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A steel lattice cellular tower with panel antennas and microwave dishes rising beside a brick building against a pale blue sky.Archival photograph · 22 August 2021 · Jamshoro, Sindh
Pakistan / Technology & Telecom

PM directs task force to finalise telecom industrial power tariff

Pakistan's Prime Minister's Office has directed a task force to finalise recommendations on extending industrial electricity tariffs to mobile operators.

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The red-brick and cream facade of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad, with an arched entrance block carrying the hospital's name in English and Urdu above a fenced garden.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Imran Khan given sixth PIMS eye injection overnight, hours before ordered jail meeting

PIMS says Imran Khan received his sixth anti-VEGF eye injection overnight and was returned to Adiala jail, hours after the IHC ordered a lawyer meeting for his £190m appeal.

Shops, motorcycles and pedestrians fill a narrow lane in Anarkali bazaar, Lahore, at duskPakistan / Business & Finance

Ipsos survey links 9pm shop closure to 42% fall in retail transactions

A survey of 300 retailers and 1,046 consumers finds daily transactions fell 42% under the 9pm closing rule, while evidence that it saved energy remains thin.

A floodlit cricket stadium at night seen from the boundary, with green seating around the oval, covered pitches in the middle and advertising boards along the rope.Pakistan / Entertainment & Culture

Sri Lanka Test moved from Lahore to Rawalpindi as smog hits Punjab

The PCB moved the second Pakistan-Sri Lanka Test from Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium to Rawalpindi for 17-21 November, citing smog, so both matches will be played at one venue.

A Shell filling station in Karachi at night, its yellow canopy lit overhead, with cars and motorcycles at the pumps and people standing in the forecourt.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Government and JI agree broad outlines of a petroleum levy deal

The government and Jamaat-e-Islami agreed broad outlines of a draft petroleum levy relief agreement on 10 November, with an IMF consultation and a Shehbaz-Naeem meeting ahead.

A low-angle view of a sandstone-coloured classical building with tall columns and carved stone details, with bright sunlight flaring across the upper right.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Four-month remittances edge past Pakistan's goods trade gap

Overseas Pakistanis sent $14.77bn in July-October, slightly more than the $14.63bn goods trade gap, but services imports and debt repayments still weigh on the external account.

Two concrete containment domes beside two cooling towers releasing steam, lit by floodlights against a purple evening sky, with dark trees in the foreground.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Dome placed on Chashma-5 reactor, with power due by September 2030

The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission placed the containment dome on the 1,200 MW Chashma-5 reactor on 10 November, with generation targeted for September 2030.

Kuwait City's skyline in daylight, with clusters of glass high-rise towers, low white buildings, mosques and car parks in the foreground.International — Region / International — Region

GCC approves forward military command in Kuwait

Gulf defence ministers agreed on 10 November to open an advanced headquarters in Kuwait and assign forces, as Iranian and Houthi attacks reshape Gulf security.

Four Sri Lankan cricketers in blue training kit stand on the grass outfield in conversation during a Test match, with boundary advertising boards and a covered pitch behind them.Pakistan / Entertainment & Culture

Pakistan declare 434-9 in Rawalpindi Test as debutant Minhas hits a maiden fifty

Pakistan declared 434 for 9 on day two of the Rawalpindi Test against Sri Lanka, debutant Arafat Minhas making a maiden Test fifty and Pakistan taking three wickets in reply.

Imran Khan wearing a Sindhi hat and scarf speaks to a crowd at an outdoor gathering in rural Sindh.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

IHC orders one-hour jail meeting for Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi

The Islamabad High Court on 10 November ordered a one-hour meeting for Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi with their lawyers at Adiala Jail and told the defence to begin the £190m appeals.

Natalie A. Baker, a woman with shoulder-length brown hair wearing a black blazer, smiles in front of a United States flag.International — Region / International — Region

Trump nominates Natalie Baker as US ambassador to Pakistan

Trump has nominated Natalie Baker, the career diplomat running the US embassy in Islamabad, as ambassador, nearly two years after the last envoy left.

The World Bank Group's pale stone and glass headquarters rises above a street corner in Washington, D.C., with pedestrians and cars below on a clear day.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan to draw full $1.7bn World Bank fiscal package despite breaches

Pakistan plans to draw the full $1.7 billion World Bank fiscal-reform package despite breaching tariff and fiscal-pact commitments and slow progress on the first loan.