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Islamabad, April 1, 2026: Pakistan and Norway have signed the country’s first bilateral carbon market agreement under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement. The deal will promote climate-smart agriculture, clean energy projects, climate finance, and international carbon trading in Pakistan.The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in Islamabad under the Ministry of Climate Change and…

Islamabad, April 1, 2026: Federal Health Minister Syed Mustafa Kamal has announced a significant policy reform in the medical and dental college admissions process. The Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) will now be conducted nationwide just six days after the announcement of Intermediate (FSc) results.Speaking to the media at Parliament House, the minister…

Karachi, April 1, 2026: In a major drive to enforce fire safety regulations, the Karachi district administration has sealed around 200 shops in the busy Hashoo Centre, along with a mobile phone market in Landhi and a commercial plaza on Tariq Road.Assistant Commissioner Saddar Ghazanfar Pardakht sealed 200 shops in Hashoo Centre for failing to…

Karachi, April 1, 2026: Global stock markets, including Pakistan’s, rallied strongly on Wednesday following US President Donald Trump’s statement that American forces will withdraw from the Iran conflict within two to three weeks.The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) opened on a firm note and witnessed a massive surge. The benchmark KSE-100 Index jumped 7,461 points (5.02%)…

ISLAMABAD — In a significant administrative reshuffle in Pakistan’s federal capital, the government has replaced Chief Commissioner and CDA Chairman Muhammad Ali Randhawa, appointing Lt. (retd.) Sohail Ashraf of the Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS) as the new Chief Commissioner of Islamabad.The Establishment Division issued an official notification confirming the appointment, which takes immediate effect under…

A Russian Antonov An-26 military transport aircraft crashed into a cliff in occupied Crimea on Tuesday evening, killing all 29 people on board.According to Russia’s Defense Ministry, contact with the plane was lost around 6:00 PM Moscow time (15:00 GMT) on March 31, 2026, during a scheduled routine flight over the Crimean Peninsula. The wreckage…

Declare Potential Intervention as “Jihad” if Ground Invasion OccursMilitary units loyal to Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov have declared they are prepared to deploy to Iran and fight alongside Iranian forces against the United States if Washington launches a ground invasion.According to Iran’s state-run Press TV, the Akhmat Special Forces — Kadyrov’s personal units — have…