Entertainment
Sarmad Khoosat's Lali wins Best Director at 15th DC South Asian Film Festival
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
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.
Markets
PSX moves Worldcall Telecom (WTL) to non-compliant segment: share price and what next
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
What two viral Makkah videos really show: a 2018 Yanbu clip and a 2025 Madinah one
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
PIMS fire death toll rises to 15 as lone surviving newborn dies; PM sets safety deadline
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
Karachi's foul smell traced to rotting phytoplankton, WWF says; sea breeze to clear it
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
Pakistan FDI jumps 80% to $316 million in August 2026, China leads
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
Pakistan extends airspace ban on Indian aircraft until 24 November
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
Khawaja Asif: Makkah pact ready to implement; Pakistan warns tanker attack is act of war
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 price in Pakistan at Rs 145.59/kg as PSMA warns surplus may delay crushing
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
Najeeb Naqi elected AJK president with 32 votes, PPP's Latif Akbar gets 13
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 at $76,587 after Fed hike as US bitcoin reserve bill clears House panel
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
LHC dismisses Mohammad Rizwan's plea against NCCIA betting probe: 'respond to the notice'
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
Fuel covered for September and October, minister says, as Saudi pipeline stays shut
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
Punjab brings home tuition and academies under property tax and commercial power bills
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
INS Kolkata and PNS Hunain collide in Arabian Sea: Pakistan and India summon envoys
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
United States
US Fed raises rates to 3.75-4%: what it means for the rupee, gold and your loan
The first US hike since 2023, with more signalled, sent the Dow down 600 points and the 10-year yield above 5%. Here is how it reaches Pakistani borrowers, savers and families.
17 Sept 2026