Karachi Landhi EPZ mein recycling factory mein third-degree aag lag gayi. Aag aas paas ki factories tak phail gayi, gas cylinders ki wajah se dhamakay ka khatra. 7 mazdoor zakhmi, building ka hissa gir gaya. 16 fire trucks, 2 bowser mojood. Koi jaani nuksan nahi, Rescue 1122 ke mutabiq aag bujhane mein waqt lagay ga.

Pakistan ki pehli Digital Agriculture Census ke mutabiq 17,000 farm owners 100 acre ya usse zyada zameen ke malik hain, jo total holdings ka 6% hai. Cultivable area 52.8M acres tak pohanch gaya hai. Barani zameen mein kami, ab sirf 4.9M acres reh gayi. Total farms 11.7M ho gaye, livestock population 251M se zyada hai.

PSX ne 146,000 ka level cross kar liya! KSE-100 Index 992 points barh kar 146,081 tak gaya. Investors ka confidence macroeconomic behtari aur strong earnings ki wajah se barh gaya. Govt ne Rs370B ke T-bills issue kiye, yields 30bps tak barhe. SBP ne interest rate 11% par freeze kiya. MCB ne Rs9/share dividend declare kiya.

FBR ne clear kiya ke sales tax fraud, especially fake ya flying invoices ke cases mein arrests start kiye ja rahe hain, lekin sirf judge ke warrant aur strict conditions ke saath. Rs50M se zyada fraud par 3-member committee ki approval zaroori hai. Maksad recovery nahi, fraud rokna hai. FED wapas le li gayi, naye income tax rules bhi lagu ho gaye.

Sindh govt ne 9 August ko Hazrat Shah Abdul Latif Bhittaiؒ ke 282wen Urs ke silsila mein poore province mein chhutti ka elan kar diya, official notification bhi jari ho gai hai. 3 rozah Urs Bhit Shah mein hoga, tayyariyaan mukammal hain. Governor ko dawat di gayi, aslah dikhane par pabandi. Hazaron zaireen aur scholars ki shirkat expected hai.

Rawalpindi ke Rawat area mein illegal organ transplant gang be-naqab. Police ne bungalow se secret operation theatre pakra, raid ke doran Hanan Khan ko rescue kiya gaya jiska kidney nikaal liya gaya tha. 4 mulzim giraftar, 6 farar. Medical equipment baramad. Hanan ko job ka jhansa de kar be-hosh kiya gaya tha. Case darj, tehqiqaat jari.

PIA ki privatization ka process tezi se agay barh raha hai. Aaj eik bidding company ne head office aur aircrafts ka jaiza liya. Kal PIA facilities ka tour hoga. Do aur companies agle week aayengi. Govt 51-100% shares aur management control offer kar rahi hai. Final bids Q4 2025 mein submit kiye jaayenge.

Is saal July mein Pakistan ka trade deficit 44% barh kar $2.75B ho gaya! Exports $2.7B (↑17%), lekin imports $5.4B (↑29%) tak chalay gaye. FY25 ka total trade deficit $26.35B raha. Services trade deficit 15.8% kam ho kar ab $2.62B hua. Exports aur services barhe, magar imports ka pressure ab bhi zyada hai.

Sindh cabinet ne Wah Industries ke zariye vehicle fitness certification ki manzoori de di. CM Murad Ali Shah ne transport dept ko nayi proposal tayar karne ka hukum diya. Sharjeel Memon ne bataya ke Karachi mein 5 centres ban rahe hain, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Larkana, Mirpur Khas aur Benazirabad mein bhi banenge. Ab tak 33,000 vehicles ko certificate mil chuka hai.

Mastung mein Indian-sponsored terrorists ne Pakistan Army ki gaari par IED se hamla kiya, jisme Major Rizwan, Naik Ibni Amin, aur Lance Naik Younas shaheed ho gaye. Jawabi sanitisation operation mein 4 terrorists maar diye gaye. ISPR ne kaha ke operation jari hai aur Indian-sponsored terrorism khatam karne ka azm aur zyada mazboot ho gaya hai.