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Pakistan–Afghanistan Border Conflict

Follow Pakistan’s operations along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, including airstrikes in Kunar, Helmand and Paktika, ground firing exchanges, and the diplomatic track with Kabul.

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Aerial view of a container port with blue gantry cranes, stacked shipping containers, a berthed vessel and oil storage tanksPakistan / Business & Finance

Karachi port cargo piles up as Islamabad container blockade stalls trucks

Truckers are refusing to haul cargo north from Karachi as police seize containers to barricade Islamabad before PTI's 4 October march, pushing up demurrage and freight costs.

Front view of the International Monetary Fund headquarters on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., with the IMF name shield above the entrancePakistan / Business & Finance

IMF shares first MEFP draft with Pakistan, flags Rs1.675trn power circular debt breach

The IMF's first MEFP draft for Pakistan's $7bn EFF review flags a Rs1.675 trillion power circular-debt breach and asks for the 200-unit power subsidy to end in favour of BISP.

Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, photographed in 2024 during an official visit.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan names retired Lt Gen Nauman Mahmood as Makkah pact's first secretary general

DPM Ishaq Dar said on 2 October that more than six countries want to join the Makkah defence pact and announced retired Lt Gen Nauman Mahmood as its first secretary general.

A service station on the M-2 motorway in Pakistan, with fuel pumps under a canopy and a road running through a flat landscape.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.

A line of Pakistani soldiers in camouflage fatigues moving along a dusty hillside ridge, with one soldier crouched and aiming a rifle to the right.Pakistan / Politics & Governance

Pakistan's September militant attacks hit a 12-year high as Q3 deaths surge 83%

PICSS recorded 225 militant attacks in September 2026, the most in 12 years, while the CRSS Q3 report found violence-linked fatalities rose 83% to 1,415.

The International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington, D.C., seen from the street with its angular modernist facade and dark glass curtain walls.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan, IMF hit deadlock over fuel subsidy and Rs1.4 trillion gas receivables write-off

Pakistan and the IMF have hit a deadlock over the fuel subsidy scheme and writing off Rs1.4 trillion in gas utility receivables as the fourth EFF review continues.

The State Bank of Pakistan headquarters building in Karachi under daylight, an angular modern office tower with the central bank logo at its entrance.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan CPI inflation eased to 10.3% in September but stayed in double digits on energy costs

PBS said headline inflation eased to 10.3% year-on-year in September 2026 from 11.1% in August, with energy and transport costs keeping the annual print in double digits.

Aerial view of the Prophet's Mosque in Madinah, showing its white roofs, minarets and surrounding plaza.International — Region / International — Region

Saudi-led coalition blames Houthis for drone attack on Madinah power station

The coalition says drone debris confirmed a Houthi attack on a Madinah station supplying the Prophet's Mosque, as Yemen fighting escalates and Pakistan restates its pact pledge.

An afternoon view of Jan Baik village in the Allai Valley of Battagram district, showing stone and wood houses on terraced slopes with forested mountains in the background.Pakistan / Entertainment & Culture

Pakistan picks Mo Naqvi's 'Hanging by a Wire' as first documentary Oscar entry

Pakistan's Academy Selection Committee picked Naqvi's 'Hanging by a Wire' as the country's Oscar entry, the first documentary submitted for the International Feature Film category.

A large commercial oil tanker passes under the Golden Gate Bridge in daylightInternational — Region / International — Region

Four Pakistani crew from hijacked tanker Honour 25 to return home 3 October: Dar

Deputy PM Ishaq Dar says Yasir Khan, Aqeel Khan, Amin bin Shams and Usman Ghani will reach Karachi on 3 October, while remains of three dead Pakistanis are being repatriated.

A busy pedestrian shopping street in Anarkali Bazaar, Lahore, with small storefronts, overhead shop signboards, parked motorcycles and people walking.Pakistan / Business & Finance

Pakistan's tax filers jump 45% while tax paid with returns falls 7%

Income-tax returns in Pakistan rose 45% to 5.77 million by 30 September, but tax paid with those returns fell 7% to Rs77.3 billion as the FBR began mapping shops.

Uniformed portrait of Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, Director-General of Pakistan's Inter-Services Public RelationsPakistan / Politics & Governance

DG ISPR presents ex-SSG soldier alive, calls India's killing claim a false flag

Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry presented retired Havildar Mohammad Asif alive in Rawalpindi, saying India wrongly identified him as a LeT commander killed in Kashmir.