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Pakistan State Oil tanker trucks parked alongside a PSO filling station in Punjab, with the green PSO logo visible above the canopy.Archival photograph · 8 January 2016 · Botala Adda, Punjab
Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan trims petrol by 66 paisas to Rs398.30 and lifts diesel by 52 paisas to Rs396.24 for October 10–12

Petrol eases to Rs398.30 a litre while high-speed diesel rises to Rs396.24 from 10 October under the daily pricing mechanism, with OGRA already publishing daily notifications.

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Stage photograph of a packed Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi auditorium in 2011 with dancers, a live band and crew under bright theatrical lighting and the audience seated in the foreground.Pakistan / Entertainment & Culture

Karachi to host World Culture Festival with 1,500 artists from 150 countries

The Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi and the Sindh government will host the third World Culture Festival from 29 October to 22 November 2026, with 80% of programmes free.

ISE Towers, the Islamabad Stock Exchange building in Islamabad, Pakistan, a tall office block that housed one of Pakistan's predecessor exchanges before their integration into the Pakistan Stock Exchange.Pakistan / Business & Finance

PSX KSE-100 ends 1,138 points lower despite IMF staff-level agreement

Pakistan's KSE-100 benchmark closed 1,138.5 points or 0.68 percent lower at 167,441.91 on 8 October 2026, reversing an early IMF-deal-driven rally as regional tensions returned.

A view of Shahra-e-Dastoor in Islamabad with the federal government district's broad central reservation lined by trees and framed by Pakistan's official buildings.Pakistan / Technology & Telecom

PM Shehbaz orders federal ministries to feed Pakistan's central data centre

PM Shehbaz Sharif on 8 October 2026 ordered federal ministries to send digitised data to Pakistan's national central data centre under the Digital Nation Programme.

A Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 777-200ER parked on the apron at Allama Iqbal International Airport, seen in side profile with its green and white livery.International — Region / International — Region

PIA suspends Riyadh flights after Houthi attack kills three at Saudi airport

PIA suspended flights to Riyadh on 9 October 2026 after Houthi strikes on King Khalid airport killed three people and damaged a Saudia aircraft.

A Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder fighter jet parked on a tarmac, seen from the front-left with its canopy open and a green-and-white tail flash.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan rejects NYT report that PAF jets are striking Houthis

Pakistan's Information Ministry on 8 October 2026 rejected as 'fake and fabricated' a New York Times report that PAF aircraft were being used against Yemen's Houthis.

A wide, mostly unpaved street in a small North Waziristan town, lined with simple shopfronts, with a few people walking and a truck in the distance.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Security forces kill seven terrorists in North Waziristan IBO

Security forces killed seven Fitna al-Khwarij terrorists in a North Waziristan intelligence-based operation on 9 October 2026, a day after nine were killed in the same district.

A three-phase digital electricity meter mounted on a metal pole, with its screen showing a reading of 0000 10 and its body marked FESCO and made in Pakistan.Pakistan / Business & Finance

NEPRA adds Rs1.11 per unit to October electricity bills under August FCA

NEPRA's August 2026 fuel charges adjustment adds Rs1.11 per unit to October electricity bills for most consumers, with lifeline and prepaid users exempt.

Navi Pillay, wearing glasses and a patterned orange jacket, seated and holding a document during a 2009 visit to Brazil.International — World / International — World

Navi Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for international law work

South African jurist Navi Pillay wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for promoting peace and international law, as Washington moves to sanction the ICC she once served.

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

FCC sets Bushra sentence plea for 14 Oct, Marwat-Afridi challenge for 15 Oct

The FCC fixed Bushra Bibi's plea to suspend her Al-Qadir sentence for 14 October and Marwat's petition challenging Sohail Afridi's KP CM election for 15 October.

A woman voter at a segregated polling station casting a folded ballot into a ballot box during Pakistan's 2013 general election.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan ECC approves Rs18.5bn for local polls but releases Rs2bn

Pakistan's ECC approved Rs18.5 billion for local-government elections but released only Rs2 billion, despite the Election Commission asking for the full amount.

A world map of sea-surface temperature anomalies, with large red areas of above-average warmth across the equatorial Pacific, the Mediterranean and other ocean regions.International — World / International — World

El Niño forecast to reach record strength and peak in December, WMO says

The WMO's October update says El Niño is strengthening toward record Pacific sea-surface temperatures and a December peak, raising drought and flood risks.