Month: October 2026

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi has delegated powers to arrest and detain persons under section 3(1) of the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) Ordinance, 1960, to all Deputy Commissioners of the province in the wake of safety concerns. According to an official notification, the relevant deputy commissioner will take immediate action upon receiving a case from the district police officer (DPO), with the move aimed at ensuring timely preventive measures at the district level and reducing administrative delays. Kundi directed deputy commissioners to exercise the powers in accordance with…

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Taiwan issued a land warning on Thursday ahead of the arrival of powerful Typhoon Champi and cancelled more than 100 flights, ​with the storm expected to brush past the island’s northeastern coast and gradually ‌weaken on approach. At one point a super typhoon and one of the strongest storms in the Pacific this year, Champi weakened slightly on Thursday but was still packing gusts of more than 227 kph ​near its centre, according to Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration (CWA). The storm is currently about 520 ​km southeast of Taiwan’s southern…

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Lahore was ranked the world’s most polluted city for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday, with the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) reaching 294, according to an international air quality monitoring website. Air pollution levels remained high across several parts of the city, with Kahna Nau recording an AQI of 352 and Allama Iqbal Town 342. The index stood at 334 on Burki Road, 322 near Bedian Road, 281 in Model Town and Muslim Town, 273 in Defence and 200 in Askari 10. The Meteorological Department warned that Lahore’s AQI…

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Elon Musk’s public endorsement this week of a potential $3.5 trillion merger between SpaceX and Tesla has rattled some insiders involved in the discussions, who worry his comments could invite ​shareholder scrutiny and delay the process by several weeks, according to a person with direct knowledge of the talks. The disclosure created a “mess” for the process, as it ‌could lead to questions about how well Tesla shareholders’ interests would be represented, the person said. The concerns reflect similarities some participants see with Tesla’s 2016 acquisition of SolarCity, which sparked…

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Israel’s election next week may change its leader, but not its strategy: Iran will remain its chief adversary, military force will continue to be its preferred tool and Palestinian statehood a ​distant prospect, regional policymakers and analysts say. That is because the strategic assumptions underpinning Israeli policy were hardened by the October 7, 2023, attacks on southern Israeli communities by Palestinian militant group Hamas and by ‌the wars in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. If anything, Israel could toughen its security policy, the analysts said, as victory for Prime Minister Benjamin…

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