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A hazy view of a PSO petrol and CNG station near Hyderabad, with a fuel canopy, parked buses and trucks, and a motorcyclist crossing an open forecourt.ARCHIVAL PHOTOGRAPH · 29 March 2008 · Hyderabad, Sindh
Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan cuts petrol to Rs381.14 and diesel to Rs389.27 for 20 October

Pakistan cut petrol by Rs5.16 a litre to Rs381.14 and high-speed diesel by Rs7.69 to Rs389.27 for 20 October, the latest revision under daily pricing.

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A wide view of the Quaid-i-Azam University campus in Islamabad, with academic buildings set against green slopes and a partly cloudy sky.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

PM Shehbaz inaugurates Daanish School Kuri in Islamabad

PM Shehbaz Sharif on 18 October 2026 opened Daanish School Kuri and said the network has more than 40,000 students and 28 schools under construction.

Arid, rocky terrain and a road running through the Balochistan landscape, with low hills on the horizon.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Major Wajahat Waheed martyred in Gwadar IED blast; four militants killed in Kalat IBO

ISPR says a Pakistan Army major was killed by an improvised device in Shadi Kaur, Pasni tehsil, while a day-earlier operation in Jattakabad, Kalat eliminated four militants.

Schoolgirls in pink uniforms read textbooks at wooden desks inside a government primary-school classroom in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with light falling through the open doorway.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

K-P launches province-wide identification of unsafe school buildings four days after Peshawar collapse

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Advisory Council for Education says the process of identifying unsafe school buildings across the province has begun, four days after a Peshawar roof collapse.

A remotely operated submersible being recovered to a support vessel by a crew member in working gear.Pakistan / Technology & Telecom

Pakistan turns to foreign experts to recover K2 Airways black box off Ormara

Pakistan is engaging foreign salvage teams and deep-sea sonar, AUV and ROV systems to locate the K2 Airways black box 3,000 metres under the Arabian Sea.

Official portrait of Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, Director-General of Pakistan's Inter-Services Public Relations, in army uniformInternational — Region / International — Region

DG ISPR says Pakistan would evaluate any Yemen military request, collective deterrence 'will come into play'

Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry told Independent Arabia on 19 October Pakistan would evaluate any Yemen military request and the Makkah pact's deterrence will trigger if talks fail.

A street in Ataq, the capital of Shabwa governorate, at sunset, with cars along the curb, low commercial buildings, a water tower and streetlights beneath an orange sky.International — Region / International — Region

Houthi missile strike kills 53 at Shabwa camp, widening Yemen war

A Houthi ballistic missile attack on al-Alam camp in Shabwa killed 53 people and wounded 200, escalating the Yemen war as Pakistan weighs its Makkah pact role.

The domed stone facade of Egypt's parliament building in the New Administrative Capital, seen across an empty road and sandy forecourt under a blue sky.International — Region / International — Region

Egypt's parliament weighs military support for Saudi Arabia

Egypt's National Defence Council pledged support for Saudi Arabia and President Sisi asked parliament to authorise military assistance if Riyadh requests it.

A tree-lined avenue in central Dushanbe with cars parked on both sides, pedestrians on a zebra crossing and a yellow taxi at the left edge of the frame.International — Region / International — Region

Pakistan's DPM Dar to lead SCO Council of Heads of Government meeting in Dushanbe on 19-20 October

Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar left Islamabad on 19 October to lead Pakistan's delegation at the two-day SCO Council of Heads of Government meeting in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

A wide daytime view of the Cairo skyline along the Nile, with low-rise buildings stretching into the distance and the green river and a bridge visible in the foreground under a hazy sky.International — Region / International — Region

Dar holds talks with Iranian, Egyptian FMs on OIC meeting and Houthi attacks

Pakistan's DPM Ishaq Dar spoke by phone on 18 October with Iran's Araghchi and Egypt's Abdelatty, covering the OIC Baghdad meeting, R-4 and Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia.

The yellow-stone Mohatta Palace Museum in Clifton, Karachi, photographed in daylight, showing its central dome, arched windows and surrounding trees against a clear sky.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Bilawal offers to lift K-P emergency if opposition joins joint anti-terror plan

PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Sunday the K-P emergency and governor's rule can end if opposition parties agree on a joint anti-terrorism strategy.

The International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington, DC, photographed in 2017 as a wide, low-rise stone building under a clear sky.Pakistan / Business & Finance

SBP Governor tells investors reserves rebuilt to $21.5bn without new debt

SBP Governor Jameel Ahmad told foreign investors in Bangkok that reserves recovered from under $3bn to $21.5bn and forward liabilities fell from $5.7bn to below $1bn.