HeadlinesUN launches $33bn humanitarian appeal for 2026, allocates $64.9m to support 1.9m vulnerable people in Pakistan
Global plan aims to save 87 million lives next year as UN warns of worsening crises from wars, climate disasters and collapsing aid funding
Dec 9, 2025
HeadlinesPSCA seeks cybercrime probe after fake e-challan website targets citizens
Authority asks NCCIA and Punjab Police to trace scammers who cloned its website and sent fraudulent e-challan alerts through SMS and WhatsApp
Dec 9, 2025
HeadlinesCustoms fixes new valuation rates for 11 China-origin medical items
New ruling resets values for swabs, Heparin Caps, Nebulizer, Oxygen Masks, Cannulas, Stopcocks, Spinal Needles, Aneroid units, Skin Staplers, ECG Electrodes and 3-ball Spirometers
Dec 9, 2025
HeadlinesShadiyana raises $800,000 pre-seed round to scale wedding tech platform across Pakistan
Startup secures funding from Indus Valley Capital to support product development and national expansion as it moves beyond its Islamabad base into Lahore and Karachi
Dec 9, 2025
HeadlinesGlobal donors pledge $1.9bn as Pakistan commits $154m to intensify polio eradication drive
Pakistan, one of only two endemic countries, to expand high-risk district immunisation as new funding strengthens global eradication push
Dec 9, 2025
HeadlinesGovt moves to end fixed returns for gas utilities as private suppliers enter market
Plan includes overhaul of SNGPL and SSGC, shift from cross-subsidy to direct budgeted subsidy, and 35% gas allocation for private sector
Dec 9, 2025
HeadlinesPakistan, Iran agree to cross-border electricity sale agreement
Revised deal pegs electricity price to OPEC oil basket via formula R = 3.2 + 0.075×P, with ECC set to review Amendment No 10
Dec 9, 2025
HeadlinesSugarcane prices set at Rs500–550 per maund, farmers’ interests safeguarded
Minister outlines market-driven pricing, record sugar exports, and new agri-reforms to boost productivity and protect growers
Dec 8, 2025
HeadlinesPakistan marks UAE national day, reaffirms strategic and economic ties
PM hails UAE support, contributions of 1.8 million Pakistanis, and shared vision for regional prosperity
Dec 8, 2025
HeadlinesPakistan records 27% rise in federal revenue collection, Finance Minister tells NA
FBR collects Rs11.7 trillion in FY2025; tax-to-GDP ratio improves to 10.3%, digital reforms drive compliance gains
Dec 8, 2025
HeadlinesFBR attributes incorrect tax SMS to telecom glitch
Messages on filing 2025 returns before September 30 were sent in error, board says
Dec 8, 2025
HeadlinesPakistan seeks U.S. backing for power sector reforms and investments
Leghari briefs Acting Ambassador Baker on Surplus Power Package, DISCO privatization, and transmission opportunities
Dec 8, 2025