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A Pakistan MFI-17 Super Mushshak single-engine trainer aircraft in flight, viewed from the side against a clear sky.

Two Army Aviation pilots martyred as Mushshak crashes near Quetta

A Mushshak trainer of Pakistan Army Aviation crashed near Quetta on 12 October, killing instructor pilot Major Husnain Shehzad Humayun and student pilot Captain Abdul Samad.

A wide view of Bala Hisar Fort in Peshawar, showing its stone ramparts, bastions and the surrounding city below.

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K-P governor's rule begins as 11-member advisory council takes charge

Pakistan constituted an 11-member advisory council and deployed the army under Article 245 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after emergency and governor's rule took effect on 11 October.

Two officials seated across a polished wooden table exchanging signed documents, with a man in a dark suit and a woman in a light blue jacket on one side and officials in dark suits and a woman in a dark patterned headscarf on the other, with small national flags in the background.

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Pakistan, Azerbaijan agree to expand Asaan Khidmat network nationwide after Shehbaz-Aliyev call

PM Shehbaz and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev agreed in a Saturday call to convert strategic ties into expanded trade and to roll Asaan Khidmat centres out across Pakistan.

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Assembly building in Peshawar, showing its arched facade, domed roof and a paved forecourt in daylight.

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President Zardari signs emergency rule for K-P after cabinet approval

President Asif Ali Zardari signed off on emergency rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under Articles 232 and 234 after the federal cabinet recommended it on Sunday.

The Parliament House of Pakistan in Islamabad, photographed from a distance in daylight, with its dome and four minarets rising above an avenue lined with trees.

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Pakistan federal cabinet meets Sunday on K-P, parliament sessions set for 13 October, Fazl mediates

Saturday night's presidential and PM House meetings agreed separate National Assembly and Senate sessions on Tuesday, with JUI-F's Fazlur Rehman offering to mediate.

Brick campus buildings with arched windows at the International Islamic University Islamabad, seen behind a bed of green shrubs.

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Student's death in fake US university admission fraud prompts FIA case

Pakistan's FIA has booked two suspects over a fake US university admission fraud that a family says cost about Rs7 million, after the death of IIUI gold medallist Laiba Ijaz.

The multi-storey Punjab Assembly building on The Mall in Lahore, seen from the roadside with trees and passing traffic in the foreground.

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Amnesty International says Punjab's anti-terror amendment allows secret trials

Amnesty International said the Punjab Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Act 2026 lets authorities hold near-secret terrorism trials and warned it undermines fair-trial rights.

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PTI terms Centre's KP emergency plan an 18th Amendment violation as long march enters seventh day

PTI on 10 October said the federal emergency plan for 12 KP districts breaches provincial autonomy, as the long march reached Charsadda on day seven.

A nuclear power station on the shore of a large lake, with a domed containment building, low turbine buildings and steam rising under a clear sky.

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IAEA finds Pakistan's nuclear security regime robust in first IPPAS review

The IAEA's first physical-protection review of Pakistan concluded on 9 October 2026, finding a robust nuclear security regime and recommending further improvements.

A Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder fighter jet parked on a tarmac, seen from the front-left with its canopy open and a green-and-white tail flash.

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Pakistan rejects NYT report that PAF jets are striking Houthis

Pakistan's Information Ministry on 8 October 2026 rejected as 'fake and fabricated' a New York Times report that PAF aircraft were being used against Yemen's Houthis.

A wide, mostly unpaved street in a small North Waziristan town, lined with simple shopfronts, with a few people walking and a truck in the distance.

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Security forces kill seven terrorists in North Waziristan IBO

Security forces killed seven Fitna al-Khwarij terrorists in a North Waziristan intelligence-based operation on 9 October 2026, a day after nine were killed in the same district.

The Supreme Court of Pakistan building in Islamabad, photographed at night from the air, its tiered roofline lit against the sky and the surrounding gardens and access roads in shadow.

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FCC sets Bushra sentence plea for 14 Oct, Marwat-Afridi challenge for 15 Oct

The FCC fixed Bushra Bibi's plea to suspend her Al-Qadir sentence for 14 October and Marwat's petition challenging Sohail Afridi's KP CM election for 15 October.