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Despite improved macroeconomic stability in first half of FY26, war in Middle East poses significant risks to outlook: SBP

NewsMay 12, 2026

While macroeconomic stability improved in the first half of fiscal year 2026, the war in the Middle East poses risks to the economic outlook amid heightened uncertainty, the State Bank of Pakistan (SB...

Suparco says Eidul Azha likely to fall on May 27

NewsMay 12, 2026

The Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco) on Tuesday forecast that Eidul Azha was expected to fall on May 27. “The new moon of Zilhajj 1447 AH is expected to be born on M...

FO terms report claiming Pakistan allowed Iranian military aircraft to park at airbase as 'misleading and sensationalised'

NewsMay 12, 2026

The Foreign Office (FO) on Tuesday termed a report by an American media outlet claiming that Islamabad “quietly allowed” Iranian military aircraft to park on its airfields while playing the role o...

FO terms report on allowing Iranian military aircraft to park at airbase as 'misleading and sensationalised'

NewsMay 12, 2026

The Foreign Office (FO) on Tuesday termed a report by an American media outlet claiming that Islamabad “quietly allowed Iranian military aircraft to park on its airfields” while playing the role o...

HEC launches online degree attestation system to facilitate students

TechnologyMay 11, 2026

The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) on Monday announced the launch of a “fully online and paperless” degree attestation system to facilitate students. In December last year, the HEC ...

KP CM Afridi decries 'decisions made behind closed doors' during visit to Bannu

HealthMay 11, 2026

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Monday decried decisions taken behind closed doors, saying that the provincial government would oppose those decisions that went against peace in the...

Plot to coerce girl into carrying out terrorist attack in Islamabad thwarted, CM Bugti says

NewsMay 11, 2026

Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti said on Monday that a plot to coerce a girl into carrying out a terrorist attack in Islamabad had been thwarted by intelligence agencies. The girl, who was rep...

Afghanistan issued demarche after 15 police personnel martyred in Bannu suicide attack

NewsMay 11, 2026

The Foreign Office (FO) said on Monday that the Afghan chargé d’affaires was summoned and handed a “strong demarche” over the suicide attack in Bannu, which claimed the lives of 15 police perso...

Justice Aurangzeb calls for encouraging alternative dispute resolution, says SC to establish mediation centre

NewsMay 11, 2026

Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb has called on the judiciary to encourage alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and detailed the Supreme Court’s ongoing efforts to establish a mediation centre. In re...

PMD issues Glof alert for KP, Gilgit-Baltistan as rainfall predicted in upper Pakistan

NewsMay 11, 2026

The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has issued an alert for glacial lake outburst floods (Glof) for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan, it emerged on Monday. According to the alert issu...

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