More Monsoon Rain Predicted Across Pakistan — And the Death Toll Is Already at 53

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Landi Kotal’s roads turned into rivers this week. Trucks waded through floodwater instead of driving over it. That image, from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on July 20, is what “monsoon alert” actually looks like on the ground — not a forecast graphic, but a truck half-submerged on a highway. By Tuesday, the numbers had caught up with […]

Pakistan Fuel Standoff: Petrol Pumps to Shut Down Nationwide as Talks Fail

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Three days after the government proudly launched its new daily fuel pricing mechanism, the people who actually sell that fuel to the public just walked away from the table. The All Pakistan Petroleum Pump Owners Association (APPPOA) announced Tuesday night that petrol pumps nationwide will shut down indefinitely starting midnight Wednesday, after talks with the […]

Did PTA Just Ban TikTok Live in Pakistan?

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Short answer: no, not officially. But the fact that so many people believe it happened is a story in itself. Over the past two days, a claim has spread rapidly across Pakistani social media: that the government is preparing to ban TikTok Live and its monetization features, and may even direct local banks to stop […]

Petrol Price Reduced, Diesel Increased for Next 24 Hours

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Monday night gave Pakistan its first real test of a pricing system the government only announced three days earlier. Petrol dropped. Diesel jumped. And for the first time, both moves reflect a single day’s worth of international oil movement, not two weeks of it. What Actually Changed According to an official Oil and Gas Regulatory […]