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The bigger picture

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not just the headline.

Curated reporting trails for the institutions, policies and continuing events that shape life in Pakistan.

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Economy tracker

IMF & Pakistan

Follow Pakistan’s IMF programme, reviews, financing decisions and the policy changes shaping the country’s economy.

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Line chart titled 'Tax revenue as a share of GDP', covering direct and indirect taxes as well as social contributions. Pakistan's line starts near 8 per cent in 1980, dips to roughly 7.3 per cent in the early 2000s and then climbs steeply after 2010 to just above 12 per cent by the early 2020s. Data source: UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025).
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Tax administration

FBR Reforms & Tax Collection

Follow Pakistan's FBR reforms, tax-collection targets, faceless assessment, filing deadlines and the staffing changes shaping the tax system.

25 stories
Line chart titled 'Tax revenue as a share of GDP', covering direct and indirect taxes as well as social contributions. Pakistan's line starts near 8 per cent in 1980, dips to roughly 7.3 per cent in the early 2000s and then climbs steeply after 2010 to just above 12 per cent by the early 2020s. Data source: UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025).
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Power & institutions

Parliament & Courts

Follow legislation, constitutional disputes and major decisions from Pakistan’s Parliament, Supreme Court and Islamabad High Court.

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Wide view of the National Assembly chamber in Islamabad, with rows of wooden desks and maroon seats arranged in a horseshoe, a gilded domed ceiling and the electronic voting board above the members' gallery.
04
Sport & culture

Pakistan Cricket

Follow Pakistan cricket, the national sides, PCB decisions, PSL developments and major international tournaments.

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The Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore lit by two tall floodlight pylons at night, with the green outfield, the covered square and empty tiered stands carrying HBL PSL branding.
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Policy monitor

State Bank of Pakistan

Track State Bank of Pakistan decisions on interest rates, inflation, reserves, the rupee and banking policy.

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Overhead view of a crowded wholesale fruit market, with traders and buyers standing among brightly painted delivery trucks loaded with stacked crates of produce and bundles of straw.
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Digital change

Technology & AI

Follow artificial intelligence, telecommunications, cybersecurity and the technologies changing Pakistan and the wider world.

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A multi-storey glass office block lining a wide paved plaza at Alibaba Group's headquarters campus in Hangzhou, with mature trees, planted beds and a few people walking across the square.
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Essential systems

Pakistan Fuel & Energy

Follow Pakistan’s fuel prices, oil supply, electricity policy and the regional events affecting energy security.

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The entrance wall and gate of the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines plant in Gilgit, with the company name in English and Urdu on black panels, street lights and overhead lines along an empty road, and a bare brown mountain slope rising behind.
08
Security alliance

Makkah Defence Pact

Follow the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement binding Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye, and the Houthi war, deployments and diplomacy that shape it.

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Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry in a dark green military uniform with rank insignia and medal ribbons, photographed against a plain background.
09
Constitutional standoff

K-P Emergency & Centre–PTI Standoff

Pakistan's federal government imposed emergency rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under Articles 232 and 234; follow the standoff, the PTI long march and next steps.

18 stories
A busy market street in Peshawar's old city, with Urdu and English shop signs, bolts of cloth hanging outside the stalls, motorbikes at the kerb and pedestrians passing an old building with arched windows and domed turrets.
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Counterterrorism

Kohat Police Lines Attack

Follow the 18 September 2026 attack on Kohat's Old Police Lines, the investigation, the militant network behind it and Pakistan's counterterrorism response.

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A wide view of the Kohat valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under a clear sky
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Regional diplomacy

Pakistan, Iran & the US Mediation Track

Follow Pakistan's mediation between the US and Iran: Asim Munir's Tehran visits, DPM Dar's regional calls, the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, and the Strait of Hormuz blockade.

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Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry in a dark green military uniform with rank insignia and medal ribbons, photographed against a plain background.
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Border & counterterrorism

Pakistan–Afghanistan Border Conflict

Follow Pakistan’s operations along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, including airstrikes in Kunar, Helmand and Paktika, ground firing exchanges, and the diplomatic track with Kabul.

842 stories
Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry in a dark green military uniform with rank insignia and medal ribbons, photographed against a plain background.
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Protest & negotiation

Jamaat-e-Islami Petroleum Levy Campaign

Follow Jamaat-e-Islami's campaign against the petroleum levy: nationwide sit-ins, the shutdown strike, the long march and the government negotiations.

25 stories
An aerial view of a refinery complex in Karachi, with clusters of white storage tanks, pipe runs and access roads beside a broad creek, and plumes of white steam rising from the plant.
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Food security

Pakistan Wheat and Food Prices

Follow Pakistan’s wheat policy, the support price, strategic reserves and imports, and how grain costs feed through into flour, bread and household food prices.

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A crowded open-air fruit and vegetable market in Multan, with heaps of citrus and apples, hanging bunches of bananas, crates of green vegetables, vendors and shoppers, and Urdu signboards over the stalls.
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Dispute & diplomacy

Kashmir Dispute

Follow the Jammu and Kashmir dispute: Black Day and other observances, Pakistan's official positions, diplomatic exchanges and the people of IIOJK.

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Parliament House in Islamabad seen from the flower-bed roundabout at the D-Intersection on Constitution Avenue, with the Presidential Secretariat complex to the right.