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A dense green wheat crop fills the foreground of a flat field, with scattered trees and a pale sky in the distance.ARCHIVAL CONTEXT · Wheat crop near Daharki, Sindh · 9 March 2018
Pakistan / Business & Finance

Sindh cuts wheat release price, saying flour is Rs17 a kilo cheaper

Sindh's cabinet cut the government wheat release price by Rs500 to Rs4,500 per 40kg, and Senior Minister Sharjeel Memon said flour prices had fallen by Rs17 a kilogram.

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A smartphone screen glowing with the red YouTube play-button logo as the app loads, with the rest of the phone in shadow.Pakistan / Technology & Telecom

PTA tells parliament Pakistan leads the world in YouTube views

The PTA told a National Assembly committee that 96 million Pakistanis watch 560 million YouTube videos a day, even as MPs complained about mobile networks.

Rows of red-and-white gas cylinders stacked on pallets beside forklifts at an outdoor gas depot.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan plans to scrap LPG quotas in shift to auctions and state imports

The government will replace discretionary LPG quotas with auctions of 5–10 tonne lots and bulk imports by state companies, as retail prices run at Rs600–800 a kilogramme.

A small bank branch with a yellow National Bank of Pakistan sign above a dark brick facade, a metal grille gate and concrete steps leading up from the street.Pakistan / Business & Finance

SBP says financial inclusion reached 71% as gender gap narrows

The State Bank of Pakistan says financial inclusion has reached 71 per cent and the gender gap has narrowed to 27 per cent, but the headline's components are not public.

A grey, black and white Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder marked 323 parked on tarmac at an airshow, with drop tanks under its wings, a Pakistan flag on the tail and spectators behind it.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan flight-tests Fa'az, its first home-built air-to-air missile

Pakistan has flight-tested the Fa'az, the first air-to-air missile it says was developed at home, but the military released no range, speed or integration details.

The illuminated dome of the United States Capitol at night, seen from a stone staircase with a lit lamp post in the foreground.International — World / International — World

Democrats win Congress, setting up a check on Trump's Iran war

Democrats have won the Senate and the House, ending Republican control of Congress and reshaping the ground under Trump's Iran policy and Pakistan's energy stakes.

A white mosque with arched openings and a small minaret behind a low wall, with date palms and sandy ground in Kharan, Balochistan.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan says 17 militants killed in Kachhi and Kharan raids

Pakistan's military said 17 militants were killed in two operations in Kachhi and Kharan on 1 November, and that Sepoy Hikmatullah died in the Kharan exchange.

Satellite view of Qeshm Island, a long arid island separated from the Iranian mainland by turquoise tidal channels, with the dark blue water of the Strait of Hormuz to its south.International — Region / International — Region

US officials confirm 'defensive' strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island

US officials confirmed limited 'defensive' strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island hours after Trump denied new strikes, testing a fragile draft deal.

The west front of the United States Capitol, a large neoclassical building with a central dome, seen from Pennsylvania Avenue with trees and pedestrians in the foreground.International — World / International — World

Americans vote in midterms that will shape Trump's Iran war and Pakistan's mediation

US voters go to the polls on 3 November to decide control of Congress, with the Iran war, living costs and Pakistan's mediation effort hanging on the result.

Several large oil tankers moored at a row of offshore loading platforms in calm Gulf water, with a warship visible in the distance.International — Region / International — Region

Trump says new Iran strikes not under consideration as Qatar pushes draft deal

President Trump said renewed strikes on Iran were not under consideration as Qatari mediators took a draft deal to Tehran and oil prices fell.

A health worker in a white shirt bends to check the finger of a girl in a purple and blue dress for a polio vaccination mark, beside a woman in a black polka-dot niqab and two men in a narrow outdoor lane.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Four polio workers abducted in Tank, two others freed in South Waziristan

Four polio vaccination workers were abducted in Tank district on Monday, while two others taken in South Waziristan were later released, police accounts said.

A PSO filling station with a wide green canopy over the pumps, a white SUV and a white van refuelling, a bicycle parked in front and tall conifers behind the forecourt.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Petrol cut to Rs374.51 and diesel to Rs395.20 as crude prices slide

Petrol falls Rs3.40 to Rs374.51 a litre and high-speed diesel Rs7.76 to Rs395.20 for 3 November, the first daily notification after Monday's 6% slide in crude.