Politics in Pakistan is not an abstract contest in Islamabad — it decides the price of the petrol in your motorcycle tank, the cash your mother collects under BISP, and the queue you stand in for a passport. The TaazaPulse politics desk reports the assemblies, the parties and the election trail with that connection kept firmly in view: who decided, what it costs, and what changes for ordinary households.
Our full political coverage — assembly proceedings, party politics, by-elections and the road to the next general election — is being built out by the desk. Until the live wire is running at full speed, start with the policy explainers below: reported pieces that unpack the government decisions our readers ask about most.
Every driver watches the petrol price, but few know how the number on the pump is built. This explainer walks through the OGRA formula, the taxes and margins inside every litre, the review cycle — and the official way to check today's rate.
No office visit, no agent, no fee. If your household is in the BISP system, your eligibility and latest payment can be checked in two minutes from any phone — here is the official way, and what every result message actually means.
First passport or a renewal, the process is the same: apply, pay, appear once for biometrics, and collect. Here is every step, every document and every choice — pages, validity and speed — explained before you spend a rupee.