Lahore High Court Judges Lose Another Bench Member as Justice Raheel Kamran Sheikh Resigns
Lahore, September 3, 2026 — One of the Lahore High Court judges, Justice Raheel Kamran Sheikh, has stepped down from the bench. He sent his resignation letter to President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday, invoking Article 206 of the Constitution. In the letter, he said he wants to move into legal scholarship, policy research and […]
BISE Faisalabad 9th Class Result 2026 Announced, Success Rate 51.21%
Education Board Faisalabad Announces Results of Matric Class 9th (First Annual) Examination 2026 A total of 196,656 candidates appeared in the examination, out of whom 100,708 passed, with an overall success ratio of 51.21 percent; 548 examination centres were established across the region. Chairman Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Faisalabad Professor Dr. Rana Binyamin […]
Quetta Airport Road Protest After Trader’s Killing, Kidnapped Child Still Missing
Tragic Incident in Quetta: Father of 8-Month Kidnapped Child Killed, Protest Held with Body on Airport Road Quetta (Syed Sardar Mohammad Khondai) In a tragic incident in the provincial capital of Balochistan, Quetta, Haji Salahuddin Khan Noorzai, a prominent trader and father of Jafar Khan Noorzai, who was kidnapped 8 months ago, was shot dead […]
Fair Trial Guarantees in Pakistan Face a New Test After Punjab’s Anti-Terrorism Law
Fair trial guarantees Pakistan citizens are entitled to under the Constitution just ran into a fresh legal experiment, and not everyone likes the results. The Punjab Assembly passed the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill 2026 on August 31, and within days the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan was warning that parts of the law sit uneasily next […]
Pakistan Independence Day Celebration Held in Springfield, Virginia
Grand Pakistan Independence Day Celebration Held in Springfield, Virginia, with Strong Participation from the Pakistani-American Community Representatives of Different Political Groups Come Together on One Platform, Promoting National Unity and Expressing Best Wishes for Pakistan’s Progress and Prosperity Report by Asim Siddiqui — Washington SPRINGFIELD, VIRGINIA: A Pakistan Independence Day celebration was organized by the […]
Islamabad Flooding: Flash Floods Expose CDA’s Master Plan Failures
Heavy monsoon rain triggered flash flooding across Islamabad on September 1, 2026, submerging roads and basements in E-11, Park Road and Ghauri Town. The Capital Development Authority says the downpour was unusually intense, but an investigation into the disaster points to something closer to home: decades of unchecked violations of the city’s own master plan. […]
Inside ADB CPS Pakistan: How Islamabad’s New Strategy With the Bank Will Shape Future Lending
Behind the headline-grabbing railway deals sits a quieter document that will decide how the Asian Development Bank spends money in Pakistan for the next four years. The bank’s new Country Partnership Strategy, or CPS, for Pakistan runs from 2026 to 2030, and it was formally launched earlier this year through the ADB Pakistan Resident Mission […]
Pakistan Eurobond Rate Hits Record High as Islamabad Raises $3 Billion
Pakistan’s Largest-Ever International Bond Sale Draws Nearly $6bn in Orders ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has raised a record $3 billion through a dual-tranche Eurobond sale, marking the country’s single largest transaction in the international capital markets. The Ministry of Finance confirmed the news on Thursday, describing it as a milestone for the country’s return to global debt […]
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