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MAKKAH: Thunderstorms and rainfall were reported in the holy city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia, yesterday, as worshippers performed Maghrib prayers at the Grand Mosque amid the rain. According to a report by an...

KARACHI: Students of Taba’nis College have secured all three top positions in the Commerce Regular group in the results announced by the Board of Intermediate Education Karachi. According to the results, Amina Arif...

LAHORE: The Punjab government has introduced a new vehicle fitness requirement, making an annual fitness test and certificate mandatory for private vehicles across the province. Under the new rule, vehicle owners who fail...

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association (PPDA) has expressed serious reservations about the government’s Fuel Relief Scheme, saying the proposed mechanism may be difficult for petrol station operators to implement effectively. The association...

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 11.5%, announcing its second monetary policy statement of the current fiscal year. The Monetary Policy Committee reached...

Cape Town: At least 21 people have been killed and several others injured in a devastating multi-vehicle collision in South Africa’s Western Cape province. The crash occurred on Sunday night on the N1...

KARACHI: Gold and silver prices recorded a significant decline in Pakistan’s local bullion markets on Monday, September 14, 2026, with the price of gold falling by Rs3,800 per tola and silver declining by...

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Information Technology has decided to launch an anti-fraud awareness campaign to protect citizens from scammers seeking to exploit the Prime Minister’s special petrol relief scheme. Federal Minister for IT...

CHARSADDA: Police in Charsadda district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, have safely recovered a 16-year-old girl who was allegedly abducted at gunpoint and arrested three suspects, including a woman. According to Charsadda District Police Officer (DPO)...

LONDON: Jemima Goldsmith, the former wife of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder and former prime minister Imran Khan, has married for the second time, more than two decades after her separation from Khan. Jemima...

PESHAWAR: Concerns over a wheat shortage have emerged in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with government warehouses in the province holding enough stock to meet requirements for only around two weeks. According to documents from the...

New York: Global crude oil prices rose by more than 3% at the start of the new trading week as fresh Houthi attacks in Saudi Arabia, attacks on vessels in the Gulf and...

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Information Technology has announced the registration procedure for the Petrol Relief Scheme, under which eligible citizens will receive a Rs100-per-litre discount on petrol. An automated digital system has been...

KARACHI: Karachi is experiencing another hot and humid day, while weather conditions may become more active in the city’s outskirts after noon, with thunderstorms and rain possible in several suburban areas. According to...

KARACHI: Foreign exchange rates for the open market were released on the first trading day of the week, with the US dollar selling at Rs278.40, while the British pound was quoted at Rs379.78....

Karachi: Airline Operators Committee Seeks Delay in Digital Vaccination Card Requirement for Hajj and Umrah Pilgrims The Airline Operators Committee (AOC) has urged the authorities to defer the implementation of the digital vaccination...

Lahore: Jamaat-e-Islami Chief Hafiz Naeem Rejects Impact of PM’s Fuel Relief Scheme on Levy Campaign Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan chief Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman has reacted to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s scheme concerning petroleum product...

KARACHI: Mubeena Town Police have arrested a suspect allegedly involved in robbing citizens at an ATM booth and recovered a snatched mobile phone, an ATM card and cash from his possession. According to...

Islamabad: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has announced a special relief scheme to ease the growing financial burden on the public following a surge in global oil prices amid the ongoing tensions in...

Islamabad: Amid the continued rise in petroleum product prices, the government has decided to provide financial relief to motorcycle users to help ease the burden on the public. Under the proposed scheme, eligible...

Islamabad: Police have safely rescued a foreign national who was allegedly abducted for a ransom of $100,000 in a timely and effective operation. According to police, the foreign national was abducted at gunpoint...

LAHORE: Police reported that a woman who travelled to Lahore from Muridke following a domestic dispute was allegedly gang-raped. One suspect has been arrested, while efforts are underway to apprehend the second accused....

LAHORE: Kot Lakhpat police have arrested a suspect for allegedly assaulting a 22-year-old woman by posing as a fake faith healer (peer) under the pretext of performing spiritual healing (dum). According to a...

Toronto: Canada has introduced new immigration opportunities aimed at making the pathway to permanent residency easier for international medical doctors, including eligible Pakistani doctors, in 2026. Under Canada’s immigration system, Pakistani doctors can...

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s stock market fell by nearly 1% at the start of trading on Sunday, in what was seen as an initial market reaction to drone strikes targeting a key East-West oil...

Jakarta: A passenger ship carrying 243 people has gone missing in Indonesia after authorities lost contact with the vessel while it was sailing through the Java Sea. According to international media reports, the...

Lahore: Actress Mahira Khan announced the good news on her Instagram account. She shared a picture of herself with a caption that read, “We make plans, but Allah is the best of planners.”...

KARACHI: Karachi is experiencing intense heat, with temperatures approaching 39°C, but the Pakistan Meteorological Department has forecast a change in weather conditions and possible rainfall over the coming days. According to the weather...

KARACHI: A major power outage occurred at Dhabeji early Sunday after a cable fault in K-Electric’s system disrupted electricity supply to several phases of the facility. According to a statement issued by the...

DUBAI: Concerns over the security of energy supplies have intensified after a vessel travelling through the Strait of Hormuz was reportedly struck by a projectile, adding to growing tensions across the region. The...