Month: October 2026

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said the federal government was compelled to impose emergency and governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa because of the provincial government’s lack of cooperation in the fight against terrorism. Speaking to the media in Gujranwala on Saturday, he said a joint delegation of the federal government and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) had held 48 hours of negotiations with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in a bid to resolve the dispute, but the efforts failed. The prime minister said a draft agreement had also been prepared under…

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Gold prices in Pakistan fell on Saturday, tracking a decline in the international market. In the local market, the price of gold dropped by Rs1,600 per tola to Rs439,036, according to rates released by the All-Pakistan Gems and Jewellers Sarafa Association (APGJSA). The price of 10-gram gold decreased by Rs1,372 to Rs376,402. On Friday, gold had gained Rs2,800 per tola to reach Rs440,636. In the international market, gold prices fell by $16 to $4,165 per ounce. Meanwhile, silver prices declined by Rs81 per tola to Rs6,175.

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India’s Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke was released from detention on Saturday, a day after his arrest during a police crackdown on protests against the election authority. Dipke, 31, was detained on Friday in New Delhi as he headed to join a rally that the CJP protest movement had called in the capital’s central Connaught Place district. He walked out of a police station on Saturday afternoon, waving to the media and giving a thumbs up as he was driven away, an AFP photographer saw. “Abhijeet Dipke released,” CJP…

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Saturday that Tehran supports a “political process” to resolve the conflict between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis. The Houthis have repeatedly attacked Saudi targets, including energy facilities and Riyadh’s international airport, where 13 people were killed in a major attack last week. “We support an inclusive and comprehensive political process as the only practical and sustainable way to resolve the issue,” Araghchi said in a speech at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Baghdad. Araghchi repeated Iran’s offer to mediate between the…

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Police fired tear gas ​and clashed with protesters in several French cities on Saturday as some of the most violent protests in years ‌over living costs and public services drew thousands onto the streets. French authorities said 140 protests involving 32,800 people had been recorded outside Paris by midday and blamed the unrest on what they described as the “ultra-left”. The protests began last month at high schools in Paris’ poor northern suburbs, where anger over teacher shortages ​and shabby facilities evolved into a broader movement focused on inequality, public…

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Police investigating the alleged suicide of International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) gold medallist Laiba Ijaz have uncovered nine more alleged fraud cases involving the prime suspect, Noman, who is accused of taking money from people on the pretext of securing them government jobs. According to police sources, Noman allegedly collected millions of rupees from multiple people by promising them government employment and providing fake appointment letters. The victims were led to believe they would be appointed, but the documents later turned out to be forged. The sources said the victims…

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Prime Minister’s Adviser Rana Sanaullah has said the government is willing to hold unconditional talks with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), but will not accept a demand to withdraw the emergency measures. He also made it clear that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and opposition leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai would meet at the Prime Minister’s House, rejecting any condition that the meeting be held at a third location. In a statement, Sanaullah said the Prime Minister’s House was state property, not the personal property of any individual. He said the government would not…

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Commander National Strategic Command (CNSC) General Syed Aamer Raza on Saturday warned that any miscalculation in the region will be met with a response beyond the adversary’s imagination, stressing that there is no room for war in a nuclearised environment. Addressing the passing-out parade at the Pakistan Military Academy (PMA), Kakul, he said Pakistan would not tolerate cross-border aggression or any violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity. “Let no adversary mistake our commitment to peace as weakness nor misinterpret our restraint as a lack of resolve,” he said, adding…

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