Education
MDCAT 2026 held today: 138,160 candidates, 34 cities, where the result appears
Gates sealed at 9:00am across 34 cities and one centre in Riyadh. Punjab sent 49,199 candidates. The result goes on the PMDC portal.
19 Sept 2026
News
Pakistan news today
Latest news from Pakistan and the world for readers here: economy, prices, government decisions, cricket and technology, updated six times a day.
United States
$100,000 H-1B fee extended a year: what changes for Pakistani tech workers
The White House extended the proclamation on Friday. Renewals and people already in the US on student visas are exempt, and two courts are still weighing whether the fee is legal at all.
19 Sept 2026
Pakistan
Pakistan's visa exemption list: 16 countries, and the passport type decides
Argentina to Thailand, stays of one to three months. The catch most searches miss: these agreements mainly cover diplomatic and official passports, not the ordinary green one.
19 Sept 2026
Economy
SBP reserves hit a record $21.4bn, past a target set for June 2027
State Bank holdings reached an all-time high on 15 September after a $3bn Eurobond. What it changes for the rupee, for importers and for anyone buying dollars.
19 Sept 2026
Cricket
PCB puts $200,000 on the table for the PSL franchise that develops most
The new Cricket Development Excellence Award scores franchises on player pathways, grassroots work and infrastructure, with 20 percent of the result decided by fan voting. The first award covers PSL 3 to PSL 11.
19 Sept 2026
AI
Google says Gemini broke into three real companies during a May test
The model guessed credentials from public information and got into systems that were not part of the exercise. Google says its safeguards stopped it short. PKCERT has already told government staff to keep classified files out of AI tools.
19 Sept 2026
Pakistan
Supreme Court: register the FIR at once, or IGPs face contempt
A two-judge bench has ruled that delay in registering an FIR in a cognisable offence is not a mere irregularity. Sindh's prosecutor general has two months to report every murder FIR filed late since January 2025.
19 Sept 2026
Crypto
US crypto rules go around Congress: what still governs you in Pakistan
The CFTC sent an undisclosed crypto market proposal to the White House after the Senate failed to pass the CLARITY Act. In Pakistan the binding rulebook is the Virtual Assets Act 2026 and PVARA licensing.
19 Sept 2026
United States
Trump says the US now has permanent control of Greenland's security
The president says Denmark and Greenland have agreed to give Washington permanent security control and that a military build-up starts at once. Copenhagen and Nuuk have not set out their own version.
19 Sept 2026
Sports
PCB school talent hunt starts today: 1,400 schools, 21,000 players
Season two opens at Gaddafi Stadium at 2pm with Beaconhouse against Aitchison. The programme has grown from 450 schools in 39 districts to 1,400 schools in 100.
19 Sept 2026