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The Sui Southern Gas Company headquarters in Karachi, a pale stone-clad office block with the SSGC crest mounted high on its facade above rows of dark-framed windows, seen past treetops under a bright sky.Archival photograph · 14 June 2021 · SSGC headquarters, Karachi
Pakistan / Business & Finance

Qatar extends LNG force majeure to 29 December as Pakistan plans 10 cargoes against 20 needed

QatarEnergy has extended its LNG force majeure to 29 December. Pakistan has 10 cargoes planned for December and January against an estimated need of 20, and households go first.

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The Pakistan-Afghanistan Friendship Gate at Chaman, a tan brick arch with green tilework and the words FRIENDSHIP GATE above a barred central opening, the Pakistani flag flying from the roofline and a smaller Afghan flag visible beyond the railings.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Taliban says its final efforts failed as Pakistan draws a red line on cross-border terrorism

The Afghan Taliban says its final efforts at dialogue produced no results; Pakistan calls terrorism from Afghan soil a red line and reserves the right to act.

The Bushehr nuclear power plant under construction, with a concrete reactor dome, tall cranes and a lattice tower rising behind a concrete perimeter wall strung with barbed wire.International — Region / International — Region

Iran's security chief says Tehran is weighing its nuclear weapons ban if the war resumes

Iran's security chief said on Saturday that Tehran is debating whether to keep its ban on nuclear weapons if hostilities resume, as ten NPT withdrawal bills sit before parliament.

The West Bay skyline of Doha at night, with lit high-rise towers rising above the dark water of Doha Bay.International — Region / International — Region

Iran's delegation reaches Doha as Tehran's conditions go to Qatari and Pakistani mediators

Iran confirmed a delegation in Doha on 31 October, with Qatari and Pakistani mediators working on Tehran's conditions, as the supreme leader ordered an unrestricted response.

Overhead view of a crowded wholesale fruit market, with traders and buyers standing among brightly painted delivery trucks loaded with stacked crates of produce and bundles of straw.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Punjab launches Rs2 trillion PIVOT plan with $6.8bn export target and 162,000 jobs

Punjab's chief minister launched the Rs1,995 billion PIVOT Plan 2026-29 on 30 October, pairing Rs1,089bn of public money with a Rs906bn private investment target.

The entrance wall and gate of the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines plant in Gilgit, with the company name in English and Urdu on black panels, street lights and overhead lines along an empty road, and a bare brown mountain slope rising behind.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Power Division warns of harder winter as OGRA raises RLNG price by up to 15.27%

OGRA raised October RLNG prices by up to 15.27%, and the Power Division warns that fuel price adjustments may rise two to threefold between December and February.

The floodlit Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore seen from high in the stands, with the green outfield, the square strip of prepared pitches, tiered green and white seating and two tall floodlight towers under a dark night sky.Pakistan / Entertainment & Culture

Fakhar Zaman's 127 and Arafat Minhas' 61 seal Pakistan's ODI tri-series title

Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by three wickets in the Gaddafi Stadium final on 31 October, with Fakhar Zaman's 127 and Arafat Minhas' 61 sealing the one-day tri-series title.

Silhouettes of cargo gantry cranes and a vessel at Karachi Port at sunrise, with the sun low over the water and birds in the sky.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan approves tax-neutral bonded oil storage for Saudi firms as Hub complex advances

Pakistan has approved a tax-neutral bonded oil storage policy for Saudi companies and a VLCC-sized petroleum complex at Hub, alongside refinery investment and winter LPG cargoes.

A white bulk liquefied petroleum gas road tanker with a long cylindrical tank marked with the Omera LPG name in English and Bengali lettering, parked on a paved forecourt beside a glass-fronted multi-storey building.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan's LPG imports are paused while a new pricing formula awaits the prime minister

OGRA has prepared a revised LPG pricing formula tied to Pakistan State Oil's landed cost, and PSO, Parco and SSGC LPG have held off buying cargoes until it is approved.

Wide view of the National Assembly chamber in Islamabad, with rows of wooden desks and maroon seats arranged in a horseshoe, a gilded domed ceiling and the electronic voting board above the members' gallery.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

National Assembly approves 30-member electoral reforms committee as PPP courts opposition

Pakistan's parliament approved a 30-member committee on electoral reforms on 30 October, and the PPP is pressing opposition leaders to join it.

Colorised scanning electron micrograph showing round HIV-1 virus particles in blue attached to the folded red surface of a lymphocyte cell.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan registered 3,900 children with HIV in 18 months, parliament told

The health ministry told the National Assembly that 3,900 children tested positive for HIV between January 2025 and June 2026, with Sindh and Punjab accounting for 3,680 cases.

Railway tracks curving past a platform at Karachi Cantonment station, with overhead signal gantries and a passenger coach visible in the distance.Pakistan / Business & Finance

ML-1's first phase priced at $2.1bn as PM turns to railway land for phase two

The railways ministry told the Senate the 480km Karachi-Rohri section will cost about $2.1bn, as a new committee weighs railway land as collateral for the Rs470bn second phase.