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The glass-fronted Jazz digital headquarters in Islamabad, with the yellow Jazz logo and 'digital headquarters' lettering on a blue and red facade.File photograph · Jazz digital headquarters, Islamabad · 8 February 2020
Pakistan / Business & Finance

VEON raises Pakistan investment plan to $1.5bn as Aurangzeb courts foreign capital

VEON raised its planned Pakistan investment over three years to $1.5 billion from $1 billion, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said at a UNDP investment fair in Karachi.

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The granite and glass World Bank Group headquarters building in Washington, D.C., viewed from Pennsylvania Avenue, with its lower colonnade visible behind a low stone wall.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan holds nearly half the MENAAP region's $3-a-day poor, World Bank finds

The World Bank's October 2026 MENAAP Economic Update puts 48% of the region's $3/day poor in Pakistan and says poverty rose 6.4 percentage points between 2018-19 and 2024-25.

Abu Dhabi skyline with modern high-rise towers along the corniche, viewed from Saadiyat Island under a partly hazy sky.Pakistan / Technology & Telecom

Pakistan Pavilion opens at AI Everything Global 2026 in Abu Dhabi as IT exports to UAE jump 42% to $536m

Pakistan's PSEB-organised pavilion at the two-day AI Everything Global 2026 in Abu Dhabi opened on 6 October; officials say IT exports to the UAE rose 42% to $536m in FY26.

A Pakistani Army missile launcher carrying four white-tipped missiles elevated on a camouflaged truck during a military parade, with soldiers standing on the vehicle.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan tests extended-range Fatah-4 ground-launched cruise missile

Pakistan's military said it test-launched an extended version of the indigenously developed Fatah-4 ground-launched cruise missile on 6 October 2026.

A handheld card payment terminal at a supermarket checkout, with a payment card inserted and a small screen and numeric keypad visible.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan's retail payments were 92pc digital in FY26, SBP review shows

The State Bank of Pakistan's payment systems review for FY26 records 13.2 billion digital retail transactions, 92 per cent of the total, with mobile payments up 79 per cent.

The Indus River flowing through a rocky valley near Skardu under a bright sky, with shallow water spreading over the riverbed in the foreground.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Dar tells Vienna symposium any Indian bid to cut Pakistan's water share would have 'serious implications'

At the Vienna water symposium on 6 October 2026, Dar said any Indian move to curb Pakistan's IWT share would carry serious regional implications and cited the PCA award.

Daytime panorama of the Manama skyline in Bahrain, showing high-rise towers along the waterfront.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Bahrain FM arrives in Islamabad for third Pakistan-Bahrain Joint Ministerial Commission

Bahrain's FM Al Zayani arrived in Islamabad on 7 October for a two-day visit and the third session of the Pakistan-Bahrain JMC with DPM/FM Ishaq Dar, the FO says.

Lionel Messi in the Argentina national team jersey during a 2026 FIFA World Cup group stage match, photographed from the stands with crowd in the foreground.International — World / Entertainment & Culture

Messi signs off Argentina career with goal, two assists and a national thank-you at the Monumental

Lionel Messi scored once and set up two more in Argentina's 3-0 friendly win over Benin on 6 October 2026, ending a 21-year, 208-cap international career at the Monumental.

Head-and-shoulders official portrait of Faisal Karim Kundi, Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, wearing a dark pinstripe suit and a patterned blue tie against a white background.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

KP chief minister calls governor's security meeting 'unconstitutional' as governor's-rule fears rise

KP Chief Minister Sohail Afridi told his cabinet on 7 October 2026 that Governor Faisal Karim Kundi's 6 October security meeting was an 'attack on the Constitution'.

A studio portrait of Kristalina Georgieva in a dark jacket, facing the camera against a plain background.International — Region / International — Region

IMF chief warns energy shock, record debt and AI boom threaten global growth

IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva warned on 7 October 2026 that an energy shock, record public debt and the AI boom are pulling the global economy in opposite directions.

Field Marshal Asim Munir in a dark suit seated in the Oval Office, smilingPakistan / Politics & Governance

UN chief Guterres meets CDF Munir at GHQ, praises Pakistan's peace efforts

António Guterres met Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir at GHQ on 7 October, with Kashmir, the Indus Waters Treaty and Afghan terrorism on the agenda.

A paved road crossing the arid, scrub-covered landscape of Tharparkar district in Sindh, Pakistan.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Thar Block-II coal mine enters Phase III, raising output to 11.2 million tonnes

Pakistan inaugurated Phase III of the Thar Block-II coal mine on 5 October 2026, adding 3.6 million tonnes of capacity and backing 1,980MW of power generation.