Pakistan for Tuesday, August 19, 2025

• UK council wins bid to move asylum seekers from hotel amid anti-immigration protests
• Karachi weather forecast for August 20-21, 2025 after heavy rain
• Islamabad flight aborts Karachi landing amid intense rain
• Karachi power update after rain- August 20, 2025
• Public holiday announced amid urban flooding risk in Karachi
• Govt moves to cut port delays, speed up clearance
• PSX breaks 150k barrier, hits another record
• S&P affirms 'AA+' credit rating for US
• Rs40b fine on mills termed 'wrong'
• Tribunal upholds decision in LDI case
• Moody's upgrades deposit ratings of Pak banks
• Current account posts $254 million deficit in July
• Iqbal reiterates quality over quantity at JCC meet
• After NA, Senate also gives nod to Anti-Terrorism Act amendments amid opposition’s uproar
• Public holiday today as Karachi declares emergency in the wake of heavy rain
• Internet outage causes extensive internet disruption in Pakistan
• At least 7 dead as heavy rain lashes Karachi; commuters brave hours-long traffic jams
• Frozen in Flashbulbs
• Saima Noor's dance video goes viral
• Ferrer files rebuttal against Baldoni subpoena
• Quentin Tarantino reveals what his 'best' movie is
• 'Ketamine Queen' will plead guilty in Matthew Perry case
• 300-year-old violin to star at UK music festival
• One of anime's most enduringly haunting sagas
• Flight operations disrupted as monsoon rain hits Karachi
• IHC grants bail to blasphemy accused
• 200 children among Islamabad rape victims
• Pak, UK agree to boost strategic ties, trade
• PM leads green push with 41m-tree plantation drive
• CAIE O Levels results 2025 announced
• DG ISPR briefs on flood rescues
• Sun of justice will rise, says Imran
• Govt mulls military courts appeal law
• JCP to finalise criteria for HC judges, CBs
• Pakistan streets 'zones of fear' for minorities
• High level defence delegation of Azerbaijan calls on Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Sidhu
• Educational Family Festival brings joy and awareness to Muzaffargarh
• President bids farewell to UAE Ambassador, emphasizes strengthening bilateral ties
• Rain washes away govt's claims of preparedness
• Public transport vanishes
• CM puts institutions on high alert
• MQM slams govt over infrastructure failure
• Orthopaedic treatment stalled at govt hospitals
• Petrol pump inferno claims lives in Malir
• Suspected robber shot dead in Defence View
• Moonson rains lash southern Sindh
• NDMA accused of failing flood victims
• Rain victims left to fend for themselves
• Pindi set for major anti-polio drive
• Mismanagement exposed at RTH
• Father behind newborn's abduction, say police
• Illegal fishing in Ghazi Barrage sparks security concerns
• Madni Masjid to be reconstructed
• Experts for collaborative tree planting
• Air Canada to resume service as flight attendants’ union ends strike
• Remand extended in gambling promotion case
• PDMA issues alert over surging river levels
• Girl ends life over brother's domestic quarrel
• Woman, accomplice booked for assaulting cop
• Punjab govt updates 1981 'War Book'
• Japanese firms offered free land
• Israel reviews Hamas proposal for 60-day Gaza ceasefire, hostage release
• Generous compensation unveiled for flood victims' heirs
• CM orders action against illegal trawling in Balochistan waters
• Karachi: Eight dead in rain-related incidents, public holiday announced
• Trump says Putin may not want to make a deal on Ukraine
• Schools to remain closed in Karachi amid heavy rainfall
• Markram, Maharaj lead South Africa to crushing win against Australia in ODI series-opener
• PML-N announces candidates for key by-elections as PTI leaders face disqualification
• Wang Yi to visit Islamabad for 6th Pakistan-China strategic dialogue
• Interior ministry reports 200 child sexual abuse cases since 2022
• DPM/FM Dar lauds Pakistani diaspora in UK
• Senate passes Anti-terrorism (Amendment) Bill, 2025 amid opposition uproar
• EU lifts ban on PIA flights, services to Paris to resume: Senate told
• At least 358 dead as KP reels from devastating floods; rehabilitation efforts underway
• India’s National Sports Governance Bill becomes an Act after President Murmu’s assent
• PM Shehbaz reiterates commitment for polio-free Pakistan
• Flooded, forgotten, forsaken — Pakistan’s endless monsoon crisis
• China’s Foreign Minister Wang to visit Pakistan on Aug 21 for strategic dialogue: FO
• Senate chief stresses climate change an urgent reality for Pakistan
• ATC sentences four PTI workers in Nov 26 protest case
• Indian police exhume human remains in mass-burial investigation
• 5.2-magnitude quake jolts Islamabad, Rawalpindi, and parts of KP: PMD
• Authorities to launch crackdown on illegal foreigners in Islamabad, four districts
• Maryam Nawaz says humanity transcends all borders, relations
• DPM Dar highlights importance of IWT to Pakistan's water security
• Babar, Rizwan demoted as PCB announces central contracts for 2025-26; no players in Category A
• Terrorist network planning major attacks busted in Kohat
• Minister visits flood-hit areas of Chagharzai tehsil in Buner
• NJPMC 54th meeting deliberates on key policy issues
• Sindh govt donates relief goods for KP flood victims
• 5.2 magnitude quake jolts twin cities, parts of KP
• Cloudbursts, flash floods sweep Swabi areas killing 25 persons
• PM seeks plan for relief items distribution among KP flood victims
• NDMA dispatches flood relief consignments to Swat, Shangla
• SC adjourns hearing of Imran Khan’s bail pleas in May 9 cases till Aug 20
• Pakistan seeking improved relations with US: DPM
• China’s top diplomat hails ‘positive trend’ in relations with India
• Punjab to benefit from Japan’s expertise in urban development: CM Maryam
• Buner residents scared to go back to deluged homes after floods kill hundreds
• No need for 27th Amendment: FM Dar
• LJCP renews pledge for accessible, equitable justice system for all
• PML-N awards Senate ticket to Rana Sanaullah
• Banks set to gain from stability, says Fitch
• Balochistan sends supplies to flood victims in GB, KP
• Rain claims five more lives in AJK
• Alcaraz wins Cincinnati Open after ailing Sinner retires in final; Swiatek downs Paolini to claim first title
• PMD forecasts heavy rain across Pakistan
• Berlin urges Pakistan to take back over 200 Afghans
• Opposition livid as AGP appears to back ‘judicial interference’
• Amid concerns, Senate panel passes petroleum bill with thin majority