
PIA’s $400M Overhaul: New Owners Target Punctuality, Modern Fleet, and Global Routes
December 31, 2025
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is preparing for a major transformation under new ownership, with investors pledging significant capital despite acknowledging that losses will continue…

Pakistan Railways partners with five waste management firms to improve station cleanliness
January 1, 2026
ISLAMABAD (APP): In a bid to enhance cleanliness and improve passenger facilities, Pakistan Railways (PR) has signed agreements with five waste management organizations to…

Pakistan targets import cut as domestic ginger production goes up
December 31, 2025
ISLAMABAD, Dec 31 (APP): Pakistan’s long-standing dependence on imported ginger is expected to ease as domestic cultivation gains momentum, driven by research-led innovation, farmer…

Mustafa Kamal Accuses Altaf Hussain of Ordering Imran Farooq’s Murder, Rekindles MQM’s Dark Legacy
December 31, 2025
KARACHI: In a dramatic escalation of Karachi’s political fault lines, Mustafa Kamal has accused MQM founder Altaf Hussain of orchestrating the 2010 murder of…

PAKISTAN NATIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION (PNSC): FROM NATIONAL PRIDE TO STRATEGIC LIABILITY AND THE PATH TO REVITALIZATION
December 31, 2025
Pakistan’s national shipping sector has undergone a sharp decline over the past four decades, with the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) shrinking from a…

12 canals closed in Punjab for annual maintenance, desilting
December 30, 2025
ISLAMABAD, Dec 30 (APP): With declining inflows in the western rivers—Indus and Jhelum—due to limited snowmelt and scant rainfall in catchment areas, the Punjab…

ISA–IRS hold first strategic dialogue on regional security and Pakistan’s response
December 30, 2025
Islamabad: The Information Service Academy (ISA), in collaboration with the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS), organized a strategic dialogue in Islamabad to discuss regional…

Child Marriage Prevention in KP: Reforms Strengthen Nikah Registration and Accountability Systems
December 30, 2025
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Monday reaffirmed its commitment to preventing child marriage by strengthening local government systems and making enforcement a routine…

Customs Enforcement Quetta seizes smuggled goods worth Rs 368 million
December 30, 2025
Quetta: Collectorate of Customs Enforcement Quetta has seized smuggled goods valued at Rs 368 million in two intelligence-based operations carried out in coordination with…

NCCIA inquiry against ABN News reporter raises press freedom concerns
December 31, 2025
Islamabad (ABN News) — The launch of an inquiry by the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency against ABN News senior reporter Bakht Muhammad Yousafzai…

Mobilink Bank strengthens girls’ digital learning through solar-powered lab in Karachi
December 30, 2025
Islamabad: Mobilink Bank has installed a solar power system at the Digital Arts Lab operated by Zindagi Trust at Khatoon-e-Pakistan Government Girls Secondary School…

Journalists Face Life-Threatening Difficulties While Reporting
December 30, 2025
By Asif Mahmood Awan Abbottabad: A consultative meeting was held under the Save Media Project of the Welfare Association of Journalists (WAJ), Abbottabad, to…

QAA-HEC holds KP universities’ progress review meeting at CECOS Peshawar
December 29, 2025
By Khurshid Wahab Mardan: The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) held a Progress Review Meeting of universities from the…

Passenger Coach Falls into Gorge on Swat Motorway, 4 Dead Including Children, 18 Injured
December 29, 2025
By Syed Shahabuddin SWAT: At least four passengers, including two young sisters, were killed and 18 others injured when a passenger coach travelling from…

Jubilee Life Insurance signs title sponsorship for Karachi United school football championship
December 29, 2025
Islamabad: Jubilee Life Insurance has signed an agreement to become the title sponsor of the 21st Karachi United School Championship (KUSC), an inter-school football…

Swat: Elite Force Personnel Shot Dead in Singota, Mother-in-law Killed by Son-in-law in Gul Jabba
December 29, 2025
By SYED SHAHABUDDINSWAT: An Elite Force personnel was shot dead by unknown assailants in the Singota area, while in another tragic incident in Gul…