2026

Lahore - (Staff Reporter/Web Desk) - Delhi overtakes Lahore as world’s most polluted city on Friday, as heavy smog wrapped the Indian capital and pushed air quality to hazardous levels. More than 20 million people live in the city. Many…

Babar Azam - (Staff Reporter/Web Desk) - Babar Azam’s wait for a Test century went on as Sri Lanka pushed hard for victory in the rain-hit first Test in Rawalpindi on Friday. The visitors took four wickets in the morning session. Pakistan…

Tehran - (Special Correspondent/Web Desk) - Iran’s Guards said on Friday that their forces hit a US early warning radar on the island of Bahrain. The claim was shared by Iranian state media. There was no quick word from Manama or…

Global Oil - (Special Correspondent/Web Desk) - Crude oil prices moved in a mixed pattern on Friday, but they are still set for a second weekly drop in a row. Traders feel a little calmer because the US looks ready to keep limits on Iranian…

Gilgit-Baltistan - (Staff Reporter/Web Desk) - A passenger van fell into River Yasin in Ghizer, and at least 11 people lost their lives. Three others were hurt. The crash happened near Noh Bridge in Gilgit-Baltistan, rescue officials said.…

Pakistan - (Staff Reporter/Web Desk) - Pakistan denounces Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and has called for them to stop at once. The message came from Pakistan’s top envoy at the United Nations on Friday, according to an official…

Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - (Staff Reporter/Web Desk) - Security forces neutralise 74 terrorists in several intelligence-based operations across Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the military said on Friday. The Inter-Services…

Sri Lanka - (Special Correspondent/Web Desk) - Sri Lanka seeks $2b in foreign loans next year as it wraps up its four-year International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout programme. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake shared the plan on Thursday…

Lahore - (Staff Reporter/Web Desk) - The new provinces issue has drawn fresh comments from Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi. He said the best way forward is to ask the public for its opinion. Naqvi spoke to the media at the National Cyber…