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The Sukhumvit skyline in Bangkok, showing residential and commercial towers stretching along the tree-lined boulevard at dusk.

Archival photograph · 16 June 2022 · Bangkok

Pakistan / Business & Finance

Aurangzeb says Pakistan's fiscal deficit at 22-year low, eyes double-B sovereign rating

In Bangkok on 14 October, Aurangzeb told investors Pakistan's fiscal deficit is at a 22-year low, with growth set to top 4% in FY27.

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The exterior of the Grand Mosque of Makkah in Saudi Arabia seen at night, with the clock tower and surrounding buildings lit up.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

PM Shehbaz meets MDA secretary general Mahmood in Islamabad

PM Shehbaz met Makkah Defence Alliance secretary general Nauman Mahmood in Islamabad on 14 October and reaffirmed Pakistan's commitment to Saudi Arabia under the pact.

A large red-and-black tanker seen from above on open blue sea, with a distant coastline and terminal structures behind it.

Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan seeks 15-year Saudi oil facility as deferred-payment deal lapses

Pakistan asked Saudi Arabia to revive its lapsed deferred-payment oil facility and proposed a $6.7bn concessional arrangement over 15 years, officials said.

A motorway service station in Pakistan with a broad canopy over fuel pumps and a vehicle parked at the forecourt.

Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan cuts petrol by Rs2.71 and holds diesel almost flat for October 14

Pakistan cut petrol by Rs2.71 a litre to Rs392.66 and left high-speed diesel almost unchanged at Rs396.82 from 14 October under its daily pricing mechanism.

A floodlit cricket stadium at dusk, with two illuminated floodlight towers above a single-tier grandstand, an empty green outfield and advertising boards along the boundary.

Pakistan / Entertainment & Culture

Maaz Sadaqat leaps 187 places in ICC T20I rankings after Sri Lanka tour

Maaz Sadaqat climbed 187 places to 45th in the ICC T20I rankings after the Sri Lanka series, while captain Sahibzada Farhan set a three-match run-scoring record.

Bangkok skyline and the Chao Phraya River lit up at night, viewed from the State Tower in 2008.

International — Region / Business & Finance

Pakistan takes over as G-24 chair in Bangkok, vows Asian bond push and 30% EV target

Aurangzeb accepted the G-24 chair on 14 October in Bangkok, pledged repeated Panda and samurai bond issuance and a 30% EV share by 2030.

European Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration Magnus Brunner, centre left, with Pakistan's Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry and other officials at an FIA seminar in Islamabad.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

EU migration chief in Islamabad as Pakistan presses for legal labour pathways

EU Commissioner Magnus Brunner met Pakistan's prime minister, president and interior minister on his first visit, with Islamabad pressing for legal migration routes.

A row of battery-charging cabinets at a Japanese battery-swap station photographed at street level, with power units, cables and indicator lights visible behind glass panels.

Pakistan / Technology & Telecom

Pakistan sets 30 percent electric-vehicle target for 2030, seeks EU training help

Adviser Haroon Akhtar Khan said Pakistan will lift electric vehicles to 30% of new sales by 2030 and directed the EDB to explore EU cooperation on skills training.

A wide exterior view of the Parliament House of Pakistan in Islamabad, showing its large contemporary building and surrounding grounds.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Parliament endorses K-P emergency as PTI challenges it in court

Both houses of Parliament endorsed the emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on 14 October, meeting the Article 232 deadline as PTI challenged it in the Peshawar High Court.

Riyadh's city skyline at night, with the illuminated Kingdom Centre tower and other high-rise buildings rising over lit roads and trees.

International — Region / International — Region

Houthis threaten Saudi Aramco sites after coalition hits Sanaa depot

Yemen's Houthis told civilians near Saudi oil facilities to evacuate and named Aramco's Dhahran base, after the Saudi-led coalition struck a fuel depot near Sanaa on 13 October.

The Supreme Court of Pakistan building in Islamabad, photographed at night from the air, its tiered roofline lit against the dark sky and the surrounding gardens and access roads in shadow.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

FCC dismisses Bushra Bibi's plea to suspend £190m sentence, sends appeal back to IHC

The FCC on 14 October dismissed Bushra Bibi's appeal against the IHC's 30 April rejection of her plea to suspend her £190m Al-Qadir sentence, leaving the main appeal with the IHC.

A head-and-shoulders portrait of Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Russia's interior minister, in a dark suit and striped tie, speaking at a microphone.

Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Russian interior minister in Islamabad for first-ever Pakistan visit

Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev is in Pakistan for a four-day visit, the first by any Russian interior minister, for talks on policing and migration.