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The steel roof trusses and tiered stands of Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore seen from high in the seating bowl, with the green outfield and the square carrying tournament branding below and spectators on the terraces in the foreground.Archival photograph · 2 April 2022 · Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Pakistan / Entertainment & Culture

Pakistan bowled out for 110 as Sri Lanka reach ODI tri-series final

Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by eight wickets at Gaddafi Stadium on 27 October after Pakistan were bowled out for 110 in 25.3 overs, setting up a tri-series final on 31 October.

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The empty United Nations Security Council chamber in New York, with blue delegate chairs around a curved wooden table, red gallery seats in the foreground and a large mural on the far wall.International — Region / International — Region

Pakistan warns of escalation on Iran nuclear file at UN Security Council

Pakistan's acting UN ambassador told the Security Council on 27 October that the Iran nuclear file has deteriorated, and called for the IAEA to work without politicisation.

A motorway service station on Pakistan's M-2 with a long blue canopy over the fuel pumps, restaurant signboards above the forecourt and a silver car parked at the pumps, set against green rocky hills.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan cuts petrol Rs3.19 to Rs376.06 and raises diesel Rs2.25 for 28 October

Petrol falls Rs3.19 a litre to Rs376.06 and high-speed diesel rises Rs2.25 to Rs398.07 from 28 October, even though both crude benchmarks in OGRA's price publication went up.

Five men in traditional dress sit on a charpai with tea cups and a metal kettle in front of a dry-stone wall, with terraced green hills and tall trees rising behind them in South Waziristan.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan army strikes Afghan check posts after mortar attack on Angoor Adda bazaar

A mortar round hit the Angoor Adda bazaar in South Waziristan on 27 October, killing one civilian and wounding five relatives; Pakistan says it hit Afghan check posts.

The International Monetary Fund's headquarters building in Washington, a concrete office block with deeply recessed square windows above a plaza and street corner with traffic lights, trees and parked cars.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan's AML authority adds piracy to money-laundering offences and lifts cash threshold to Rs3m

On 27 October Pakistan's AML-CFT Authority made piracy a money-laundering predicate offence, gave the virtual asset regulator reporting powers and set the cash threshold at Rs3m.

A red rickshaw being refuelled at a petrol pump under a canopy, with a man standing beside it, a small shop with green and yellow signage, and oil advertisements on the wall behind.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Government and JI form joint committee on fuel relief and a phased petroleum levy cut

A six-member committee of three government and three Jamaat-e-Islami members will widen the fuel relief scheme and frame proposals for phasing out the petroleum levy.

A cricket field in Ajman with floodlights, advertising boards along the boundary and fielders spread across the outfield under a partly cloudy skyPakistan / Entertainment & Culture

Pakistan name Muneeba Ali captain for Women's Emerging Nations Trophy

Pakistan picked a 14-player squad for the ICC Women's Emerging Nations Trophy on 27 October, with Muneeba Ali leading in Fatima Sana's absence and Ayesha Zafar as vice-captain.

A golden wheat field with a narrow dirt track running through the standing crop toward low village buildings and a line of trees.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan sets wheat at Rs4,500 a maund in first national wheat policy in decades

The government has fixed wheat at Rs4,500 a maund after consulting the provinces, and says it will hold strategic reserves of up to six million tonnes.

A large LNG carrier with a red hull and white cargo-tank covers on open blue sea, with a tug alongside the bow and the vessel's name and registry port painted on the hull.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan seeks US finance for refinery upgradation and long-term LNG supply

Pakistan's petroleum minister asked the US on 26 October to finance a $5bn refinery upgradation programme and to consider long-term LNG supply contracts. No deal was signed.

The General Assembly hall at UN Headquarters in New York, seen from the upper gallery, with the gold United Nations emblem above the podium, two screens either side of it and rows of green desks filled with delegates.International — Region / International — Region

Pakistan urges abolition of the UN Security Council veto at General Assembly

Pakistan's envoy told the General Assembly on 26 October that the Security Council veto should be abolished or severely restricted, in the session the Hormuz veto triggered.

Parliament House in Islamabad seen from the flower-bed roundabout at the D-Intersection on Constitution Avenue, with the Presidential Secretariat complex to the right.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan's National Assembly passes unanimous Kashmir resolution on Black Day

Pakistan's National Assembly adopted a unanimous resolution on the Kashmir dispute on 27 October, alongside Black Day messages from President Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz.

Household-size refillable LPG cylinders stacked in the bed of a white delivery truck, with two spare cylinders standing on the pavement beside it.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan to finalise LPG relief policy as NA told of Rs11.047 trillion in tax exemptions

Pakistan's government told the National Assembly on 26 October that an LPG relief policy would be finalised within days, and disclosed Rs11.047 trillion in tax exemptions.