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A service station on the M-2 motorway in Pakistan, with fuel pumps under a canopy and a road running through a flat landscape.Archival photograph · 4 April 2017 · M-2 motorway, Punjab
Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan hikes petrol by Rs3.26 to Rs390.66 and trims diesel by Rs1.01 for October 2

Petrol rose to Rs390.66 a litre and high-speed diesel fell to Rs399.34 from 2 October 2026, a reversal after three straight daily cuts.

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Daytime skyline of high-rise buildings and streets along Jinnah Avenue in Islamabad's Blue Area, the federal government business district, photographed on 13 May 2021.Pakistan / Technology & Telecom

Pakistan's science ministry asks cabinet to drop auto standards rivals from ministries

Pakistan's Ministry of Science and Technology has asked the ECC to drop auto standards rules that duplicate PSQCA's mandate.

A Pakistan State Oil petrol pump in the mountains of Kalam in the Swat Valley, with a fuel canopy and pumps set against a clear sky.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan cuts petrol by 14 paisas and diesel by Rs1.89 for October 1

Petrol falls to Rs387.40 a litre and high-speed diesel to Rs400.35 from 1 October 2026, a third straight daily cut that arrived even as crude prices rose.

A field of wheat in Punjab, Pakistan, with dense rows of ripening crop stretching towards the horizon under a daytime sky.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan starts Rabi season with 25% water shortage after dry monsoon

Pakistan entered the Rabi season on 1 October with reservoir storage below 9.5 million acre feet and a projected 25% water shortage after monsoon rainfall ran 19.3% short.

Gantry cranes rise above stacked shipping containers at Gwadar Port on Pakistan's Arabian Sea coast under a clear sky.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan-China trade rises 13.4% as PM Shehbaz marks China's National Day

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif marked China's 77th National Day in Islamabad as bilateral trade reached $16.44 billion in January-July 2026, up 13.4% year-on-year.

Wide view of Constitution Avenue in Islamabad showing the federal government district and the Pakistan Secretariat complex framed by trees under a hazy sky.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Cabinet Division defends Rs9.6bn bulletproof car fleet for 2027 SCO summit

Pakistan's Cabinet Division says 45 bulletproof BMWs and Mercedes-Maybach sedans for the August-September 2027 SCO summit are the 'bare minimum'.

Floodlit cricket match in progress at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, with fielders spread across the ground and spectators in the standsPakistan / Entertainment & Culture

Pakistan reach first Asian Games cricket final to set up India gold-medal clash

Pakistan beat Bangladesh by six wickets in a rain-shortened Asian Games semi-final on 1 October to reach their first men's cricket final, where India await.

A Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder fighter jet with its canopy open on the tarmac at an air showPakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan airstrikes hit Kunar and Helmand; Kabul says nine civilians killed

Pakistan said overnight airstrikes on Afghanistan's Kunar and Helmand killed 22 militants, while the Taliban government reported nine civilians dead and 11 wounded.

Heads of state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation member states posing for a family photograph at the 2018 Qingdao SCO summit, framed by their national flags.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

India's SCO envoy warmly greets Pakistan's FM in Islamabad amid UNGA barbs

India's Alok Dimri visited Islamabad for the SCO National Coordinators meeting under Pakistan's 2026-27 chairmanship, shaking hands with Ishaq Dar.

Daytime view of Pakistan's Parliament House and the adjacent President House in Islamabad, seen across lawns and a roadway.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Government and PPP form joint delegation to hold talks with PTI before October 4 march

Pakistan's president and prime minister agreed on 1 October to send a joint government–PPP delegation to meet PTI on 2 October, two days before its planned long march.

Wide view of the Pakistan Secretariat complex in Islamabad, a row of large mid-century government buildings behind trees and lawns under a clear sky.Pakistan / Business & Finance

FBR extends 2026 income-tax filing deadline to 15 October after trade-body requests

The Federal Board of Revenue pushed the 2026 income-tax return deadline to 15 October, hours after warning of Rs25,000 to Rs100,000 penalties on late filers.

Two soldiers in camouflage uniform stand outdoors as one attaches a Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve patch to the other's uniform during a ceremony in Iraq.International — Region / International — Region

US-led coalition ends Iraq mission as Baghdad declares Sovereignty Day

The last US-led coalition troops left Iraq on 30 September 2026, closing a 12-year anti-ISIL mission as Baghdad marked the withdrawal and weighed the security risks that follow.