Asia Pakistan A nationwide campaign to vaccinate more than 30 million children under 5 against polio has begun to contain the spread of the virus in the country: Pakistan, along with Afghanistan, was the only country where it was circulating until recent times
Asia Pakistan Punjab Chief Minister has launched an AI-based sanitation monitoring system to track waste collection and cleanliness services in real time; The platform uses digital surveillance and data analysis to improve municipal oversight and efficiency
Asia Pakistan Petrol reserves in Pakistan are sufficient for about 27 days, diesel stocks for 21 days, as the petroleum secretary reportedly informed a Senate committee; authorities are monitoring supply levels and imports to guarantee fuel availability
Asia Pakistan Rising tensions along the Afghanistan frontier show a developing conflict in which neither side is holding back militarily nor in their language, with posts and headlines leaving little space for reconciliation
Asia Pakistan At news of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death in U.S.–Israeli strikes, outrage sparked among Shiite communities with protests across Pakistan; in Karachi demonstrators tried to storm the US Consulate, clashing with police