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Pakistan online passport application system allowing citizens to apply for passports from home through a NADRA-linked digital portal.

Govt to Launch Home-Based Online Passport Application System

Focus Pakistan2026-05-07

Pakistan online passport application services will transform the country’s passport system: NADRA ISLAMABAD: The government has planned to provide online facilities for passport applications, enabling people to get passports even at home without going to the passport centers. A meeting was held with Director General Passports Mr. Muhammad Ali Randhawa presiding over the meeting, where ... Read more

Sindh government extends motorcycle fuel subsidy programme until May 31 2026

Sindh Is Spending Rs2 Billion on Motorcycle Fuel — but Half a Million Riders Are Still Waiting for Their Share

Focus Pakistan2026-05-07

ISLAMABAD: The government of Sindh will manage the People’s Motorcycle Fuel Subsidy Scheme until May 31, 2026. The government of Sindh is providing a budget of Rs2 billion in May. More than 548,000 motorcycle drivers in the province who belong to economically deprived classes will receive financial assistance from the government under this scheme. Another ... Read more

Pakistan Army Cadet in Australia Wins RMC Duntroon Best Foreign Cadet

Pakistan Just Won Australia’s Top Military Honour For the 14th Time

Focus Pakistan2026-05-07

According to Royal Military College of Australia, cadet Sardar Arsam Abbas from Pakistan Army was awarded for his excellent performance as the best foreign military cadet in all subjects on the occasion of the parade held on 5th May 2026 at RMC Duntroon, Canberra. It is the fourteenth consecutive year that a cadet from Pakistan ... Read more

Electricity Relief to Power Consumers Worth Rs63.94 Billion

Massive Power Relief Coming? Pakistan Consumers May Get Rs64 Billion Electricity Cut

Focus Pakistan2026-05-06

ISLAMABAD: The National Regulatory Authority- NEPRA is studying a proposal for providing electricity relief to consumers totaling Rs63.94 billion as part of the quarterly tariff adjustment that NEPRA is scheduled to consider on May 19. The proposal for the tariff adjustment was made by the various distribution companies in Pakistan due to notable savings recorded ... Read more

Pakistani sailors held hostage by piracy off the coast of Somalia on MT Honour 25 oil tanker as families in Karachi demand government action

Will We Ever See Them Again? Pakistani Families Wait in Agony as Somali Pirates Hold Their Loved Ones

Focus Pakistan2026-05-05

ISLAMABAD: The pirate attack in the ocean near Somalia has resulted in the kidnapping of ten Pakistanis on board the ship which has been hijacked by the pirates since last two weeks when their family members have been struggling in Karachi without receiving any news about them under the worsening conditions in the ship. MV ... Read more

Tariq Malik digital identity pioneer and former NADRA chairman featured on Nasdaq Times Square billboard

Pakistan’s Tariq Malik Recognised Among World’s Top Digital Identity Pioneers

Focus Pakistan2026-05-05

Most governments have tried to create identity platforms that do not work. They pour money into technology, start with high hopes, and fold after a few years due to political pressures. Former NADRA chair Tariq Malik has devoted his life to finding out why, and recently, Okta Ventures picked him as one of the 25 ... Read more

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Pakistan condemns UAE attacks

UAE Struck by 19 Missiles — Pakistan Breaks Silence with Strong Warning

Focus Pakistan2026-05-05

The authorities of Pakistan were able to voice their clear disapproval regarding the missile strike on the United Arab Emirates by using drones. By supporting the leadership of the United Arab Emirates, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mr. Shehbaz Sharif, made Pakistan a clear supporter of the United Arab Emirates at a time when all ... Read more

Lahore Streets Upgrade, Lahore Development Plan, Punjab Infrastructure

16,410 Streets in Lahore Get Historic Upgrade as Punjab Accelerates Development Drive

Focus Pakistan2026-05-05

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif is pushing one of the most ambitious urban development drives in Pakistan‘s history and the numbers tell a compelling story. For the first time, Lahore is witnessing the upgrade and beautification of 16,410 streets, as authorities roll out work on nearly 60 streets daily under the Lahore Development ... Read more

NAB Karachi recovers 80 acres of illegal Bahria Town land worth Rs6 billion in Hyderabad Gulshan-i-Sarmast as HDA cancels allotment

Rs6 Billion Land Grab Busted: NAB Snatches 80 Acres from Bahria Town

Focus Pakistan2026-05-05

National Accountability Bureau’s Karachi branch has managed to recover 80 acres of valuable government property in the city of Hyderabad, which was earlier misappropriated by Bahria Town in its Gulshan-i-Sarmast residential scheme in Deh Ganjo Takkar, amounting to Rs6 billion worth of property. This is among the most successful instances of physically seizing back government ... Read more

Pakistan passport ranking 2026 shows limited visa-free travel access for citizens

Pakistan Passport Among World’s Weakest in 2026 — Here’s What It Means for You

Focus Pakistan2026-05-04

KARACHI: The 2026 Henley Passport Index delivers yet another sobering reality check. The passport of Pakistan is considered the fourth weakest in the world today, which means that millions of people experience actual suffering in their everyday lives since the first step to traveling abroad begins with visa applications rather than flight bookings. Singapore Leads. ... Read more