2026

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who moved the resolution, said statehood was Kashmir’s “right”.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has said he will not back down in the face of threats to impose governor’s rule in the province, as senior federal government officials indicated that constitutional measures could be taken if…

On 23 September, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet approved the Police Act 2026. The government calls it reform. Read the text, and it looks more like a return to old habits. The Act takes the powers that make a police chief a commander and…

From renewed US-Iran diplomatic activity and pressure on Tehran’s oil trade to growing concerns over Red Sea shipping, a suspected plot targeting a British airbase and an escalating Israel-Netherlands diplomatic dispute. Here are the key…

The Balochistan government has moved closer to finalising its Provincial Education Policy 2026 after government officials, education experts, academics and civil society representatives reviewed and validated the proposed framework at a…

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has announced the launch of a comprehensive package for foreign pilgrims for the 1448 AH Hajj season, bringing essential services from arrival to departure under a single electronic contract, the…

Protests over the alleged rape of a female student at Lovely Professional University (CHANDIGARH LPU) in India turned violent, with students vandalising parts of the campus, setting vehicles on fire and blocking the Delhi-Amritsar highway…

A delegation of the US Afghanistan War Commission met Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), at General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi on Monday, as the congressionally established…

The Saudifood Show and Saudifood Manufacturing 2026 exhibitions opened at the Jeddah Superdome on Monday, bringing together local and international companies, officials and industry specialists from across the food and beverage sector,…

Pakistan is expected to select its first astronaut for a mission to China’s Tiangong space station by mid-to-late October, as two Pakistani pilots undergo intensive training in Beijing for what would mark the country’s first human…