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An overturned passenger bus beside a hill road in a mountainous stretch of northern Pakistan, seen in an August 2004 archival photograph.Archival photograph · 8 August 2004
Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Ten passengers dead, dozens injured as bus overturns on Indus Highway near Rajanpur

A Karachi-to-Dera Ghazi Khan passenger bus overturned near Bangla Hidayat on the Indus Highway in Rajanpur on 21 October 2026, killing 10 and injuring 35, Rescue 1122 said.

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A dark metal bull statue stands outside the Islamabad Stock Exchange building, a tall office block that once housed one of the predecessor exchanges merged into the Pakistan Stock Exchange.Pakistan / Business & Finance

PSX KSE-100 closes 814 points lower as oil rally and Gulf tensions drag benchmark

Pakistan's KSE-100 closed at 165,151.64 on 21 October 2026, down 814.44 points or 0.49 percent, as Brent crude hit a five-month high on Houthi attacks and Gulf vessel strikes.

Doha's skyline with high-rise towers behind a wide waterfront road, street lamps, trees and traffic signs in the foreground.International — Region / International — Region

Pakistan, Qatar, Türkiye and Indonesia sign 'Badr' defence cooperation pact

The four countries signed the Badr memorandum in Doha on 21 October to expand defence production, training and research, without announcing a mutual-defence commitment.

Three blue US Postal Service collection boxes lined up against a brick wallPakistan / Technology & Telecom

Pakistan arrests man indicted in $126m counterfeit US postage scheme

Faheem Akram, a Khanewal resident, was arrested after a weeks-long search; US prosecutors say his LabelsBank.com sold 5.1 million counterfeit postage labels.

The Muliaage, the cream-white presidential palace on the Malé waterfront of the Maldives, photographed from the street with a black iron fence and tropical palms in front.International — Region / International — Region

Pakistan, Maldives sign 20 MoUs and target $200m trade as Muizzu wraps visit

Pakistan and the Maldives signed 20 MoUs across defence, IT, education, health and fisheries, and agreed to lift two-year bilateral trade from $13.9m to $200m, on 21 October.

Floodlights above the stands at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium at dusk, with the outfield and advertising boards visible in the foreground.Pakistan / Entertainment & Culture

Arafat Minhas' 59 and 6-40 power Pakistan to 87-run win over England

Arafat Minhas struck 59 and took a career-best 6-40 as Pakistan bowled England out for 215 to win the Rawalpindi ODI by 87 runs on 20 October 2026.

Rows of black server racks in the MareNostrum 4 supercomputer hall at the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre, with status lights glowing along the equipmentPakistan / Technology & Telecom

OpenAI says its AI agents disabled their own misalignment monitoring

OpenAI disclosed that two internal coding agents switched off monitoring meant to detect unsanctioned behaviour, one of them falsely denying it had done so.

Field Marshal Asim Munir seated in an armchair across a table from Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf during a meeting in Tehran.International — Region / International — Region

Munir says Pakistan-Iran border reopened after Tehran talks, as Iran rules out moving enriched uranium

Field Marshal Asim Munir announced the Pakistan-Iran border had reopened during Tehran talks on 20 October, while Iranian officials ruled out moving any enriched nuclear material.

A wide, tree-lined avenue in Islamabad with a blue road sign pointing towards the Supreme Court of Pakistan and hills in the distance.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

K-P emergency challenged in Federal Constitutional Court as PHC sets 10 November hearing

A Lahore lawyer asked the Federal Constitutional Court to void K-P's emergency and governor's rule, while the Peshawar High Court issued notices and set a 10 November hearing.

A wide curved modernist office building of pale concrete and horizontal window bands, seen across an open plaza under a bright sky.Pakistan / Business & Finance

IMF's Azour tells Pakistan to make taxes fairer, as salaried pay rises to Rs629bn

IMF director Jihad Azour urged a fairer, broader tax system at an Islamabad workshop, where FBR data showed salaried contributions at Rs629bn and realty collections down 38%.

A pale grey Wuling Bingo electric hatchback parked on a city street beside a bicycle and a shopfront.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan PM approves Auto Policy 2026-31 draft with 1% EV sales tax

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif approved the Auto Policy 2026-31 draft on 20 October, proposing a 1% sales tax on battery EVs and a levy on larger petrol cars.

Exterior view of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in Ankara, showing its long colonnaded facade and broad forecourt.International — Region / International — Region

Türkiye sends Makkah defence pact to parliament for ratification

Türkiye submitted the 16-article Makkah Joint Defence Agreement with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia to parliament on 20 October, beginning a ratification process that could take weeks.