Category: Local

Electricity prices in Pakistan are projected to fall by about Rs 0.65 per unit for October’s billing cycle, following a petition by the Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) to the…

Over the past decade, Pakistan has quietly but steadily transformed into a rising technological ecosystem. What was once a country known mainly for traditional industries is now becoming a hub…

Tourism stakeholders in Sindh are urging the provincial government to elevate travel and heritage development to a policy priority. They stress that Sindh’s rich offering — from ancient civilisations and…

The electricity sector’s regulator National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) is considering a petition by the Central Power Purchasing Agency‑Guarantee (CPPA-G) to revise the national power purchase price for the…

In Karachi, two young men were tragically killed in separate road accidents on Tuesday night. In the first incident, a 20-year-old motorcyclist died when a speeding water tanker struck his…

The Wholesale Grocers Association has described the current sugar price surge in Pakistan as an “artificial crisis”, contending that the spike is not due to shortage but deliberate manipulation. According…

In Hyderabad, the Sindh Police announced the dismantling of a robbery gang accused of ransacking the home of a Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) MNA. According to the police, the gang…

In Karachi’s Scheme 33, residents of several housing societies say the sewerage system has collapsed again, leaving the main road between the M9 Motorway and the G-3 bus stop swamped…

The Lahore High Court (LHC) has intervened to protect an Indian woman, formerly Sikh, now known as Noor, from what she called persistent police pressure. Justice Farooq Haider ruled that…

Faisal Mumtaz Rathore has been elected as the new Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) after a successful no-confidence motion against incumbent PM Chaudhry Anwarul Haq. The motion…