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A multi-storey glass office block lining a wide paved plaza at Alibaba Group's headquarters campus in Hangzhou, with mature trees, planted beds and a few people walking across the square.Archival photograph · Alibaba Group headquarters, Hangzhou (22 July 2014)
Pakistan / Technology & Telecom

Shehbaz orders Alibaba AI projects completed by November with progress report

Shehbaz Sharif on 28 October 2026 ordered ministries to complete Alibaba-backed AI and digitisation measures by November, including 15-day Ignite training for IT graduates.

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A wide concrete forecourt at a Pakistan State Oil petrol and CNG station in Hyderabad, Sindh, with a green-and-white fuel canopy and pumps on the left, a tall red and blue CNG sign pylon on the right, parked minibuses and trucks along the road, and a motorcyclist crossing the open area.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan raises petrol Rs1.85 to Rs377.91 and diesel Rs1.75 to Rs399.82 for 29 October

Petrol rises Rs1.85 a litre to Rs377.91 and high-speed diesel Rs1.75 to Rs399.82 from 29 October, with the fixed Rs80 petroleum levy and Rs5 climate support levy unchanged.

A wide, hazy view over the dry brown ridges of the Salt Range near Dandot in Punjab, with a cement plant and its chimneys faintly visible in the valley below and a thick dust haze hanging over the hills.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan announces $10m clean-air startup fund as Lahore tops global pollution list

The federal government announced a $10 million fund for clean-air startups on 28 October 2026, hours after Lahore was ranked the world's most polluted major city.

A busy market street in Peshawar's old city, with Urdu and English shop signs, bolts of cloth hanging outside the stalls, motorbikes at the kerb and pedestrians passing an old building with arched windows and domed turrets.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

ECP orders local government polls in 23 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa districts and holds back 12

The Election Commission has ordered local government elections to be prepared in 23 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa districts, holding back the 12 districts under the emergency arrangement.

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.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.

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.

A China Airlines Airbus A350-900 in a white livery with a pink plum blossom on the tail, climbing steeply against a clear blue sky.International — Region / International — Region

Pakistan bars Taiwanese airlines from its airspace under the One-China policy

Pakistan closed its airspace to Taiwan's flag carriers on 28 October, the first state to do so, sending Asia-Europe flights over Russia instead.

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.

The historic red-brick Lahore High Court building on the Mall Road in Lahore, with two domed corner towers above an arched entrance, framed by trees.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

LHC Justice Kayani resigns, blaming the executive's growing control over the judiciary

Lahore High Court Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani resigned on 28 October, citing the 26th and 27th amendments and executive control over judicial appointments and transfers.

The wide stone and concrete facade of the Knesset in Jerusalem, hung with vertical blue-and-white banners bearing the Star of David, with an Israeli flag flying on a tall pole in the paved plaza in front.International — World / International — World

Israel's election leaves Netanyahu and Eisenkot deadlocked with no path to a majority

Netanyahu and Eisenkot's blocs are deadlocked in the 120-seat Knesset after Israel's 27 October vote, with Arab parties on track for a record 19 seats.