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Govt raises petrol price by Rs3.26 per litre, cuts diesel by Rs1.01
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has updated the rates for both petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) as Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) shared a notification. petrol saw an increase of Rs3.26 per litre, while diesel dropped by Rs1.01, the issued OGRA notification mentioned. Following the revision, petrol will now cost Rs390.66 per litre, up from…
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Seven militants killed in North Waziristan operation; PM, interior minister laud security forces
Security forces killed seven militants in an intelligence-based operation in Eidik, North Waziristan, as part of the ongoing counterterrorism campaign under the Azm-i-Istehkam framework, sources said, drawing praise from Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi. According to the sources, security personnel pursued the militants and destroyed their hideouts in what they described…
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Opposition demands Imran’s hospital transfer as govt asks PTI to defer Oct 4 march
ISLAMABAD: The third round of talks between the government and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) resumed after Friday prayers, with both sides putting forward their demands. According to sources, the opposition has demanded implementation of the Supreme Court’s order of August 18 regarding the transfer of PTI founder and former prime minister Imran Khan to hospital.…
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Maryam Nawaz defends plane acquisition, says Punjab’s development record and KP’s security crisis both answer her critics
Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif defended her government’s acquisition of an aircraft amid sustained media criticism, arguing that the province’s development record speaks for itself, while separately warning that weak governance, not the performance of security forces, remains the real threat to defeating terrorism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Addressing the criticism directly on Friday,…
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JI opposes governor’s rule, emergency in KP, announces APC participation
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman opposed on Friday the imposition of governor’s rule or emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, saying his party would not support any step that suspends or undermines the Constitution. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Rehman also announced that JI would participate in the proposed all-parties conference (APC), calling for a…
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Weekly inflation rises 0.21 pc, annual rate hits 11.53pc
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s weekly inflation rose 0.21 per cent in the week ended October 1, with prices of 20 of the 51 items in the basket increasing while 10 declined, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) said on Friday. The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), which tracks short-term price movements of essential commodities, rose 11.53 per cent…
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Lahore ranked as the most polluted city in the world, again
Lahore has once again emerged as the most polluted city in the world, with its air quality classified as “unhealthy”, according to air quality monitoring platform IQAir, as Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz said the government was making efforts to address environmental issues. In the past few years, air pollution has become one of the most…
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Petrol can, smoking blamed for Murree school van fire
RAWALPINDI: A school van driver had placed a can of petrol under a seat and lit a cigarette while driving the vehicle when it suddenly caught fire in Murree on Tuesday, leaving 12 schoolchildren injured. One of the injured children died on Wednesday. Commercial vehicles in Punjab required a vehicle fitness certificate which the school…
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Violence-linked deaths surge 83pc
• Balochistan accounts for nearly 59pc of total fatalities in third quarter of 2026• CRSS records 1,415 deaths, 558 injuries across 385 incidents• TTP becomes deadliest group, inflicting 117 deaths ISLAMABAD: Pakistan recorded a sharp 83 per cent increase in violence-linked fatalities during the third quarter of 2026, reversing a declining trend reported in the…
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Rs87bn coastal resilience project launched for three Sindh districts
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Thursday launched a major Rs87 billion coastal resilience project aimed at benefiting one million people across the districts of Thatta, Sujawal and Badin. The project — the Sindh Coastal Resilience Project (SCRP) — is being implemented by the provincial government in collaboration with the International Fund…
