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Two officials in dark suits walking through an open courtyard with manicured lawns, classical stone buildings and tall trees, on an overcast day at a military headquarters

Field Marshal Munir briefs US-Afghan war commission at GHQ on Pakistan's perspective

Chief of Defence Forces Asim Munir met the US-led Afghanistan War Commission at GHQ on 28 September and urged it to fold regional and Pakistani experience into its 20-year review.

Parliament House in Islamabad illuminated at night, with the flag-draped entrance visible

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PM Shehbaz invites Achakzai for direct talks on ECP appointments

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif invited opposition leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai to the PM House for talks on the pending Election Commission appointments.

A crowd at a Pashtun Tahafuz Movement protest in Karachi in an archival photograph

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All 25 accused acquitted in Naqeebullah Mehsud murder case

A Karachi anti-terrorism court acquitted the final seven accused in the Naqeebullah Mehsud murder case on 26 September 2026, leaving all 25 charged people cleared.

A street view of Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in an archival photograph

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Suicide blast at Aman Mela checkpost in Dera Ismail Khan kills 11, TTP claims attack

A suicide blast at the Aman Mela checkpost near Darazinda in Dera Ismail Khan killed 11, including police and customs personnel, and wounded about 30 on 26 September 2026.

Supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf gather at a street protest in April 2022 after Imran Khan's ouster as prime minister

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PTI decides to postpone September 27 long march to early October

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has decided to postpone its September 27 long march on Islamabad to early October, party sources said, though no formal announcement has been made.

The United Nations General Assembly hall in New York, with rows of national delegation desks facing the podium and the UN emblem on the wall.

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PM Shehbaz tells UN any attempt to divert Pakistan's waters would be an act of war

PM Shehbaz Sharif told the UN General Assembly that any attempt to divert Pakistan's Indus waters would be treated as an act of war, and pressed for open Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb.

A customs yard at the Wesh–Chaman border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan

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Pakistan forces kill Afghan Taliban in Gulistan border clash as firing continues

Pakistani security forces foiled an Afghan Taliban incursion in the Gulistan sector on 24 September, killing several fighters as cross-border firing continued, sources said.

Wide view of the United Nations Security Council chamber in New York, showing the horseshoe-shaped meeting table and wall mural

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Pakistan and 11 states reject new permanent UN Security Council seats

Pakistan joined 11 other countries in reaffirming opposition to new permanent UN Security Council seats at UNGA 81, urging elected membership and veto limits.

A Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder fighter jet parked on an airfield ramp

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Pakistan strikes 10 drone-launch sites inside Afghanistan after incursions

Pakistan said it struck 10 drone-launch and storage sites inside Afghanistan on 24 September after drones entered its airspace a day earlier, sharpening the border conflict.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf supporters marching along a road during the party's 'Haqeeqi Azadi March II' in November 2022

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Islamabad sealed off and Imran Khan's sisters detained as PTI march nears

Authorities sealed Islamabad with containers and 22,000 police on 24 September while courts weigh the detention of Imran Khan's three sisters ahead of PTI's 27 September march.

Punjab Police Dolphin Force patrollers in protective vests on a road in Lahore

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Punjab bans gatherings of five or more across the province until 5 October

Punjab imposed Section 144 until 5 October, banning gatherings of five or more, and sought Rangers deployment and mobile-internet downgrades ahead of PTI's 27 September march.

A view of the Torkham border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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Pakistan shoots down eight Afghan drones near Torkham and Kohat, security sources say

Pakistan's air defence shot down eight drones that entered its airspace from Afghanistan on 23 September, four near Torkham and four near Kohat, security sources said.