On August 6, 2025, sources revealed that the Sindh Assembly is actively considering a proposal to align the salaries and privileges of its lawmakers with those of the Punjab Assembly, marking a significant step toward addressing long-standing demands for equitable compensation. The initiative, discussed in a recent meeting between Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani...
On August 6, 2025, Transparency International Pakistan raised an urgent alarm over the soaring prices of medicines, exposing a troubling lack of transparency and weak enforcement of pharmaceutical policies. In a strongly worded letter to Federal Minister for National Health Services Syed Mustafa Kamal, the organization highlighted a staggering 3,000% to 4,000% price disparity for...
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) achieved a groundbreaking feat, smashing through the 145,000-point barrier for the first time in its history. The benchmark KSE-100 Index surged by 2,078 points, closing at an all-time high of 145,100. Just two days ago, on August 4, the KSE-100 Index crossed 142,000 points, driven by a landmark trade agreement...
The United Kingdom opened applications for its prestigious Chevening Scholarships, offering Pakistani students a chance to pursue fully funded one-year master’s degrees at top UK universities. The highly competitive program, funded by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and partner organizations, targets mid-career professionals with at least two years of work experience (2,800...
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) disqualified nine lawmakers from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), including prominent figures such as Omar Ayub Khan, the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, and Senator Shibli Faraz, the Opposition Leader in the Senate. The ECP notification specifies that the disqualified lawmakers include five National Assembly members, one...
On August 4, 2025, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Karachi Zone launched a targeted operation against organized elements involved in illegal currency exchange, arresting a key suspect, Mursaleen, in a raid at Gul Plaza on M.A. Jinnah Road, Karachi. The Anti-Corruption Circle Karachi, acting on confidential intelligence, seized $37,000 from the suspect, with the recovered...
Scientists from Punjab University (PU) and China’s Wuhan University have developed a new hybrid rice seed, PU786, capable of increasing per-acre yields from 1,600 kg to an impressive 5,600 kg. Announced on August 4, 2025, this breakthrough, the result of a decade-long collaboration, marks Pakistan’s first Honglian-type hybrid rice variety. Led by Dr. Muhammad Ashfaq,...
In a remarkable medical feat, doctors at Sindh Government Lyari General Hospital in Karachi successfully removed a lock from the stomach of a 23-year-old mentally ill patient without resorting to surgery. The patient, a resident of Khokhrapar, was brought to the hospital in critical condition after swallowing a lock, according to Professor Anjum Rehman, a...
Muhammad Amir Siddiqui, of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) from Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P), tabled a resolution in the Sindh Assembly to issue a commemorative currency note honoring “Maarka-e-Haq” (The Battle of Truth). This initiative aims to celebrate the triumph of Pakistan’s unwavering spirit and unity, symbolized by the term “Baniyan al-Marsoos” (a fortified structure), which...
The Supreme Court of Pakistan’s Karachi registry, under Chief Justice Yahya Afridi, took up a sensitive case involving allegations of forced religious conversion and marriage today. The case revolves around a girl from Karachi’s Defence Phase 5, whose family claims she was coerced into changing her religion and marrying against her will. Chief Justice Afridi...