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One board only works without www. Another has an invalid certificate, so browsers warn you off. We opened all nine and recorded what happened.
Fajr Riaz · · 6 min read
The dlims address shared in most guides does not resolve at all. We tested it and found the Sindh Police portal that does answer.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
Check a MEPCO bill with the 14 digit reference number. Its helpline is a mobile number, not 118, and load shedding is listed by feeder.
Shahid Anwar · · 4 min read
Check an IESCO bill with the 14 digit reference number. Helpline 118, SMS 8118, and the new connection route that changed to e-OPS.
Fajr Riaz · · 5 min read
Check a LESCO bill on the PITC portal or on LESCO's own site. Both work. Only one also gives you complaints, load shedding and new connections.
Fajr Riaz · · 5 min read
Check a GEPCO bill with your 14 digit reference number, or by Customer ID. We tested the portal, and the company website that will not load.
Fajr Riaz · · 5 min read
Sindh Excise charges a daily penalty for late vehicle transfers, from Rs 200 to Rs 2,000, capped between Rs 30,000 and Rs 500,000 by engine size.
Shahid Anwar · · 5 min read
Airlines must check NICOP validity before boarding. A valid one still means visa free entry. An expired one means a visa or a Pakistani passport.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
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
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
IBCC notified the exact A star and grade 9 marks for 2026 papers. They run from 93 to 95 and change by subject and by level.
Fajr Riaz · · 5 min read
HEC says the undergraduate scholarship portal is closed, and its own eligibility page still describes Fall 2021. What we could not verify.
Fajr Riaz · · 6 min read
A Level students can enter Pakistani universities on an entry test or on SAT and ACT scores. What each needs, and why equivalence gates both.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
We opened the admission portals on 20 August. NUST closed in June and July. UET has not opened. The calendar does not wait for your results.
Fajr Riaz · · 6 min read
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
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
Google AI Plus is free for a year for Pakistani students. Verify through SheerID on a school email, then redeem by 31 December 2026.
Ali Akhtar · · 7 min read
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
A tax on trades and professions in Punjab, running under a 1977 law. Who it covers, how enrolment works, and where the real rate comes from.
Shahid Anwar · · 5 min read
NADRA charges no fee to cancel an identity record after a death and processes it in one day. It is the step that inheritance waits on.
Ali Akhtar · · 5 min read
Renewal costs Rs 400 on the normal track and takes 15 days. Since 14 August the card you get back is the new QR code one, not the chip card.
Fajr Riaz · · 6 min read
Every NADRA fee read from the authority's own schedule on 18 August 2026, including why two sites quoting different CNIC fees were both right.
Ali Akhtar · · 6 min read
Pay in one lump sum by 30 September for a 5 per cent rebate. Miss it and a 1 per cent surcharge is added on the first of every month.
Shahid Anwar · · 6 min read
An FRC costs Rs 1,000 and is issued in a day. But there are separate certificates for your birth family and your marriage family.
Fajr Riaz · · 5 min read
