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A Pakistan Army Mushshak training aircraft crashed near Nawan Killi in Quetta on Monday, killing instructor pilot Major Hasnain Shahzad Humayun and trainee pilot Captain Abdul Samad. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the aircraft crashed in the Nawan Killi area of Quetta, Balochistan. Initial reports suggest a technical fault may have caused the accident. ISPR identified Major Hasnain Shahzad Humayun as the instructor pilot and Captain Abdul Samad as the trainee pilot. Both died in the crash. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed grief over the incident and offered…

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US academics Robert Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2026 Nobel economics prize for “microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic ​stabilisation”, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday. The prestigious ‌award, formally known as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, is the final prize to be given out this year and is worth 12 million Swedish ​crowns ($1.2 million). The two laureates developed new macroeconomic models that improved our ability ​to implement effective stabilisation policy, enabling well-timed fiscal and monetary policy measures ⁠that can…

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Pakistan’s fourth review under the IMF’s Extended Fund Facility has produced the expected staff-level agreement. It was a non-event by any meaningful economic measure. The programme remains on track, and another $1.2 billion in financing is expected, subject to the Fund board’s approval. What remains missing is a credible route from stabilisation to growth. With the programme due to expire in about a year, another IMF arrangement is beginning to look more likely than a durable exit. The macroeconomic numbers offer some comfort. Fiscal and external accounts are broadly on…

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The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Law Department has removed 57 officers from the Advocate General’s Office following the imposition of governor’s rule and an emergency in the province. According to a notification issued by the department, the officers removed from their positions include 26 additional advocate generals and 31 assistant advocate generals. Four officers serving as advocates on record have also been removed. Additional Advocate General Shah Faisal Ilyas has also resigned in protest against the imposition of governor’s rule and the emergency. In his resignation, Ilyas questioned the constitutional and legal…

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About 60% of scheduled flights at Riyadh airport in Saudi Arabia are expected to be cancelled on Monday, data from aviation analytics firm Cirium showed, after attacks from Yemen’s Houthis killed over a dozen people over the weekend. Pakistan, Turkiye, Egypt, Saudi Arabia condemn Houthi attacks on Riyadh airport King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh cancelled 99.7% of all scheduled flights on Sunday, according to Cirium. One dead in new attack on Saudi airport, a day after Houthi strike kills 13 The Saudi capital’s airport remained closed on Sunday after…

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Security has been tightened in Peshawar on Monday following the imposition of governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with roads blocked at several locations and a heavy police presence deployed ahead of a possible Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) protest. Containers and barbed wire have been used to seal the road from Hashtnagri Chowk to Soray Bridge, with police blocking traffic from both sides. A heavy contingent of police personnel, including SSP Operations Farhan Khan, has been deployed at Hashtnagri Chowk. The PTI has announced plans to stage a protest and march towards…

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Police in Peshawar have confirmed taking eight Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders, including former chief minister Sohail Afridi, into protective custody following the imposition of emergency and governor’s rule in the province. The party, however, has claimed that several of its leaders have been arrested. According to police sources, the leaders were taken into custody for their own safety amid the prevailing law and order situation. Police officials made it clear that no political leader had been formally arrested in any case so far. PTI’s Deputy Information Secretary Ikram Khatana, however,…

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More than 100 foreign trekkers are stranded at different locations after the flooding of a river in central Nepal at the weekend ​swept away hiking trails and bridges, an official said on Monday. Authorities ‌rescued 96 people, including nine foreigners, after a landslide on Sunday in Gorkha district, about 100 km west of Kathmandu, blocked the Budhi Gandaki River, leading to downstream flooding. The ​river is a tributary of the Trishuli River, downstream from another tributary ​where a glacier collapse caused a catastrophic flood in August that ⁠killed 1,457 people,…

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US President Donald Trump’s approval ratings remain low weeks before the midterm elections, with voters expressing dissatisfaction with his handling of the economy, inflation and the conflict with Iran, according to a new Financial Times (FT) poll. Only 25% of registered voters approve of Trump’s handling of jobs and the economy, while roughly one-fifth back his performance on inflation, the nationwide survey conducted by the FT and research firm Focaldata found. More than two-thirds of respondents said the US economy was heading in the wrong direction. The findings come as…

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Saudi Arabia deported 10,431 residents over immigration violations and detained nearly 14,000 people during a week-long operation targeting residency, labour and border security offences, the Ministry of Interior said. The arrests were made during joint inspection campaigns conducted with relevant government agencies from October 1 to 7, according to figures released on Saturday. Of those arrested, 6,785 were accused of violating residency regulations, 3,710 of breaching border security laws and 3,394 of violating labour regulations. Authorities also arrested 1,382 people attempting to enter the Kingdom illegally. Of these, 66% were…

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