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GRE and HAT Are Not Required Until Fall 2027
HEC made GRE or HAT mandatory for MS, MPhil and PhD, then deferred it. What applies to admissions this year, and what to plan for.
Fajr Riaz · · 4 min read
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Crypto Services in Pakistan Must Apply by 5 September
Anyone providing virtual asset services since 5 March must apply for an NOC by 5 September or cease. What counts, and what does not.
Fajr Riaz · · 6 min read
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PTA Orders 180-Day Validity on Prepaid Balance
Any recharge must stay valid 180 days, and expired balance returns when you top up again. What was ordered, and how to complain if it does not.
Fajr Riaz · · 5 min read
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X Ends Creator Revenue Sharing on 7 September
X retires Creator Revenue Sharing on 7 September 2026, read on its own help page. Pakistan is reportedly absent from the replacement programme.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
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Electricity Up Rs 2.52 a Unit, and the Hearing Is Thursday
CPPA-G wants Rs 2.52 more per unit for July. NEPRA hears it on Thursday at 2pm, online, and any affected consumer is invited to object.
Ali Akhtar · · 6 min read
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Sindh Recorded 58,972 Malaria Cases in a Single Week
NIH's own surveillance puts Sindh at 58,972 malaria cases in week 32, 87 per cent of the national total. All seven Karachi districts: 659.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
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Moody's Raises Pakistan to B3, Six Notches Below Investment Grade
Moody's upgraded Pakistan to B3 from Caa1. Interest now takes 35 per cent of revenue, down from 49. What it does and does not change.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
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Lahore Wants Unpaid Challans to Block Your CNIC and Passport
Lahore's traffic chief has asked for unpaid challans to block CNICs and passports. It is a letter, not a rule, and a court has already ruled.
Shahid Anwar · · 7 min read
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Your September Electricity Bill Loses a Discount and May Gain a Charge
The Rs 1.9857 a unit relief ends with August. Separately, companies have asked to recover Rs 23 billion. Prepaid users are exempt from that.
Shahid Anwar · · 6 min read
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Meezan Is Pakistan's Best Bank, According to Three Different Awards
Three separate bodies have named Meezan the best bank. What each award actually is, when it was given, and the numbers behind the latest one.
Shahid Anwar · · 5 min read
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Misbah Arshad Is Pakistan's Fourth Miss Universe Titleholder
Misbah Arshad was crowned Miss Universe Pakistan on 20 August and goes to Puerto Rico in November. The final was held in the Philippines.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
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Diesel Falls Rs 32.63 in a Day, and the Tax on It Went Up
Diesel fell to Rs 363.06 after refineries agreed to cut prices. On the same day its levy rose Rs 1.72, so refineries absorbed more than the cut.
Shahid Anwar · · 6 min read
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Google Opens Its Pakistan Office, and Is Already Building Chromebooks in Haripur
Google opened its Islamabad office on 18 August. The part being missed is hardware: Chromebooks assembled in Haripur with local partners.
Shahid Anwar · · 5 min read
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Free Gemini for Pakistani Students: Announced, Not Yet Claimable
Google says every student in Pakistan gets a free year of Gemini. We checked, and there is no way to claim it yet. What to ignore meanwhile.
Ali Akhtar · · 6 min read
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MDCAT Registration Closes Today, Test Moved to 20 September
The MDCAT portal reopened from 17 to 21 August for anyone who missed the earlier deadline. The test moved from 16 August to 20 September.
Fajr Riaz · · 6 min read
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LPG Auction Results Are Being Held Back, and Cylinders May Rise 15%
Auction results are withheld amid court cases. If the signature bonus reaches consumers, LPG could rise about 15 per cent. Nothing is decided.
Ali Akhtar · · 4 min read
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Daily Fuel Pricing Has Triggered Two Strike Threats in a Month
Petrol dealers and goods transporters both demanded the daily fuel price rule be changed. One was refused outright. The other got 15 days.
Ali Akhtar · · 4 min read
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The Petrol Dealer Margin Rise Costs Consumers Rs 26 Billion a Year
The strike ended with a Rs 1.34 margin rise from 1 September. It goes on the pump price, not government revenue, and adds over Rs 26bn a year.
Ali Akhtar · · 4 min read
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Transporters Say the Strike Continues, Sindh CM Says It Is Nearly Over
The goods transport strike is in its seventh day. Transporters put the cost at Rs 50 billion and say it goes on. Sindh's CM says almost resolved.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
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Late Customs Filing Will Cost Rs 25,000 a Day From October
Two SROs take effect on 1 October. Penalties start at Rs 25,000 a day and the customs system will now calculate and serve them automatically.
Fajr Riaz · · 6 min read
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Pakistan Collected Rs 1.567 Trillion in Fuel Levy Last Year
Petroleum levy collection rose 29 per cent in FY26 and beat both targets. The same week, dealers are striking over Rs 1.34 a litre.
Ali Akhtar · · 4 min read
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Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey to Build Joint Defence Bodies
Turkey's defence ministry says political and military mechanisms will be formed under the Makkah pact signed on 7 August. They do not exist yet.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
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Power Companies Want Rs 1.35 More a Unit From September
Distribution companies have asked NEPRA for Rs 34 billion over three months. It is a request, not a decision, and the reasons are uncomfortable.
Fajr Riaz · · 4 min read
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Why Petrol Pumps Are Striking While Petrol Gets Cheaper
Petrol is down Rs 7.58 since 6 August, yet dealers shut tomorrow. They are arguing about a different number, and the daily price rule is why.
Ali Akhtar · · 6 min read