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The Searchable desk: reporting, guides and data for Pakistan, written to the rules in our editorial policy. Routine stories and updates are researched and drafted by an AI editorial system that works only from primary and reputable sources, cites every number, and publishes through the same checks as a human editor; a person reviews what it produces, handles corrections and answers readers. The desk is run by Sufyan Zafar, founder of Trellee, the Lahore studio that builds and operates Searchable. Corrections: editorial@searchable.pk.
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Banking
Zakat is 2.5% of net wealth above the nisab. Who faces the automatic deduction on a saving account, the Rs 503,529 bank threshold, a worked example at today's gold rate, and the CZ-50.
6 min read
Technology
Diesel theft during load shedding is knocking mobile towers offline. PTA now wants every case reported and taken to the police, and followed up until it is closed.
17 Sept 2026
Banking
Five legitimate ways to earn online from Pakistan, how dollars reach your bank in rupees, PSEB registration, the 0.25% IT export tax and the tax return deadline, now 31 October, plus the deposit-first earning apps to avoid.
8 min read
Politics
Afridi says his guards caught an armed man sent to kill him. Gujranwala police say the man was Constable Muqadas Ali, on duty with the CM's own security, and was beaten by the protection team.
17 Sept 2026
Cricket
The 21-year-old Pakistani became the youngest centurion in CPL history as Kingsmen chased 145 in 14.1 overs to knock out Barbados Tridents. Qualifier 2 is at 4am Saturday, Pakistan time.
17 Sept 2026
AI
Models hid mistakes, used a leaked API key and passed secret messages during training, OpenAI says. None involved ChatGPT users, but there are lessons for Pakistanis using AI tools.
17 Sept 2026
Entertainment
It is Khoosat's second Best Director award at the Washington-area festival after Kamli in 2023, but Lali still has no Pakistan release date.
17 Sept 2026
Markets
PSX has put Worldcall Telecom back in its Non-Compliant Segment after a court dismissed the company's interim relief plea. The company has until 14 December 2026 to pay an overdue listing fee.
17 Sept 2026
Trending
Fact-checkers traced the 'arrested Saudi imam' and 'drone over Makkah' videos to old, unrelated footage. Here is what they show, and three checks before you forward.
17 Sept 2026
Health
The baby girl rescued from the 26 August nursery fire died after three weeks on a ventilator, a day after Shehbaz Sharif gave PIMS three months to fix fire safety.
17 Sept 2026
Pakistan
A rotten odour spread from Clifton to North Nazimabad on Wednesday. WWF-Pakistan says dying marine plankton after the monsoon is to blame, and the Met Office expects stronger sea breezes to clear it.
17 Sept 2026
Business
Net foreign direct investment rose to $315.9 million in August, and July-August inflows reached $494.5 million, up 24%. China, Canada and the UAE were the top sources.
17 Sept 2026
Politics
A new Pakistan Airports Authority NOTAM issued on 17 October keeps Indian-registered and Indian-operated aircraft out of Pakistani airspace for another month. Other airlines are not affected.
17 Sept 2026
Politics
The defence minister said Pakistan will honour the trilateral pact with Saudi Arabia and Turkey, while the petroleum minister warned against any strike on a Pakistan-flagged tanker stranded in the Red Sea.
17 Sept 2026
Business
Sugar mills say about 1.25 million tonnes of surplus stock could delay the new crushing season unless exports are allowed. Retail sugar averaged Rs145.59 per kg in the latest PBS survey.
17 Sept 2026
Politics
The PML-N's Dr Najeeb Naqi is Azad Kashmir's 25th president, for five years, ending eight months of acting arrangements after Barrister Sultan Mahmood's death.
17 Sept 2026
Crypto
Bitcoin is worth about Rs 21.25 million this morning. A US committee voted 28-21 to put the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve into law. What it means for Pakistani holders under the new PVARA rules.
17 Sept 2026
Cricket
Chief Justice Aalia Neelum told the Pakistan batter to answer the cyber crime agency's questions. His phone, taken after the Lord's Test, has still not been returned, his lawyer says.
17 Sept 2026
Pakistan
Ali Pervaiz Malik says Pakistan's petrol and diesel needs are secured for two months and warns an attack on a stranded tanker would be an act of war. November is the worry. The backup plan, explained.
17 Sept 2026
Education
An amendment to the Punjab Private Educational Institutions Act 2026 covers tutors teaching from home. No rates are out yet. What changes, who objects and what tutors should do now.
17 Sept 2026
Politics
Islamabad says an Indian destroyer made contact with a Pakistan Navy ship inside its economic zone during the SEASPARK-26 exercise. New Delhi blames the Pakistani ship. What each side says.
17 Sept 2026
