Gunmen raided a marble mine in the Naal area of Khuzdar district overnight and abducted 18 labourers along with the mine owner's son, police said, the latest in a string of worker abductions in the district.
BBP Security Desk · October 19, 2026 · 3 min
A six-month-old boy from Jamali Colony in Karachi East has tested positive for wild poliovirus, the city's first confirmed case since December 2024 and Pakistan's seventh of 2026, health officials said on October 19.
BBP Health Desk · October 19, 2026 · 3 min
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered banks to cut the paperwork required for an Apna Ghar housing loan from 25 documents to five and to decide every application within 15 working days, after a review found only Rs76 billion of Rs448 billion in approved loans had actually been disbursed.
BBP Economy Desk · October 19, 2026 · 4 min
Outstanding car loans rose to Rs407 billion in September, the 22nd consecutive monthly increase, even as new car sales from assemblers fell 12 percent year-on-year, State Bank of Pakistan data show.
BBP Economy Desk · October 18, 2026 · 3 min
The Petroleum Division has told OGRA and provincial authorities to act against suspected LPG hoarding ahead of winter, after domestic cylinders began changing hands near Rs5,000, well above the Rs3,296 notified maximum, as Strait of Hormuz disruptions squeeze imports.
BBP Energy Desk · October 18, 2026 · 4 min
Pakistan's first nationally representative psychiatric survey, covering nearly 18,000 adults, found 32 percent currently living with a mental or behavioural disorder, published days after the government launched its first National Mental Health Policy.
BBP Health Desk · October 18, 2026 · 4 min
The Commerce Ministry withdrew an import waiver and Taftan's immigration gate was shut on Saturday, halting commercial trade with Iran and leaving freight loaded with LPG, rice and fresh produce stuck at the border.
BBP Economy Desk · October 18, 2026 · 4 min
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered a five-member committee to report within 48 hours on how Border Health Services Pakistan priced pilgrim vaccinations at about Rs4,500 a person, up from roughly Rs1,250, after seven drugmakers challenged the contract in court.
BBP Health Desk · October 18, 2026 · 4 min
Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal named November 25 as the launch date for Pakistan's first astronaut mission to China's Tiangong space station, with two Pakistan Air Force pilots still competing for the single seat.
BBP Education Desk · October 18, 2026 · 3 min
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