News from 26 October 2026

News from 26 October 2026

1. Bank of Punjab gets Rs15.6bn equity boost from PunjabBusiness · 26 Oct, 23:49
2. Hafiz Naeem warns of Islamabad march unless petrol levy endsPakistan · 26 Oct, 23:33
3. Green skills need results, not more workshops: MalikPakistan · 26 Oct, 23:19
4. Egypt authorises Sisi to aid Saudi defence vs HouthisWorld · 26 Oct, 23:08
5. Sindh to install air quality stations across 23 districtsPakistan · 26 Oct, 22:58
6. Mazari, Chattha ask Supreme Court to halt ATC hearingPakistan · 26 Oct, 22:46
7. Pakistan host Sri Lanka as England eye last final hopeCricket · 26 Oct, 22:35
8. PSEB free AI bootcamp opens for 3,384 trainees nationwideAI · 26 Oct, 22:24
9. Guterres warns against Gulf military clash as Iran talks loomWorld · 26 Oct, 22:14
10. House job of one year now required for full PMDC licenceJobs · 26 Oct, 22:03
11. PSX trading ends higher as KSE-100 rises 663.59 pointsBusiness · 26 Oct, 22:03
12. PTEA warns 50bp SBP hike will push up factory loan costsBusiness · 26 Oct, 21:53
13. HEC PhD scholarships: full package for Top 50 US varsitiesJobs · 26 Oct, 21:42
14. Pakistan, US discuss long-term energy supply contractsBusiness · 26 Oct, 21:42
15. KIPS, Superior, Riphah told to pause Pharm.D admissionsJobs · 26 Oct, 21:32
16. NUTECH Islamabad admissions: NUET-1 date is 3 Jan 2027Jobs · 26 Oct, 21:22
17. EClear first on PSX to adopt Raast Request to Pay LaterBusiness · 26 Oct, 21:12
18. Sugar mills seek 800,000-tonne export clearance amid lossesBusiness · 26 Oct, 21:01
19. Auditor-General lists 31 Junior Auditor jobs for BalochistanJobs · 26 Oct, 20:30
20. Meta opens $35bn stock sales to fund AI infrastructureAI · 26 Oct, 20:19
21. 24-carat gold rate Pakistan today up Rs1,400 a tolaBusiness · 26 Oct, 20:08
22. OpenAI, Anthropic cut flagship API prices by up to 80%AI · 26 Oct, 19:58
23. National Bank of Pakistan hiring Tellers in five provincesJobs · 26 Oct, 19:44
24. Pakistan BPO forex receipts rise 23.6% to $101m in Q1Business · 26 Oct, 19:34
25. ECP bars AI deepfakes targeting candidates, officialsAI · 26 Oct, 19:24
26. National Savings raises Rs600bn by mid-October, eyes Rs1.53trnBusiness · 26 Oct, 19:14
27. Cashews, almonds dearer as Quetta winter dry fruit climbsBusiness · 26 Oct, 18:52
28. Islamabad judge denies bail; NAB’s Toru taken into custodyPakistan · 26 Oct, 18:42
29. Pakistani exports to China rise nearly 18% in 1QFY27Business · 26 Oct, 18:32
30. Faysal Bank posts Rs31.3bn pre-tax profit through Sept 2026Business · 26 Oct, 18:21
31. Karachi SESSI HIV: counsel urges Sharif for commissionWorld · 26 Oct, 18:11
32. Sindh govt jobs 2026 listed for Lyari support staff postsJobs · 26 Oct, 18:01
33. Goods haulers warn Sindh: allot Karachi Port land or strikePakistan · 26 Oct, 17:50
34. Aurangzeb meets Ethiopian envoy on trade, banking linksBusiness · 26 Oct, 17:40
35. Hafiz Naeem: CCD encounters hide real culprits, JI saysPakistan · 26 Oct, 17:30
36. UHS Lahore opens 214 MBBS and 38 BDS reserved seats for 2026-27Jobs · 26 Oct, 17:20
37. Shadab Khan: Player of the Week after ODI tonCricket · 26 Oct, 17:09
38. Sherpao urges early end to KP governor's rule, emergencyPakistan · 26 Oct, 16:59
39. India defence panel clears $22bn equipment packageWorld · 26 Oct, 16:48
