Turkiye to help Pakistan make its own foot-and-mouth vaccine
Turkiye will send a technical team to help Pakistan produce foot-and-mouth disease vaccine at home, as Islamabad targets disease-free zones and meat exports.
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UN panel welcomes Pakistan's marriage-age law, flags bonded labour
A UN rights committee welcomed Pakistan's 2025 law setting 18 as the minimum marriage age but pressed it on child brides, bonded labour and flood recovery.
Air pollution costs Pakistan 6.5% of GDP, OICCI says
Air pollution costs Pakistan about 6.5% of GDP and 248,000 premature deaths a year, experts say, as winter smog and falling investment add to the strain.
Fire hotspots near Lahore up 15% on last year as smog builds
A satellite analysis found 3,712 fire hotspots within 300 km of Lahore in a week, 2,753 of them in Pakistan, 15 per cent more than last year, as PM2.5 rose.
IHC fixes November 10 for Imran, Bushra appeals in £190m case
The Islamabad High Court will hear Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi's appeals in the £190m Al-Qadir Trust case on November 10, with a final chance for their lawyer.
Cabinet approves new banknote designs and a Rs10 coin
The cabinet approved new banknote designs with stronger security features and a Rs10 coin to replace the Rs10 note, and ratified a defence pact with Kuwait.
SSGC fixes three daily gas slots for homes as govt overhauls LPG market
SSGC will supply gas to homes in Sindh and Balochistan at breakfast, lunch and dinner hours this winter, as the government moves to auction LPG.
Fazl hints at street agitation at Mansehra workers' convention
JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman told a Mansehra convention his party will not let the government 'plunder' resources and hinted at launching a street agitation.
291 refugee-camp teachers protest UNHCR layoffs in Peshawar
Hundreds of Pakistani teachers who taught Afghan children in UNHCR-run camps protested in Peshawar after 291 were dismissed on Oct 31 without compensation.
Polio supervisor abducted in Khyber's Jamrud during vaccination drive
A polio team supervisor, Jalil Khan, was abducted in Jamrud's Chapri area during the seven-day campaign, the DPO said; police are searching for him.
Chinese party envoy meets Shehbaz and Asim Munir, urges deeper political ties
Liu Haixing of China's Communist Party met PM Shehbaz and Field Marshal Munir, calling for deeper political and institutional exchanges.
ECP serves MQM-P a show-cause notice over missed party elections
The ECP gave MQM-P 14 days to explain why it did not hold intra-party elections by the extended deadline, warning that its electoral symbol could be withheld.
Lahore police report clears five suspects of rape in foreign women case
An incomplete Lahore police report charges three suspects with sexually assaulting two foreign women and five others only with detention and extortion.