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NewsTurkey's parliament set to ratify Makkah defence pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan as Houthi attacks mount
Turkey's parliament is set to ratify the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, whose collective defence clause mirrors NATO's Article 5, committing NATO's second-largest army to Riyadh's defence.
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Pakistan NewsPakistan cuts petrol by Rs7.06 and diesel by Rs3.71 a litre for November 5
Petrol falls to Rs362 a litre and high-speed diesel to Rs387.81 under the daily pricing mechanism, the second fuel-price cut in two days.
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Pakistan NewsPakistan tests first indigenously developed Fa’az air-to-air missile from a JF-17
Pakistan has successfully flight-tested its first indigenously developed air-to-air missile, Fa’az, from a JF-17 Thunder fighter, a milestone the military says will significantly enhance the Pakistan Air Force’s operational flexibility.
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Pakistan NewsIslamabad High Court fixes Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi appeals in £190 million case for November 10
The Islamabad High Court has fixed the appeals of former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi against their convictions in the £190 million Al-Qadir Trust case for hearing on November 10, before a two-judge bench led by the chief justice.
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Pakistan NewsPakistan says 2.8 million Afghans repatriated as crackdown turns to remaining 1.42 million
Punjab officials say 143,474 Afghans have been repatriated from the province, taking the national total past 2.8 million, as Islamabad prepares an intensified phase targeting the remaining 1.42 million.
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Business & FinanceGold jumps Rs13,900 per tola in Pakistan to Rs426,036 as international prices cross $4,000 an ounce
Gold prices in Pakistan rose by Rs13,900 per tola on 4 November 2026 to Rs426,036, with 10-gram gold at Rs365,257 and silver also higher, following a $139 rise in the international price to $4,035 an ounce.
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Pakistan NewsTwo police officers guarding polio teams shot dead in Mohmand as four linked to vaccination drive abducted in Tank
Gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead two police officers travelling to guard polio vaccination teams in Mohmand district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a day after four people linked to the vaccination effort were abducted in Tank, during a nationwide campaign aiming to reach about 24 million children.
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Pakistan NewsFederal cabinet ratifies Pakistan-Kuwait defence cooperation agreement signed in 2023
Pakistan’s federal cabinet has ratified the defence cooperation agreement with Kuwait, formally completing Pakistan’s side of a pact signed in June 2023 that covers military manufacturing, communications, research and cultural and sporting exchanges.
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Education & JobsChevening and Allied Bank launch fully funded UK master’s scholarships for Pakistani students
The Chevening programme and Allied Bank Limited will fund two Pakistani scholars a year for three academic years from 2027-28, covering fully funded one-year master’s degrees at UK universities in fields including AI, cybersecurity and economics.
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PoliticsGovernment seeks opposition nominees for electoral reforms panel, but PTI questions its composition
The government has formally asked the opposition to nominate lawmakers for a proposed Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reforms, while the PTI says participation will be difficult and has objected to a composition it says leaves the opposition with too little room.
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Pakistan NewsGovernment unveils LPG policy, directing state firms back into imports and promising subsidised gas for vulnerable households
The federal cabinet has approved a broad-based LPG policy under which four state-owned enterprises will re-enter the import business, with subsidised gas at Rs300-350 per kg planned for consumers eligible under the Benazir Income Support Programme.
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Pakistan NewsPakistan and UK hold annual counter-terrorism dialogue in Islamabad, raising alarm over TTP threat from Afghanistan
Pakistan and the United Kingdom have held their annual counter-terrorism dialogue in Islamabad, voicing concern over militant groups operating in and from Afghanistan, including the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, and agreeing to meet again in London in 2027.
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Pakistan NewsShehbaz Sharif tells cabinet Rs160bn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa package is finalised, calling security the top priority
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has told the federal cabinet that a Rs160 billion development and security package for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been finalised, while stressing that Pakistan is continuing its efforts to restore peace in the Middle East.
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Pakistan NewsIslamabad High Court grants protective bail to TikToker Mr Patlo in Sialkot stampede case
The Islamabad High Court has granted TikToker Muhammad Ansar Mahmood protective bail until November 10 in the case over a stampede at his Sialkot wedding event that killed two people and injured around eighteen others.