40. Petroleum products imports up 11.6% as POL bill hits $4.02bnBusiness · 26 Oct, 16:38
41. Maryam Nawaz directs first Punjab film royalty statutePakistan · 26 Oct, 16:28
42. NBP teller jobs: age under 30, deadline 6 NovemberJobs · 26 Oct, 16:17
43. National CERT warning covers eight weak eMudhra signing keysTech · 26 Oct, 16:17
44. MPC votes 9-1 as SBP lifts policy rate to 12 percentBusiness · 26 Oct, 16:06
45. Kamalia University appointments cancelled after governor rulingPakistan · 26 Oct, 15:57
46. ITANZ Technologies clears 10-for-1 stock split at AGMBusiness · 26 Oct, 15:47
47. Pakistan China AI: WAICO entry as US builds Pax SilicaAI · 26 Oct, 15:37
48. Lahore to suspend route permits after fatal crash involvementPakistan · 26 Oct, 15:27
49. Islamabad court seeks CDA chief personally after show-causePakistan · 26 Oct, 15:27
50. Mazari, Chatha move SC after IHC rejects interim reliefPakistan · 26 Oct, 15:16
51. Punjab education department lists 8 IT posts in LahoreJobs · 26 Oct, 15:06
52. Pakistan airspace ban hits 800 Indian flights a weekBusiness · 26 Oct, 14:56
53. Kashmir Black Day on 27 October marks 79 years since 1947Pakistan · 26 Oct, 14:45
54. Munir, Saudi defence minister and Kalin to meet Iran todayWorld · 26 Oct, 14:43
55. Women Super-3 T20: Champions, Incredibles, Warriors setCricket · 26 Oct, 14:33
56. PSX falls over 1,000 points early as selling spreadsBusiness · 26 Oct, 14:23
57. Ignite to run $50m World Bank Fund of Funds for startupsBusiness · 26 Oct, 14:13
58. AirSial new domestic flights link Islamabad, Quetta dailyBusiness · 26 Oct, 14:02
59. Govt officials told to curb WhatsApp Web malware riskTech · 26 Oct, 14:02
60. Drug Act 1976 action urged after Sindh batch failsPakistan · 26 Oct, 13:52
61. Daanish School Roll Number Slips Out for Oct 30–Nov 1 ExamJobs · 26 Oct, 13:42
62. Saudi, Turkish, Pakistani officials to visit Tehran for talksWorld · 26 Oct, 13:32
63. SBP faces hike-or-hold call as October inflation nears 10%Business · 26 Oct, 13:21
64. Claude Code Bypass Rate Near Half in Malware File TestsAI · 26 Oct, 13:11
65. Tribunal sets aside Lahore doctor penalty in 2021 death casePakistan · 26 Oct, 13:00
66. Islamabad High Court presses PCL order in Wajahat Hussain casePakistan · 26 Oct, 12:50
67. Lesco begins major power cuts in Lahore and nearby districtsPakistan · 26 Oct, 12:50
68. Farhan recalled from NPL as PCB seeks $25,000 extra NOCsCricket · 26 Oct, 12:40
69. Claude bypassed paywall for Georgia aggregate vote countsAI · 26 Oct, 12:29
70. Travel cost in Pakistan averages Rs9.65 per kilometreBusiness · 26 Oct, 12:19
71. PCB replaces Saim Ayub with Sahibzada Farhan in ODIsCricket · 26 Oct, 12:09
72. Systems Limited sales jump 33% as nine-month profit climbsBusiness · 26 Oct, 11:59
73. Quetta skills drive aims to train over 720 young peopleJobs · 26 Oct, 11:48
74. Gul Ahmed to buy five Nooriabad plots spanning 43.75 acresBusiness · 26 Oct, 11:36
75. UEP Wind Power cash shortfall puts CPEC project at riskBusiness · 26 Oct, 11:25
76. Twin cities LPG cylinder climbs to Rs6,500 amid Sui cutsBusiness · 26 Oct, 11:14
77. Lula vs Bolsonaro results: Lula wins 4th Brazil termWorld · 26 Oct, 10:29
78. Karachi phones up Rs15,000–30,000 as AI lifts memory costsTech · 26 Oct, 10:17
