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Pakistan / Politics & GovernancePMD forecasts fresh rain spell from September 12 to 17
Pakistan's weather service forecast a fresh monsoon spell from 12 to 17 September, with falling temperatures, flood and landslide warnings and thunderstorms in Karachi from 14 September.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernancePM orders nationwide two-hour loadshedding limit
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered that no area face more than two hours of load-shedding and told power distribution companies to set up consumer grievance committees within a week.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernancePlanning forum backs $200m ADB-funded FBR digitalisation project
Pakistan’s development working party recommended a $200 million ADB-backed project to digitalise the FBR, which promises a 13.5pc tax-to-GDP ratio by 2029. ECNEC must still approve it.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernancePunjab plans 1,500 electric buses for 91 tehsils
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz approved 1,500 electric buses for 91 tehsils from January 2027, part of a target of 3,000 buses across the province by June 2027.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernancePM invites opposition leader to CEC consultation
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has invited opposition leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai to consultations on appointing a new chief election commissioner, a post held past its term since January 2025.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernanceForeign Office calls Makkah defence pact defensive, rules out expansion
Pakistan’s Foreign Office said on 10 September that the Makkah pact is purely defensive, that no military response to Houthi attacks is under discussion and that expansion is not on the table.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernanceJI sets 10 September deadline for Islamabad march over petroleum levy
Jamaat-i-Islami chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman said he would announce a long march to Islamabad on 10 September if the government rejected the party's fuel-price proposals.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernanceMilitary says 11 militants killed in Kharan and Washuk operations
Pakistan’s military said 11 militants were killed in two intelligence-based operations in Kharan and Washuk and 2.9 tonnes of explosives were recovered.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernanceAsim Iftikhar Ahmad named Pakistan’s next foreign secretary
Pakistan’s UN envoy Asim Iftikhar Ahmad will succeed Amna Baloch as foreign secretary when she retires on 17 September, Ishaq Dar announced.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernanceSupreme Court upholds Bait-ul-Mal aid for Hindu girls
The Supreme Court upheld a Sindh High Court order for Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal to pay two Hindu sisters Rs10,000 a month each, rising 10 per cent yearly until marriage.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernancePMDC bars Afghan admissions, orders enrolled students to return
Pakistan's medical regulator told medical and dental colleges to admit no Afghan nationals this session and to help enrolled Afghan students return to Afghanistan.
Pakistan / Politics & GovernancePakistan and Oman plan Gwadar-Sohar port link
Pakistan and Oman are moving toward designating Gwadar and Sohar as sister ports, officials said, with an agreement targeted for signing this year.