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Business & FinancePakistan weighs international arbitration against Etisalat over $800m unpaid PTCL dues
Pakistan is preparing to take Etisalat to international arbitration to recover around $800 million still unpaid from the 2005 PTCL privatisation, plus opportunity cost since 2008 and damages, after the cabinet directed the attorney general to act.
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Pakistan NewsPakistan cuts petrol by Rs5.45 and diesel by Rs3.68 a litre as new rates take effect from November 4
Petrol now costs Rs369.06 a litre and high-speed diesel Rs391.52 after OGRA notified the second fuel price cut in two days, alongside a 30-day refinery levy arrangement and LPG market reforms.
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Pakistan NewsGovernment formally seeks opposition nominees for electoral reforms committee, but PTI calls participation ‘difficult’
The federal government has formally approached the opposition to nominate members for the proposed Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reforms, though the opposition says joining will be difficult while its grievances over Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and detained leaders remain unaddressed.
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Pakistan NewsCabinet approves new LPG policy as four state firms return to imports and subsidised gas promised for BISP families
The federal cabinet has approved a broad-based LPG policy under which four state-owned enterprises will return to importing cooking gas in bulk, with subsidised LPG at Rs300–350 per kg promised for consumers eligible under the Benazir Income Support Programme.
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Pakistan NewsCivil-military leadership agrees to expand intelligence-based operations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
A high-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has agreed to broaden intelligence-based operations against terrorism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and tighten coordination between federal and provincial institutions.
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Business & FinancePakistan’s financial inclusion reaches 71% and gender gap narrows to 27%, State Bank governor says
State Bank of Pakistan Governor Jameel Ahmad says financial inclusion in Pakistan has reached 71%, with the gender gap down to 27%, as he opened a four-day learning programme with the Alliance for Financial Inclusion in Islamabad.
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Pakistan NewsSyed Haider Shah presents credentials as Pakistan’s new UN ambassador in New York
Ambassador Syed Haider Shah has formally presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres in New York, succeeding Asim Iftikhar Ahmad as Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
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Pakistan NewsPeshawar High Court refers Sohail Afridi recovery case to chief justice for larger bench
The Peshawar High Court has referred petitions over the whereabouts of former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister Sohail Afridi and other detained leaders to the chief justice, asking for a larger bench to hear the case.
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Pakistan NewsPakistan cuts petrol by Rs5.45 and diesel by Rs3.68 a litre from 4 November, under its new daily fuel pricing review
The federal government has cut petrol by Rs5.45 a litre to Rs369.06 and high-speed diesel by Rs3.68 to Rs391.52 from 4 November, the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority notified on Tuesday evening.
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Pakistan NewsPakistan to scrap LPG quota system and auction domestic supply, as ministers promise an end to monopoly pricing
The federal government has announced it will abolish the discretionary LPG quota system and auction domestic supplies in transparent lots, in a sweeping reform unveiled in Islamabad on Tuesday aimed at breaking a monopoly it blames for inflated cylinder prices.
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Pakistan NewsPakistan successfully tests first indigenously developed Fa'az air-to-air missile, ISPR says
Pakistan has successfully conducted the flight test of its first indigenously developed Fa'az air-to-air missile, the military's media wing said on Tuesday, saying its advanced terminal guidance system can engage aerial targets at longer ranges.
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Pakistan NewsSeventeen terrorists killed and soldier martyred in two Balochistan operations, ISPR says
Security forces killed 17 terrorists in intelligence-based operations in Balochistan's Kachhi and Kharan districts on 1 November, the military's media wing said on Tuesday, while Sepoy Hikmatullah was martyred during an exchange of fire.
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Pakistan NewsPTI chief Gohar denies Imran Khan welcomed the end of his party’s government in KP, calling the reports “completely false”
PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan said on Tuesday that party founder Imran Khan never said it was good that the PTI government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had ended, rejecting reports that followed a lawyer’s jail meeting with the incarcerated former prime minister.
