. DOHA: Qatari authorities have arrested more than 300 people for sharing images and what they described as “misleading information” during days of attacks by Iran, the interior ministry said on Monday. The arrests echo measures across the Gulf as Iran targets airports, military bases, energy installations and residential areas with daily drones and missiles. … Read more

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the offices of Al-Qard al-Hassan, a Hezbollah-linked financial institution, in the southern coastal Lebanese city of Tyre on March 2, 2026. PHOTO: AFP Hezbollah on Monday fired long-range rockets at Israeli military and communications facilities deep inside Israel, including a satellite communications station in … Read more

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday unveiled several energy conservation and austerity measures to preempt fuel shortages and declared that he would not further increase the prices of petroleum products, seeking to pacify an unnerved public while shouldering the cost of rising prices. The measures announced by the prime minister in a pre-recorded nationally televised … Read more

ISLAMABAD: As the ongoing war between Iran and the United States–Israel alliance begins to disrupt regional maritime security and threaten critical global shipping routes, Pakistan on Monday launched a naval operation aimed at safeguarding its maritime trade and energy lifelines. The Pakistan Navy announced the launch of Operation Muhafiz-ul-Bahr, a mission designed to ensure the … Read more

The government has agreed to the need for a mini-budget if revenues fall short of expectations by end-December 2025, according to the IMF. Photo: file ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has informed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that the US-Israel war against Iran would not significantly impact its economy, projecting that the current account deficit may remain around … Read more

US President Donald Trump. PHOTO: AFP/ File TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON: Iran signalled a defiant stance with a senior leader saying that he sees no room for diplomacy in the ongoing conflict triggered by joint United States and Israeli strikes, while President Donald Trump insisted that the war was pretty much over. Iranian officials said that ceasefire … Read more

Students, accompanied by their parents, make their way home after the first day of school following the winter break in Rawalpindi. The winter vacation in Punjab, which started on December 23, 2024, concluded on January 10, 2025, with schools reopening on January 13, 2025. PHOTO: ONLINE LAHORE/ QUETTA: The provincial governments of Punjab and Balochistan … Read more

. KARACHI: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Monday warned that pollution caused by the recent US-Israeli attacks on Iranian oil facilities could deteriorate air quality in the western parts of Pakistan if prevailing winds carry pollutants across the border. In a statement, the Met Office said atmospheric currents originating from Iran may transport pollutants … Read more

Under the new local government system introduced through the Local Government Act 2025, Rawalpindi district has been divided into a total of 17 local government units. These include two town corporations, five municipal committees, six tehsil councils and four cantonment boards. Two new tehsil councils and one new municipal committee have been added while the … Read more

American campaign against Iran costing more than $1b per day, according to Anadolu analysis US carrier operations are continuously targeting Iran in the region. PHOTO: CENTCOM/FOX NEWS The United States military campaign against Iran has racked up an estimated $10.35 billion in costs in just 10 days — an average of more than $1b per day. The … Read more