News from 29 October 2026

News from 29 October 2026

1. HBL Microfinance Bank Opens First Islamic Branch in TimergaraBusiness · 29 Oct, 23:52
2. Deepgram Voice AI acquires Daily, keeps Pipecat openAI · 29 Oct, 23:42
3. IHC bars Establishment Division from repatriating staffPakistan · 29 Oct, 23:32
4. Islamabad survey lists illicit builds at 5,691 official homesPakistan · 29 Oct, 23:21
5. Fibre links of 3,809km set for 459 councils still offlineTech · 29 Oct, 23:11
6. Naqvi tells Senate Iran visit was PM crisis assignmentPakistan · 29 Oct, 23:01
7. Petrol demand in Pakistan still leans on overseas fuelBusiness · 29 Oct, 22:51
8. Sulaiman Khan says govt endangering Imran Khan in prisonPakistan · 29 Oct, 22:41
9. Lahore gas supply cut from 9pm in DHA Phase V–VIIIPakistan · 29 Oct, 22:31
10. Speaker to invite five opposition MPs to reforms panelPakistan · 29 Oct, 22:10
11. Islamabad court keeps non-bailable warrants for KP CM AfridiPakistan · 29 Oct, 22:00
12. JS Bank 9M 2026 profit after tax climbs 67% as assets grow 12%Business · 29 Oct, 21:50
13. TikTok removes 23.2m Pakistan videos, 94.5% within a dayTech · 29 Oct, 21:40
14. FCCP restores Lahore ruling on Mandi Raiwind house transferPakistan · 29 Oct, 21:29
15. Khawaja Asif calls Fazlur Rehman NA speech ‘blackmail’Pakistan · 29 Oct, 21:19
16. Farm goods green channel agreed at Sost-Khunjerab passPakistan · 29 Oct, 21:09
17. Hesson: Pakistan yet to play best cricket before finalCricket · 29 Oct, 20:58
18. ATC gives Imaan Mazari and husband concurrent 10-year termsPakistan · 29 Oct, 20:48
19. Faisalabad meet backs commercial soybean production pushBusiness · 29 Oct, 20:37
20. Wabi AI agent reaches $1.25B valuation after $55m dealAI · 29 Oct, 20:27
21. UHS adds 1,100 evening nursing seats at 18 Punjab collegesJobs · 29 Oct, 20:12
22. Punjab told to restore family pensions for eligible daughtersPakistan · 29 Oct, 20:02
23. Rs10bn allocated for free treatment at Nawaz Sharif HospitalPakistan · 29 Oct, 19:52
24. Pakistan cybersecurity law nears finish, Shaza Fatima saysTech · 29 Oct, 19:41
25. UHS Syndicate Cuts Allied Health Entry Mark From 60% to 50%Jobs · 29 Oct, 19:30
26. Mutual funds grow 12.4pc as industry AUM hits Rs4.72trBusiness · 29 Oct, 19:26
27. Supreme Court keeps almonds, cashews off smuggled goods listPakistan · 29 Oct, 19:16
28. Rightsizing ends 2,007 Motorway Police technical postsPakistan · 29 Oct, 19:01
29. Nigeria Day in Islamabad pushes trade treaty and defenceWorld · 29 Oct, 18:51
30. Nadeem Nasir orders timely finish of Rawalpindi road worksPakistan · 29 Oct, 18:26
31. PTA warns of data theft risks on Pakistan 5G networksTech · 29 Oct, 18:04
32. Jameel Ahmad sees Pakistan current account gap at 0–1%Business · 29 Oct, 17:53
33. JazzSure embeds underwriting APIs into QSPL payment railsBusiness · 29 Oct, 17:31
34. PSO Q1 profit doubles as market share climbs to 45.9%Business · 29 Oct, 17:20
35. Lahore CTO orders FIRs over unauthorised emergency lightsPakistan · 29 Oct, 17:10
36. Asif rejects Fazl criticism of Tehran peace missionPakistan · 29 Oct, 17:00
37. Karachi airport expansion, Lahore plans get PM approvalPakistan · 29 Oct, 17:00
38. FIA Peshawar holds four Afghans for unlawful CNIC usePakistan · 29 Oct, 16:49
39. Rs644bn Balochistan highway projects due by 2028Pakistan · 29 Oct, 16:48
40. Health ministry scraps BHS overseas vaccination processPakistan · 29 Oct, 16:37
41. Apna Ghar Programme: Rs511bn for 86,896 applicationsBusiness · 29 Oct, 16:21
42. LESCO average billing: FCCP upholds LHC Hamdard orderPakistan · 29 Oct, 16:08
43. Norway lifts cyber risk to high after business breaches surgeWorld · 29 Oct, 15:58
44. Meta AI Ads Manager Andromeda change adds 1.4% conversionsAI · 29 Oct, 15:48
45. Thousands of fake videos fuel online fraud, PTA saysTech · 29 Oct, 15:27