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Pakistan NewsGovernment promises winter gas for three daily meals, even if it must buy the most expensive LNG, as LPG shortage bites
Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik told a Tuesday press conference in Islamabad that the government would do its utmost to keep piped domestic gas flowing at breakfast, lunch and dinner through the peak winter months, after the closure of Iranian border crossings disrupted LPG supplies and pushed open-market cylinder prices to twice the official rate.
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Pakistan NewsMaryam Nawaz moves to send defamation notice to Chaudhry Salik over Punjab corruption claims, as minister stands by his remarks
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz announced on Tuesday that she would send a defamation notice to federal minister Chaudhry Salik Hussain over his allegations of corruption in Punjab, challenging him to produce evidence or face court action, while Salik insisted he stood by what he said.
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Pakistan NewsGovernment–JI talks on petroleum levy enter final stage, with working paper and relief package next
Negotiations between the government and Jamaat-e-Islami over removing the petroleum levy and giving consumers relief have entered their final stage, JI negotiator Liaquat Baloch said after Tuesday’s meeting in Islamabad, though no final agreement has yet been announced.
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Pakistan NewsPakistan’s oil refineries protest new petrol pricing formula, warning of Rs49 a litre burden and risk to $6 billion upgrades
Pakistan’s four oil refineries have demanded the immediate withdrawal of the government’s revised petrol pricing mechanism, saying it imposes a burden of Rs49.02 per litre on locally produced petrol and threatens billions in planned refinery upgrades.
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Pakistan NewsLahore High Court orders jail meeting for Noreen Niazi and her daughters, summons Lahore DC over detention extensions
The Lahore High Court has ordered jail authorities to arrange a one-hour meeting between detained PTI founder Imran Khan’s sister Noreen Niazi and her two daughters, and summoned the Lahore deputy commissioner in person on 4 November to explain the extension of detention orders.
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Pakistan NewsECP warns MQM-P it could lose its election symbol after missing intra-party polls deadline
The Election Commission of Pakistan has issued a show-cause notice to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan for failing to hold mandatory intra-party elections by the extended deadline of 15 October, warning that the party could be deprived of its electoral symbol.
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NewsDelhi chokes under smog as air quality falls to 'very poor' ahead of Diwali, with farm fires across the border adding to the load
Delhi's average air quality index reached 330 on Tuesday morning, with eight monitoring stations above 400, as the region's pollution watchdog stepped up emergency curbs and smoke from farm fires in Pakistan's Punjab drifted across the border.
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Pakistan NewsPakistan refineries to absorb Rs15 a litre petrol hike for 30 days, shielding motorists from a Rs15 billion monthly burden
Pakistan’s oil refineries will absorb a roughly Rs15-per-litre increase in petrol prices for 30 days, carrying an estimated Rs15 billion a month in costs under a revised pricing mechanism approved by the federal cabinet, Petroleum Minister Ali Pervez Malik announced on Monday.
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Pakistan NewsSoaring LPG prices squeeze Pakistan's rickshaw drivers, forcing families to cut back on meals
Liquefied petroleum gas prices have surged in Pakistan since two Iranian border crossings closed on 17 October, halting imports, leaving rickshaw drivers earning less than half what they once did and forcing some families to eat only twice a day.
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NewsIndia and Israel stand alone against Pakistan-backed UN arms control resolution in 180-2 vote
India and Israel were the only two countries to vote against a Pakistan- and Belarus-sponsored draft resolution on conventional arms control at the regional and subregional levels, adopted by the UN General Assembly's First Committee on Monday with 180 votes in favour and none abstaining.
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Pakistan NewsIslamabad court grants Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha bail in police scuffle case, but 10-year sentence in separate case still stands
An Islamabad anti-terrorism court has granted bail to lawyer Imaan Mazari and her husband Hadi Ali Chattha in a road-blockade and police-scuffle case, against surety bonds of Rs5,000 each, though the couple remain subject to a 10-year sentence handed down last week in a separate case.
