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A joint parliamentary party meeting of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) saw heated exchanges and walkouts, but ended with a resolution on party leadership, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), political arrests and constitutional matters. PTI leader Faisal Amin Khan, brother of Ali Amin Gandapur, left the committee room in anger and slammed the door on his way out. PTI MNA Khawaja Sherazi also left the room. Other members called after him, and he said he would take a call and return, but did not come back. The seven-hour meeting in Islamabad was attended…

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One civilian was killed, and five members of the same family were injured after Afghan Taliban forces shelled a residential area in Angoor Adda, South Waziristan, prompting a swift retaliatory response from the Pakistan Army, security sources said on Tuesday. According to the sources, the Afghan Taliban regime targeted civilian areas along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, with a shell striking a residential house in Angoor Adda. The attack killed one civilian and injured five other members of the family. The targeting of innocent civilians sparked widespread anger among local residents, the…

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The federal government has reduced the price of petrol by Rs3.19 per litre while increasing the price of high-speed diesel (HSD) by Rs2.25 per litre for Wednesday, October 28, 2026. According to a notification issued by the Petroleum Division, the price of petrol has been cut from Rs379.25 to Rs376.06 per litre, while the price of diesel has risen from Rs395.82 to Rs398.07 per litre. The revised prices took effect at midnight and will remain applicable for one day, until October 28, 2026. The Petroleum Division said the Oil and…

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President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would respect the results of the US midterm elections “if they’re honest,” in what appeared to be a fresh bid to sow doubt ahead of next week’s crucial vote. Trump has ramped up his baseless, years-old claims of mass voter fraud as polls show Republicans could lose control of Congress in Tuesday’s elections. “I will, if they’re honest elections,” Trump told reporters when asked if he would respect the results of the midterms, as he headed on a campaign trip to Texas. The…

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, fighting for his political life, scrambled to bring out his base on Tuesday as Israelis voted in record numbers in the country’s first election since the October 7, 2023 attack. Netanyahu appealed to keep polls open beyond the 10:00 pm (2000 GMT) closing time and raised fears that Israeli Arabs were trying to “steal the election”, leading members of the minority community to allege intimidation. “We cannot leave this battle here in the hands of the left and the Arab parties that want to bring an…

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Nearly 100 fighters have been killed in renewed clashes between Yemen’s Houthis and government forces in southwestern Yemen, military sources from both sides told AFP on Tuesday. At least 63 Houthi fighters and 34 pro-government combatants have died, mostly near the Bab al-Mandab strait, the Red Sea’s strategic southern chokepoint, they said. The clashes, which began with airstrikes late on Monday, are the fiercest since the Iran-allied Houthis seized swathes of territory from the Saudi-backed government in a lightning offensive last month. The Houthis fought off “an attempted advance by…

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Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said the debate over creating new provinces should be brought to an end following repeated resolutions passed by the Sindh Assembly, while criticising the federal government for failing to undertake development work in Karachi. Speaking to the media during a visit to the historic Spencer Eye Hospital in Lyari on Tuesday, Bilawal said the people of Sindh and their elected representatives had already made their position clear on the issue. “The people of Sindh and their elected representatives have given their…

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Syria on Tuesday condemned deadly strikes on the country’s south a day earlier that Jordan said killed more than 20 Daesh as retaliation for a gun attack on a church. In the worst crisis between the neighbours since the ouster of longtime Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, Jordan said it had “great respect” for Syria and expressed regret for civilian casualties. Its Monday night strikes came after gunmen last week killed nine people and wounded 25 others during a funeral service at a Greek Orthodox church in the…

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Iran needs to show good intentions for mediation efforts to succeed, mediator Qatar ​said on Tuesday, after a delegation from ‌the Gulf Arab country visited Tehran earlier this week in an effort to de-escalate regional tensions in coordination with ​the United States. A spokesperson for the Qatari ​Foreign Ministry told a press briefing that Iran ⁠should stop threats against Arab Gulf states ​and open the Strait of Hormuz to show good ​intentions. Qatar, along with Pakistan, has been mediating between Washington and Tehran in an effort to end the US-Israeli…

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The federal government is considering increasing the monthly electricity consumption limit for relief from 200 units to 250 units, as it explores changes to its electricity subsidy policy, Energy Minister Awais Leghari told the Senate on Tuesday. Speaking during question hour, Leghari said the number of consumers using up to 200 units of electricity had reached 20 million, many of whom had installed solar power systems. He explained that financially well-off consumers could reduce their grid electricity consumption to below 200 units by using solar systems, prompting the government to…

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