46. Quetta trains off a day; Jaffer Express held at JacobabadPakistan · 29 Oct, 15:17
47. Lahore MoU links PFF with Iran on youth football workSports · 29 Oct, 15:07
48. Singapore foreign minister to hold talks, sign disaster MoUPakistan · 29 Oct, 14:57
49. PIA told to answer FCCP case on post-retirement medical aidPakistan · 29 Oct, 14:47
50. Afghanistan opium production jumps fivefold, UN findsWorld · 29 Oct, 14:36
51. Barry University Stamps Scholars offer $6,000 enrichment fundJobs · 29 Oct, 14:26
52. New York AI chatbot law forces age checks for under-18sAI · 29 Oct, 14:15
53. PTA detects 174 website defacements via dark web in a yearTech · 29 Oct, 14:04
54. South Korea ties student visas to Korean language testsJobs · 29 Oct, 13:59
55. VGO TEL vs Infinix: 2.5m Units Lead Local AssemblyTech · 29 Oct, 13:48
56. Jameel Ahmad sees external shortfall holding within 1% of GDPBusiness · 29 Oct, 13:37
57. Punjab Rs75bn cancer institute aims for early first-phase openingPakistan · 29 Oct, 13:27
58. Margot Robbie Neighbours clips face AI micro-drama concernsAI · 29 Oct, 13:16
59. Sialkot-Kharian M-12 Finish Now Set for February 2028Business · 29 Oct, 13:06
60. Abbott may skip Pakistan flu shots; Sanofi delayedPakistan · 29 Oct, 12:55
61. Pakistan’s 4.5GW battery haul nears half of 9.5GW historic totalBusiness · 29 Oct, 12:44
62. Sohail Afridi arrest warrant out for five in Radio Pakistan casePakistan · 29 Oct, 12:34
63. China AI bubble burst cuts STAR50 index by about 40%AI · 29 Oct, 12:23
64. Lucky Cement adds 3.2m tonnes to Karachi plant capacityBusiness · 29 Oct, 12:17
65. PSO ARL agreement renewed for five years until June 2030Business · 29 Oct, 12:12
66. Pakistan interest bill may exceed Rs8 trillion this yearBusiness · 29 Oct, 12:02
67. Maryam Nawaz announces Apna Kisan Bank, Rs17bn loansPakistan · 29 Oct, 11:48
68. PSO circular debt clearance plan advances with IMF, govtBusiness · 29 Oct, 11:37
69. SBP sets Rs5m small-firm loan limit via partner lendersBusiness · 29 Oct, 11:27
70. Rhodes Scholarship winners 2027: Hafsa Qureshi, Rafia ImranJobs · 29 Oct, 11:17
71. Rs511bn housing finance cleared under Apna Ghar schemeBusiness · 29 Oct, 11:17
72. Quadcopter IED blocked at Hassankhel police station rooftopPakistan · 29 Oct, 10:43
73. WASA Faisalabad warns officers over missed recovery goalsPakistan · 29 Oct, 10:32
74. KP hydropower project progress rated moderately unsatisfactoryBusiness · 29 Oct, 10:22
75. Samsung Q3 results hit record as AI chip demand risesBusiness · 29 Oct, 10:11
76. 47 held as NCCIA raids scam call centre on Sharea FaisalPakistan · 29 Oct, 10:01
77. Judge in Peshawar awards death in Hayatabad blasphemy casePakistan · 29 Oct, 09:50
78. World Bank sees Pakistan cotton output down 6% next yearBusiness · 29 Oct, 09:40
79. Supreme Court clears FIA boat tragedy probe for 40 officersPakistan · 29 Oct, 09:30
80. 5 killed as Hafizabad bus plunges into drain; overspeeding blamedPakistan · 29 Oct, 09:20
81. Karachi Port berths MV Gokova M with 51,000 tonnes wheatBusiness · 29 Oct, 09:10
82. Ulema reject terrorism in Islamic perspective in decreePakistan · 29 Oct, 09:00
83. Okara University VC Dr Sajjad Mubin called for Nov 10Pakistan · 29 Oct, 08:50
84. SBP asks banks to process KP sugar mill exportsBusiness · 29 Oct, 08:40
85. KP dengue cases to fall after Nov 3, health officials sayPakistan · 29 Oct, 08:30
86. JUI-F cadres pack Mufti Mehmood Markaz after removal rumoursPakistan · 29 Oct, 08:19
87. Police kill three terrorists after Bannu IED blastPakistan · 29 Oct, 08:09
88. Mian Iftikhar Hussain says KP residents still feel unsafePakistan · 29 Oct, 07:59
89. Gemini 4 Carbon release date marks coding, cyber leapAI · 29 Oct, 07:49
90. JUI-F chief vows resistance over KP emergency measuresPakistan · 29 Oct, 07:38
91. Singer Gulrez Tabassum dies at 77, remembered for tappayPakistan · 29 Oct, 07:35
