News Editor at Pakistan Today
PM Shehbaz Sharif orders Pakistan Railways to enhance safe travel, public convenience and freight services to support economic activity, while reviewing passenger facilities and infrastructure projects.
Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz met Oscar-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy to discuss the Punjab Film City project in NSIT City, aiming for an end-to-end media production hub with studios, VFX and post-production.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif orders faster investor facilitation and digitised licensing and public services to boost investment and exports. He cites SIFC’s role in investor confidence and targets SEZ exports rising to 8% by FY2028.
PM Shehbaz Sharif spoke with New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon about the Middle East situation, stressing peace through diplomacy and de-escalation. Both leaders also agreed to boost Pakistan–New Zealand relations and invited an official visit.
UN chief António Guterres and Iran’s envoy praised Pakistan’s diplomacy, highlighting Ishaq Dar’s facilitation of US talks and Islamabad’s role as an “honest broker” in the Iran–US–Israel crisis.
Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz directs factories, industrial units and offices to provide safety gear and follow precautionary measures, warning violators of strict action as labour laws tighten.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met Pakistan’s military chief Asim Munir in Islamabad to advance a framework to completely end the US-Iran war, amid paused fighting and ongoing regional diplomacy.
Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz unveiled a 50-acre Punjab Film City in Nawaz Sharif IT City, Lahore, backed by a Rs2b fund to revive Pakistan’s film industry with studios, VFX labs and local post-production.
Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz ordered major roads to become model traffic corridors in Lahore and other cities, enforcing lane discipline, removing roadside parking, and impounding zigzag-driving motorcycles for three days.
President Asif Ali Zardari visits Sany Heavy Industry in Changsha, urging deeper China cooperation in construction machinery, clean energy and digital manufacturing, including joint ventures and skill development.
PM Shehbaz Sharif spoke with Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian, pledging Pakistan will remain an “honest facilitator” amid a setback in US–Iran talks and the Iranian delegation’s departure from Islamabad.
Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz approved livestock reforms and MoUs with seven firms, including a Chinese meat company, targeting one million livestock exports via new processing and veterinary upgrades.