79. Pakistan joins ChatGPT ads push across 26 new countriesAI · 26 Oct, 10:06
80. Makkah pact officials to meet Iran in Tehran MondayWorld · 26 Oct, 09:56
81. Privatisation Commission merger with P3A proposed in NABusiness · 26 Oct, 09:33
82. Oil slips from near six-month highs amid Saudi risksBusiness · 26 Oct, 08:46
83. Parents urged to get girls 9–14 HPV shots against cervical cancerPakistan · 26 Oct, 08:36
84. Lahore-Sialkot-Kharian-Rawalpindi motorway vowed this termPakistan · 26 Oct, 08:25
85. YouTube Festival showcases Pakistan creator business pushTech · 26 Oct, 08:03
86. Pakistan food insecurity hits 24.35% of households: PDPBusiness · 26 Oct, 07:52
87. Lower Dir opens measles shots after five village deathsPakistan · 26 Oct, 07:41
88. Saleem Haider backs scrap of 77 University of Kamalia hiresPakistan · 26 Oct, 07:31
89. FIA holds Mandi Bahauddin man wanted 16 years for traffickingPakistan · 26 Oct, 07:31
90. Mobility Index finds Pakistan travel 7.9% cheaper by SeptBusiness · 26 Oct, 07:20
91. Six-day polio booster drive starts in Peshawar high-risk areasPakistan · 26 Oct, 07:20
92. 1,531 appear in Punjab PGET 2026 residency test at RMUJobs · 26 Oct, 07:10
93. Islamabad local government elections set for December 20Pakistan · 26 Oct, 07:09
94. FUUAST, PAS, ICCBS to organise Karachi AI climate meetAI · 26 Oct, 06:59
95. Seven killed as jeep plunges near MuzaffarabadPakistan · 26 Oct, 06:49
96. Certified wheat seeds at 50% subsidy for GB farmersPakistan · 26 Oct, 06:38
97. 450+ illegal shops demolished along Peshawar Ring RoadPakistan · 26 Oct, 06:25
98. Punjab CM bans permanent escorts without authorisationPakistan · 26 Oct, 06:15
99. Five die as bus and car collide in Tando Adam, SangharPakistan · 26 Oct, 06:04
100. NADRA open courts: Peco and Egerton Road sessions listedPakistan · 26 Oct, 05:53
101. Suba Khan arrested at Lari Adda over tampered prize bondPakistan · 26 Oct, 05:34
102. Islamabad police encounter deaths in capital rise to sevenPakistan · 26 Oct, 05:22
103. Power subsidies shift to BISP eyed from January 2027Business · 26 Oct, 05:20
104. Karachi cotton spot rate cut Rs300, closes at Rs18,000/maundBusiness · 26 Oct, 05:09
105. K-Electric grants load shedding relief in Korangi areasBusiness · 26 Oct, 04:37
106. Imported coal, HSD drive up Pakistan electricity fuel costsBusiness · 26 Oct, 04:26
107. LPG prices in Pakistan may jump 30% after Iran supply shiftBusiness · 26 Oct, 04:16
108. Mbappe brace gives Real Madrid 2-1 Clasico win over BarcelonaSports · 26 Oct, 03:34
109. Lost Frequencies remixes Pakistani hit Majboor for global dance floorsPakistan · 26 Oct, 03:18
110. Grok AI Odyssey movie clip out as seven-minute Episode 1AI · 26 Oct, 03:04
111. VYU Pakistan launch opens video fashion shopping platformTrending · 26 Oct, 02:43
112. Sohail Afridi, Speaker Swati under house arrest: KundiPakistan · 26 Oct, 02:13
113. PAM Kuwait: 39,559 firms meet wage rules, 8,849 do notWorld · 26 Oct, 01:28
114. Babar Sahib Din out as Jhang DC over Pera vehicle misusePakistan · 26 Oct, 00:53
115. Afghanistan 5.5 earthquake felt in Pakistan late SundayWorld · 26 Oct, 00:38
116. Seven of same family die in Murree Rakhala crashPakistan · 26 Oct, 00:08