92. Court grants two-day custody in NADRA passport fraud probePakistan · 29 Oct, 07:35
93. PTI to contest Islamabad local elections on Dec 20Pakistan · 29 Oct, 07:24
94. ECO Interior Ministers' Conference likely delayed until 2027Pakistan · 29 Oct, 07:14
95. Tandojam SAU staff recognised among top 2% scientistsJobs · 29 Oct, 07:04
96. SBP raises rate to 12% amid oil and food price pressuresBusiness · 29 Oct, 07:02
97. Punjab Assembly grills Salma Butt on flour, wheat ratesPakistan · 29 Oct, 06:52
98. PSO posts Rs25.49b consolidated PAT at Karachi 50th AGMBusiness · 29 Oct, 06:42
99. SBP doubles Minimum Capital Requirement for banks to Rs20bnBusiness · 29 Oct, 06:31
100. Ali Pervaiz Malik welcomes Weir on minerals sector talksBusiness · 29 Oct, 06:21
101. Shehbaz Sharif backs AI digitisation for trade, exportsAI · 29 Oct, 06:11
102. IHC seeks replies on plea against travel restriction listsPakistan · 29 Oct, 06:11
103. Fake Apple-style sites target new phone buyers, firm saysTech · 29 Oct, 06:01
104. BMP will contest FPCCI election citing Sindh rightsBusiness · 29 Oct, 05:50
105. Google opens Connected Apps Platform for Gemini, SearchAI · 29 Oct, 05:40
106. Adam Mosseri flags AI authenticity worry on InstagramAI · 29 Oct, 05:30
107. IST Pakistan team in Moscow for Space Games until Nov 1Tech · 29 Oct, 05:20
108. PQEPCL seeks two-month NEPRA coal procurement extensionBusiness · 29 Oct, 05:10
109. PITB trains 33 Sindh Police DSPs on AI and digital justiceAI · 29 Oct, 04:59
110. Microsoft's OpenAI ties yield $10bn, nearly 11% of salesAI · 29 Oct, 04:49
111. XAI unit seeks 418 Mississippi homes tied to noise claimsAI · 29 Oct, 04:39
112. Tharparkar ambulance fire death toll rises to ninePakistan · 29 Oct, 04:28
113. Houthis call for immediate Aden airport evacuationWorld · 29 Oct, 04:18
114. Alphabet revenue hits $127.6bn amid Google AI Search ads pushAI · 29 Oct, 04:08
115. CAA approves EVA Air, China Airlines flights through March 2027Pakistan · 29 Oct, 03:58
116. 6m+ Afghan returnees squeeze jobs and rents in JawzjanPakistan · 29 Oct, 03:38
117. Meta business terms face delay after publisher backlashAI · 29 Oct, 03:28
118. Punjab bans outdoor drone flights province-wide, 30 daysPakistan · 29 Oct, 03:18
119. Microsoft quarterly revenue streak reaches 10 at $92.3bnBusiness · 29 Oct, 03:08
120. Gift-route used cars reach 98% of Sept Pakistan importsBusiness · 29 Oct, 02:57
121. Nvidia speech to text model free; recordings onlyAI · 29 Oct, 02:27
122. Pakistan juniors seal 5-2 win over Guangdong in GojraSports · 29 Oct, 02:17
123. Mpox cases in Sindh near 100 as seven patients hospitalisedPakistan · 29 Oct, 02:07
124. Federal Reserve holds rates steady ahead of midtermsBusiness · 29 Oct, 01:57
125. CVE-2026-97631 lets attackers act before Windows, LinuxTech · 29 Oct, 01:47
126. PM sets November deadline for Alibaba AI digitisation workAI · 29 Oct, 01:37
127. Ningbo Green Light Energy PSX Main Board listing Oct 29Business · 29 Oct, 01:27
128. KP governor seeks Law Department review after school probePakistan · 29 Oct, 01:17
129. Court freezes CDA plans at Elahi Mosque graveyard, D-12Pakistan · 29 Oct, 01:07
130. Two wheat ships to bring over 110,000 tons to KarachiBusiness · 29 Oct, 01:07
131. Court upholds 2021 ruling on Income Support Levy ActPakistan · 29 Oct, 00:57
132. Punjab lifts Kisan Card ceiling to Rs33,500 per acrePakistan · 29 Oct, 00:57
133. KP government to return after six months of governor's rulePakistan · 29 Oct, 00:46
134. Pakistan dismisses Taliban claims on Angoor Adda border clashPakistan · 29 Oct, 00:29
135. Ramesh Arora invites Bhagwant Mann to Lahore conferencePakistan · 29 Oct, 00:29
136. Chrome enhanced autofill reads Gmail for flight codesAI · 29 Oct, 00:18
137. Agriculture financing at Rs1.329tr covers 3.5m borrowersBusiness · 29 Oct, 00:08