<figure class='media w-full sm:w-full media--center media--uneven media--stretch' data-original-src='https://i.dawn.com/large/2026/07/25042459225c3d0.webp'> <div class='media__item '><picture><img src='https://i.dawn.com/large/2026/07/25042459225c3d0.webp' alt=' Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and CDF Field Marshal Asim Munir jointly inaugurate the Sky47 AI Cloud centre.&mdash;APP ' /></picture></div> <figcaption class='media__caption '>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif a

<p>• Senate committee says federal role in devolved subjects defies 18th Amendment; forms panel to examine violations<br>• Cabinet division told to scrap proposed IT-related ministries</p> <p>ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Devolution has expressed serious concerns over the re-establishment of federal ministries on subjects already devolved to the provinces under 18th Amend­ment and formed a subcommittee to examine the violations.</p> <p>The requisitioned meeting of the committe

<p>Torrential rains in Gilgit-Baltistan caused widespread travel disruptions in the mountainous region as flash floods and landslides washed away roads and bridges, leaving thousands, including tourists, stranded.</p> <p>The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) forecast rain and warned of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) in GB until July 26.</p> <p>Floods blocked the Karakoram Highway (KKH), Babusar Road, Baltistan Road, Naltar Highway, Ghizer-Shandur Road, Astore Valley Road and other r

<p>US President Donald Trump on Thursday said a landmark deal with Saudi Arabia that would establish a civilian nuclear programme in the Gulf country is contingent on Riyadh joining the Abraham Accords and normalising ties with Israel.</p> <p>In a post on <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116969149016233329">Truth Social</a>, Trump said the deal only pertained to the civilian use of nuclear facilities “such

<p><strong>• Targets halving growth rate by 2035<br>• PM calls rising population one of country’s biggest national challenges<br>• Welcomes Chinese firm’s investment to modernise Pakistan’s grain storage infrastructure</strong></p> <p>ISLAMABAD: The federal government will soon convene a meeting with the provinces, the administrations of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), and other stakeholders to formulate a comprehensive strategy to reduce the country’s popul

<p>Every year, as the sugarcane crushing season approaches, Pakistan finds itself trapped in the same debate. Farmers demand higher cane prices to offset rising production costs. Sugar mills argue that increased procurement prices make sugar commercially unviable. Governments intervene to broker settlements, while consumers brace for higher retail prices.</p> <p>By the end of the season, all of them have negotiated a price. Yet almost no one asks the most important question: why does Pakistan co

<p>Indian space startup Skyroot Aerospace on Saturday launched the country’s first privately developed orbital rocket, a key test of national efforts to compete for a bigger share of the global commercial launch market.</p> <p>The Vikram-1 rocket lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 0635 GMT, leaving behind a plume of fire and smoke, carrying several customer payloads and in-orbit experiments on its maiden orbital mission, dubbed “Mission Aagaman”.</p> <p>It suc

<p>A large-scale field trial on the integration of generative artificial intelligence (AI) into the country’s justice system found that the use of AI resulted in an additional 1,848 cases being resolved per year, an increase of more than six per cent over the average, it emerged on Friday.</p> <p>“This increase does not appear to come at the expense of reduced quality,” observed a <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://elliottash.com/pape

<p>Mykhailo Fedorov, celebrated by many for innovative, tech-driven approach, was sidelined for military old guard</p><p>Volodomyr Zelenskyy’s abrupt dismissal of Ukraine’s youthful and innovative defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, at precisely the moment Kyiv appeared to be gaining advantages in several spheres of its war with Russia has exposed, not for the first time, a troubling flaw in the president’s leadership.</p><p>The move, which has startled senior European officials and caused

<p>China and Pakistan on Friday called on the United States and Iran to end fighting and return to the negotiating table, after they met in Shanghai, according to a government statement issued by Beijing.</p> <p>China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar jointly “expressed concern over the deterioration of the current situation, calling on the involved parties to immediately cease hostilities… (and) return to dialogue”, the statement by Beij