAD: The Privatisation Commission has nominated the Asian Development Bank as the financial advisor for the outsourcing of operations of Islamabad International Airport a major infrastructure deal that Pakistan has made in recent times. The appointment of the ADB as financial advisor to the Islamabad airport outsourcing deal was passed by the Privatisation Commission at ... Read more

DIG Traffic Pir Muhammad Shah announces Karachi rickshaw meter policy banning non-metered rickshaws from operating in the city

Karachi to Allow Only Metered Rickshaws Under New Traffic Policy

Nayab Fatima2026-07-10

KARACHI: Banned Rickshaws in Karachi Pir Muhammad Shah DIG Traffic of Karachi has revealed that all kinds of rickshaws are to be banned from plying the streets of Karachi, except for the ones equipped with meters. The Karachi rickshaw meter scheme has been revealed by DIG Traffic of Karachi at Karachi Press Club along with ... Read more

Pakistan police cyberattack linked to China and India hackers

China, India-Linked Hackers Secretly Target Pakistan Police in Two-Year Spy Campaign

Faraz Ali Ansari2026-07-10

ISLAMABAD(Reuters): Two intelligence rivals picked the same target and neither knew the other was already inside. Cybersecurity firm SentinelOne says hacking groups tied separately to China and India spent more than two years quietly probing Pakistan’s police networks, running parallel espionage campaigns that converged on the same institutions without any apparent coordination between Beijing and ... Read more

Pakistan issues emergency LNG tender after Strait of Hormuz attacks disrupt supply

Pakistan Seeks Emergency LNG Cargo as Strait of Hormuz Tensions Escalate

Nayab Fatima2026-07-09

Pakistan declared an emergency bid for LNG on Thursday following further attacks in the Strait of Hormuz that caused disruption to the normal flow of gas into the country. This was confirmed by the state-run Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) in an official statement made to Bloomberg news agency. According to Bloomberg, there have been several ... Read more

Customs seize 2,600 cigarette packs from Umrah pilgrims at Jinnah International Airport

Customs Seize 2,600 Cigarette Packs from Two Umrah Pilgrims at Karachi Airport

Nayab Fatima2026-07-09

KARACHI: Through a press statement released by the Pakistan Custom Department, it was learnt that Customs seize 2,600 cigarette packets from the baggage of two pilgrims traveling for Umrah at the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi. How 2,600 Cigarette Packets were Seized by the Customs Official These two individuals were about to board a private ... Read more

WAPDA and District Administration Diamer sign MoU for Diamer Basha Dam CBM livelihood schemes worth Rs972.5 million under Confidence Building Measures for local community uplift

WAPDA Signs Rs972.5 Million MoU for Livelihood Schemes Near Diamer Basha Dam Site

Nayab Fatima2026-07-09

A Memorandum of Understanding worth Rs972.571 million has been inked among the Diamer Basha Dam Project, WAPDA, and the District Administration of Diamer, officially launching the implementation of livelihood schemes for the communities in the wake of the WAPDA’s Confidence Building Measures for this project area. The Diamer Basha Dam CBM livelihood schemes MoU has ... Read more

Pakistan’s peace efforts UN Recognition: Guterres Lauds Mediation Role

UN Chief Praises Pakistan’s Peace Efforts in West Asia

Nayab Fatima2026-07-09

The Pakistan UN peacekeeping West Asia peace recognition has been extended by António Guterres, who is the UN Secretary General, in recognition of Pakistan’s peace efforts towards resolving the conflicts of West Asia and its long-term service in UN peacekeeping missions. This was done during an interaction between the UN Secretary General and Pakistan’s Interior ... Read more