Pakistan for Thursday, September 18, 2025

• US clouds India's Chabahar dream
• Five die in Chaman 'suicide' blast
• Imran renews plea for justice, relief
• Pakistan, KSA accord redraws security map
• Submarine cable cuts slow internet
• Haaland hits 50 Champions League goals in Man City cruise over 10-man Napoli
• Marseille hoping to catch PSG at the right time in Ligue 1
• Barcelona beat Newcastle, Man City see off Napoli in Champions League
• Antonelli vows to bounce back from Wolff criticism
• Australian teen Gout hungry for more after worlds exit
• McLaughlin-Levrone steals the show, Botswana take men's one-lap gold
• External account deficit widens
• High-level Iranian agri delegation due
• SBP's reserves increase $21m to $14.36b
• Public hearing faces objections to gas marketing licences
• Regressive laws blamed for Yamaha's exit
• Reko Diq project cost raised to $7.7b
• Govt seeks Polish support to boost farm exports
• 'Partnerships unlikely without regional stability'
• PSX surges 1,776 points on Saudi pact
• EU, Pakistan plan to revive business forum
• ‘Doors not closed’ to entry of other Arab nations in Pak-Saudi mutual defence deal: Khawaja Asif
• Taurees Habib basks in sound of success
• Reading the grammar of illness
• Louboutin hands menswear reins to Jaden Smith
• Fashion takes a fresh start in London
• Gosling takes Star Wars to the Seas
• A24 brings Kidman and Fanning back together
• Graham Norton gets Swift exclusive for Showgirl launch
• Strikes in France delay tapestry transfer
• At least 5 killed, one injured in Balochistan’s Chaman blast
• Telenor receives diamond award in corporate social responsibility
• India’s securities and exchange board dismisses Hindenburg allegations against Adani group
• SC quashes Rs44b sugar industry fine
• Justice Kayani laments institutional collapse
• Defence pact with KSA reflects true 'friendship'
• Pakistan, IAEA sign five-year framework
• Rain threatens river swelling in next two days
• Govts to be fully digitalised by mid-2026
• Breaches planned to protect Jalalpur
• Defence pact to deepen ties with KSA: Asif
• BISP to adopt tech-driven payment mechanism
• Flows normalise in most Punjab rivers
• IHC suspends Sattar's order on PTA chief
• Gifts case: witnesses allege pressure
• Super tax under scrutiny in Supreme Court
• PM 'deeply touched' by KSA's warm welcome
• Trump says US seeking control of Bagram air base given up in Afghanistan withdrawal
• IHC division bench suspends Justice Babar Sattar’s order directing removal of PTA chairman
• 14 policemen shot dead in city this year
• Japanese Film Festival 2025 opens at ACP
• CM orders resumption of Ghotki-Kandhkot bridge
• Work halted on Green Line's second phase
• LHC seeks reason for withholding May 9 verdict
• Man shot dead, son wounded in Kabirwala
• Corruption plagues Suthra Punjab project in DG Khan
• President Zardari urges Pakistan-Xinjiang cooperation in Trade, counter-terrorism
• Maryam Nawaz inaugurates Pakistan’s first advanced cancer Co-Ablation center at Mayo Hospital
• Reko Diq: Govt earmarks $390m for rail tracks from Balochistan mines
• Appraiser alleges ‘pressured’ into undervaluing jewellery set in Toshakhana-2 reference
• India raises concern over Pakistan-Saudi strategic defence pact
• PSX gains 1,775 points amid Saudi Arabia-driven market momentum
• India says analysing ‘implications’ of Pak-Saudi mutual defence pact for national security
• ‘May take 4-5 five weeks to restore undersea internet cables’: IT secretary responds to slow speed query
• ‘Most cordial talks’ with Saudi crown prince covered regional challenges, bilateral cooperation: PM Shehbaz
• PSX rises by 1,700 points on back of bolstered investor confidence after Saudi defence pact
• Tahir Ashrafi terms PM’s visit to Saudi Arabia as highly successful
• NDMA urges vigilance as rain threatens river swelling over next two days
• IHC sets Sept 25 hearing on Imran Khan, Bushra Bibi sentence suspension in £190m case
• US embassy in India says it revoked, denied visas over fentanyl links
• Here is what analysts have to say about the Pak-Saudi defence agreement
• President Zardari visits Urban Operations and Management Center in Urumqi
• Imran expresses grievances in letter to CJP Afridi, urges him to direct IHC to fix ‘critical’ petitions
• Punjab CM Maryam inaugurates Wazirabad electric bus project
• Pakistan Railways saves billions through energy reforms: Hanif Abbasi
• Imran Khan’s letter to CJP officially filed at Supreme Court
• Pakistan Railways cancels three trains amid low passenger turnout
• IRSA releases 238,900 cusecs water
• IHC suspends PTA chairman’s removal, restores Hafeez-ur-Rehman
• Why the Pakistan–Saudi Defence Pact Matters?
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• 4 ‘India-sponsored’ terrorists killed in Balochistan’s Khuzdar during IBO: ISPR
• Sherry Rehman urges support for flood victims, highlights climate emergency
• DRAP seizes counterfeit medicines in nationwide crackdown
• Army continues relief operations in flood-hit areas of Punjab
• Security forces kill four terrorists in Khuzdar IBO
• Shehbaz Sharif concludes Saudi visit, leaves for London
• Asia Cup: Pakistan gearing up for India rematch, says captain Salman Agha
• Govt focusing on youth to drive economic uplift: PM
• PML-N never played provincial or dam card, says Azma Bukhari
• PM Shehbaz ‘deeply touched’ by warm welcome from Saudi Crown Prince
• Former Hurriyat chief Ghani Bhat passes away
• Punjab launches first ‘Coablation’ cancer treatment centre in Lahore
• Tump assistant commissioner freed by kidnappers after three months
• Pakistan warns UNSC terrorism from Afghanistan is gravest threat
• Sikh community urges India to lift ban on Kartarpur Yatrees
• Met Office predicts rain in upper and northern parts of country
• Pakistan must act fast to unlock $8bn mining potential
• Tax on feminine hygiene products challenged in LHC
• Maritime plan positions Gwadar as regional hub
• India-Russia ties may strain relations with Delhi: EU
• Pakistan warns UN of terror threats from Afghan soil
• Advent of satellite internet held up by red tape
• Asia Cup: Pakistan make easy work of UAE to set up another India clash on Sunday