July 2026

He warned that the latest tensions risked undermining the fragile gains made in recent weeks. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday called for restraint and renewed diplomatic engagement in separate telephone conversations with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, as Islamabad […]

MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government has sought additional security forces from the federal government, citing the current law and order situation and ongoing protest activities of the banned Awami Joint Action Committee (Jaac). The AJK Interior Ministry has sent a formal request to the Pakistan Interior Ministry, seeking immediate deployment of additional

The Court held that the Constitution and relevant laws assign responsibility for regulating buildings ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has withdrawn the Supreme Court’s blanket directions that imposed restrictions on land conversion in Karachi and ordered the demolition of illegal constructions, including the orders that led to the demolition of the Nasla Tower. She

ISLAMABAD: Just a week after consumers received relief at the pump, the federal government sharply hiked oil prices, increasing gasoline by Rs 13.18 per liter and high-speed diesel by Rs 13.80 per liter, amid a fresh surge in international crude oil prices triggered by escalating tensions between Iran and the United States. The increase follows