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Heavy Rain at Lahore’s Airport Delivers 104mm, Floods Low‑lying Areas, Mobilizing Wasa Drainage Operations.

A sudden downpour hit Lahore on Saturday, bringing 104 mm of rain at the airport and extensive waterlogging in low‑lying city streets, prompting the Water and Sanitation Agency to deploy crews and machinery to clear roads and underpasses.

Aug 8, 2026, 12:10 PM

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JI Plans Nationwide Protests at 4 p.m. Across Pakistan Over Petroleum Levy, Inflation on 510 Major Roads and Highways.

Jamaat‑e‑Islami has organized nationwide demonstrations that will begin at 4 p.m. on Friday in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Quetta, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi and other cities. The party’s plan covers 510 major roads and highways in 170 districts, with a threat to expand to 1,500 routes if authorities block the march. Protest caravans in Karachi will move from Shahrah‑e‑Pakistan toward Mazar‑e‑Quaid and then march to Shahrah‑e‑Faisal, while traffic management plans in Lahore and other venue

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Pakistan’s New Foreign Media Guidelines 2026 Ban Most Journalists From Traveling Outside Three Major Cities, HRCP and PFUJ Cite Restrictive Shift.

The government’s new Foreign Media Facilitation Guidelines 2026 require foreign journalists to obtain a no‑objection certificate before traveling to any city outside Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists have warned that the move institutionalises bureaucratic control and threatens independent reporting.

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Pakistan Government Considers Bypassing President’s Assent to Notify 19 High Court Judges Appointments, Prompting Legal Debate.

The federal government is weighing a move to issue notifications for the appointment of 19 high court judges, including four additional Peshawar judges, one Lahore judge, and a Sindh judge whose tenure was extended, even though President Asif Ali Zardari has not formally approved the Judicial Commission’s recommendations. Islamabad High Court has reserved a verdict on a plea challenging the delay.

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