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Pakistan NewsFour polio workers kidnapped in Tank after gunmen open fire, as governor orders steps for their safe recovery
Four members of a polio vaccination team were abducted by unidentified armed men in Tank district on Monday, a day before two policemen guarding polio workers were killed in Mohmand, in a violent start to Pakistan's week-long immunisation campaign.
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Pakistan NewsTwo policemen killed guarding polio workers in Mohmand as gunmen open fire on vaccination duty
Suspected militants on a motorcycle shot dead two police officers protecting a polio vaccination team in Mohmand district on Tuesday, wounding a third officer, in the latest attack on Pakistan’s eradication campaign.
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Pakistan NewsPakistan cuts petrol by Rs3.40 and diesel by Rs7.76 a litre, with new pump rates in force from 3 November
Petrol will sell at Rs374.51 a litre and high-speed diesel at Rs395.20 a litre from 3 November, under the government’s new daily fuel price review, OGRA has notified.
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Pakistan NewsAdrian Hamilton-Manns takes charge as PIA chief executive, succeeding Air Vice Marshal Amir Hayat
Pakistan International Airlines has appointed aviation executive Adrian Hamilton-Manns, a former chief executive of three airlines with more than 30 years in the industry, as its new chief executive, with him formally taking charge on Monday.
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Pakistan NewsMunir and Dar meet China's Liu Haixing in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, pledging a deeper Pakistan-China partnership
Field Marshal Asim Munir met Chinese Communist Party official Liu Haixing at GHQ Rawalpindi and Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar held a separate bilateral meeting with him in Islamabad on Monday, with both sides pledging to strengthen the All-Weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership.
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Pakistan NewsPakistan reports eighth polio case of 2026, a 13-month-old girl from Khyber, as week-long vaccination drive begins
Pakistan has confirmed its eighth polio case of 2026, a 13-month-old girl from Bara tehsil in Khyber district, on the day a week-long campaign to vaccinate nearly 24 million children in 97 districts began.
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Pakistan NewsSialkot police book TikToker ‘Mr Pattlo’ and 53 others after stampede at mehndi event kills two, injures 18
Sialkot police have booked TikToker Muhammad Ansar, known as ‘Mr Pattlo’, and 53 others after a stampede at his mehndi and prize-distribution event at Faraz Ground in Daska killed two people and injured 18, with six suspects arrested.
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Pakistan NewsLahore High Court orders Noreen Niazi meeting with her daughters on Tuesday and summons Lahore DC in person for 4 November
The Lahore High Court on Monday directed jail authorities to arrange a one-hour meeting between detained PTI founder Imran Khan’s sister Noreen Niazi and her two daughters on Tuesday at 10am, and summoned the Lahore deputy commissioner in person on 4 November to explain the extensions in the detention orders.
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Pakistan NewsSenior Chinese Communist Party official Liu Haixing in Islamabad for first visit, co-chairing high-level event with Dar today
Liu Haixing, minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China, arrived in Islamabad on Sunday for his first official visit to Pakistan and is due to call on the country’s leadership and co-chair a high-level event with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Monday.
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Pakistan NewsLahore High Court seeks reports on extended detention of Imran Khan’s sisters and Noreen Niazi’s health
The Lahore High Court on Monday sought reports from the Punjab Home Department and jail authorities on the extended detention of PTI founder Imran Khan’s sisters Aleema Khan, Uzma Khan and Noreen Niazi, and on Noreen’s illness, with the reports due by 2pm today.
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Pakistan NewsPakistan’s revised petrol pricing forces refineries to surrender war-time premium, giving consumers Rs14.71 a litre relief
The federal government has revised the petrol pricing mechanism so refineries must surrender the difference between import and ex-refinery prices under the petroleum levy, a move officials say translates into relief of Rs14.71 per litre for petrol consumers.
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Pakistan NewsUS-backed consortium proposes $4.4bn LNG terminal and 1,100km pipeline for Pakistan at Port Qasim
A consortium of US companies backed by the Trump administration has proposed a $4.4 billion integrated LNG project for Pakistan, starting with a $1.7 billion terminal and storage facility at Port Qasim and followed by a 1,100-kilometre pipeline to carry gas upcountry.