News from 17 October 2026

News from 17 October 2026

1. SNGPL sets overnight Islamabad gas halt for route hookupPakistan · 17 Oct, 23:49
2. Pakistan IT and telecom exports up 17.7% to $1.246bnTech · 17 Oct, 22:57
3. Pakistan extends airspace ban on Indian aircraft to Nov 24Pakistan · 17 Oct, 22:38
4. Pakistan, 17 states slam Colombia Jerusalem embassyWorld · 17 Oct, 22:23
5. Scheduled banks' deposits jump Rs19.83tr since Sept 2022Business · 17 Oct, 20:57
6. Pakistan Army destroys Shapola Base Camp after Taliban fire in KurramPakistan · 17 Oct, 20:33
7. E-passport Pakistan launch date set within a month by govtPakistan · 17 Oct, 20:18
8. Pakistan, IMF weigh longer loan terms, higher reservesBusiness · 17 Oct, 20:02
9. NADRA facilitation centres: 43 set up in 11 KP districtsPakistan · 17 Oct, 19:41
10. Taftan border closed over security and smuggling fearsPakistan · 17 Oct, 19:26
11. Pakistan IT exports hit $435mn, second-highest everBusiness · 17 Oct, 19:01
12. Talal Chaudhry rejects KP deal talk after Fazl remarksPakistan · 17 Oct, 18:41
13. Shehbaz Sharif says Centre had to impose KP emergencyPakistan · 17 Oct, 18:25
14. Asim Iftikhar: economic, public diplomacy now central toolsPakistan · 17 Oct, 18:09
15. Pyongyang runs underwater AI torpedo test after cruise firingsAI · 17 Oct, 17:53
16. Sindh plans university teacher retirement age rise to 65Jobs · 17 Oct, 17:38
17. Rawalpindi courier theft hits over 50 passports with visasPakistan · 17 Oct, 17:07
18. Mianwali girl killed after seven pistol shots allegedPakistan · 17 Oct, 16:50
19. Pakistan debt financing: Aurangzeb, Lazard eye longer loansBusiness · 17 Oct, 16:34
20. AEMEND elects Azhar Abbas, Tariq Mahmood to top postsPakistan · 17 Oct, 16:32
21. Palestine West Bank attacks hit olive harvest near RamallahWorld · 17 Oct, 16:17
22. Ex-GB CM Khurshid jailed on remand in 26 Nov protest casePakistan · 17 Oct, 16:01
23. Passenger van hits trailer on M-5; three dead, five hurtPakistan · 17 Oct, 15:46
24. Sialkot traffic drive: 10 cases for fake, altered platesPakistan · 17 Oct, 15:31
25. Kundi says chapter closed on those who destroyed KPPakistan · 17 Oct, 15:16
26. CM Bugti separates Baloch values from Dasht Goran attackPakistan · 17 Oct, 15:01
27. Rawalpindi overnight gas cut set for underpass pipeline linkPakistan · 17 Oct, 14:46
28. Pakistan housing deficit tied to rapid urbanization, UN saysPakistan · 17 Oct, 14:31
29. Eight terror suspects held as CTD Punjab seizes explosivesPakistan · 17 Oct, 14:15
30. Adrian Hamilton Manns set for PIA top job after privatisationPakistan · 17 Oct, 13:59
31. NCCIA holds Lahore pair after US insurance call scamPakistan · 17 Oct, 13:44
32. LHC Ends Challenge to Punjab's 10-Day Basant in 2027Pakistan · 17 Oct, 13:28
33. Pakistan energy stocks last through November, minister saysBusiness · 17 Oct, 13:12
34. CNSC chief at PMA: no space for war in nuclearised regionPakistan · 17 Oct, 12:53
35. IHC keeps stay blocking CDA action near Korang ChowkPakistan · 17 Oct, 12:37
36. Petrol price cut by Rs3.93 a litre for three daysPakistan · 17 Oct, 12:20
37. Parts of Karachi may see low gas pressure after SSGC workPakistan · 17 Oct, 12:06
38. FCC upholds PHC order on KP constable with Rs500 finePakistan · 17 Oct, 11:50
39. 5.8 magnitude earthquake hits Balochistan at 15km depthPakistan · 17 Oct, 11:34
40. Zainul Abideen killed over phone video, cousin confessesPakistan · 17 Oct, 11:27
41. Sindh rabies toll reaches 40; victim skipped post-bite carePakistan · 17 Oct, 11:07
42. PEMRA bars live TV coverage of blasts, shootings and terror attacksPakistan · 17 Oct, 10:51
43. Fatima El Mansouri to lead Morocco's new coalition cabinetWorld · 17 Oct, 10:35
44. India AI model breach: CERT-In flags live system accessAI · 17 Oct, 10:20
45. Brent gains $3.41 on Middle East supply uncertaintyBusiness · 17 Oct, 10:17
46. Current account deficit hits $874m in July-SeptemberBusiness · 17 Oct, 10:01
47. ICC officials arrive in Pakistan under tight securityCricket · 17 Oct, 09:46
48. School regulatory authority lacks building expertise in KPPakistan · 17 Oct, 09:22
49. Punjab sells 10kg subsidised flour bags at fixed Rs1,100Pakistan · 17 Oct, 09:07
50. FIA visa fraud crackdown recovers Rs615m in four monthsPakistan · 17 Oct, 08:51
51. Landi Kotal, Bara, Jamrud shut five unsafe private schoolsPakistan · 17 Oct, 08:20
52. Colombia Jerusalem embassy move rejected by Pakistan, alliesWorld · 17 Oct, 08:03
53. Anmol Pinky acquitted by Karachi court citing lack of evidencePakistan · 17 Oct, 07:47
54. Speaker to form both-Houses electoral reforms bodyPakistan · 17 Oct, 07:31
55. Maryam Nawaz rebukes Fazlur Rehman over army chief wordsPakistan · 17 Oct, 07:14
56. SE Fruits withdraws IPO; SECP seeks stronger AOB powersBusiness · 17 Oct, 06:28
57. Cabinet committee reviews essential commodity stocks in IslamabadBusiness · 17 Oct, 05:58
58. Lakki Marwat operation kills Kohat bombing mastermindPakistan · 17 Oct, 05:43
59. 5 detained PTI MNAs stay absent from NA proceedingsPakistan · 17 Oct, 05:28
60. PBS SPI eases 0.04pc after tomato prices fall 23pcBusiness · 17 Oct, 05:03
61. Pakistan, Oman waive visas for diplomatic passport holdersPakistan · 17 Oct, 04:32
62. PNCA receives Bangladeshi artists at Islamabad airportTrending · 17 Oct, 02:50
63. PTA directs operators to fix coverage, voice, internetTech · 17 Oct, 02:34
64. Fakhar Zaman sets sights on final 2027 World Cup gloryCricket · 17 Oct, 02:19
65. Zelensky brands US-Russia diesel deal a weak decisionWorld · 17 Oct, 01:36
66. Minister sets 3.5 t/ha wheat yield target with CIMMYTPakistan · 17 Oct, 01:05
67. FDI in Pakistan: Canada tops China with $85.3m in SeptBusiness · 17 Oct, 00:49
68. PTV MD urges deeper CMG links on 75-year friendshipPakistan · 17 Oct, 00:33
69. Auto financing in Pakistan climbs 33.61% YoY to Rs407bnBusiness · 17 Oct, 00:18