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Speaker bars parliamentary secretaries from answering other ministries' questions
Ayaz Sadiq ruled during Question Hour that only the secretary attached to the ministry concerned may reply when the relevant minister, minister of state or secretary is absent.
Lahore High Court's Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani resigns
He sent his resignation to the president, citing health, personal reasons and the 26th and 27th constitutional amendments, Express News reported.
Yousuf flags Babar's shoulder flaw as Smith backs batters
Former captain says an open right shoulder is costing Babar Azam his judgement of line and swing, while the batting coach has backed him and Fakhar Zaman.
FBR proposes IRIS-only filing of company financial statements
Draft rules issued through SRO 1912(I)/2026 would require electronically readable statements from tax year 2026, with objections open for seven days.
Pharma exports fall 30% to three-year low as Afghan border stays shut
The PPMA's former chairman says the halt in supplies to Afghanistan and higher fuel costs have made Pakistani medicines uncompetitive in low-margin markets.
PM to review winter gas plan and LNG cargo needs
Petroleum ministry will brief Shehbaz Sharif on household supply, power-sector demand and the 24 LNG cargoes the division estimates winter may require.
Government and Jamaat-e-Islami form committee to review fuel relief
The six-member body will study widening the prime minister's petroleum relief scheme and phasing down the levy in the next budget.
KSE-100 extends rally, gains 363 points in early trade
The benchmark index touched 164,830.55 minutes after Wednesday's opening, building on Tuesday's 1,428-point close as banks, cement and energy stocks drew buying.
Pakistan plans second $500m Panda bond without ADB, AIIB cover
Finance Division officials say Chinese credit enhancement firms may back the January-June 2027 sale, as $1.3bn of repaid Chinese commercial loans awaits full refinancing.
PPL posts Rs99bn profit, record Rs284bn collections in FY26
Shareholders at the company's 75th annual general meeting approved a final dividend of 60 per cent, taking the total payout for the year to 120 per cent.
Pakistan cuts petrol price as Iran diplomacy cools oil markets
Arab News PK reports the reduction as Brent slips from six-month highs, but LPG still costs Rs600 a kilogram in Lahore and Islamabad.
Power minister says DISCO losses down to Rs325bn from Rs591bn
Awais Leghari told the Senate circular debt had fallen to about Rs1.6 trillion, and that an income-based subsidy system will take one to one-and-a-half months to prepare.
Centre plans $18bn water infrastructure push over next decade
Two outlets report the federal investment plan, but neither carried a project list, a financing breakdown or the name of any official behind the figure.
Senate panel questions delay in compensation for seafarers' families
A committee was told three Pakistani sailors died in a Puntland operation Islamabad was not consulted on, and that $60,000 death benefits may take five to six months.
PTA blocks 15,039 suspicious links in online fraud crackdown
Documents given to a Senate committee show 95.75 per cent of 15,706 flagged links were blocked, along with thousands of mobile numbers and devices.
Government in off-the-record contact with some PTI leaders, says Sanaullah
The prime minister's adviser says informal phone calls and talks during parliamentary sessions could become formal negotiations once PTI signals a change of course.
Gohar denies PTI core and political committees sidelined
PTI chairman says no meeting was ever held on the matter and that both committees still take all party decisions
Pakistan becomes founding member of Shanghai-based AI cooperation body
UrduPoint reports the new organisation will be headquartered in Shanghai and hold its first meeting in December, but no Pakistani ministry has commented.
OGRA raises petrol by Rs1.54 and diesel by Rs2.16 per litre
New rates apply from October 27; the regulator blamed higher international benchmarks and Platts pricing while levies and profit margins stay frozen.
Ahsan Iqbal says oil price rise unpredictable as relief committee formed
The planning minister told a briefing with Rana Sanaullah that the government and Jamaat-e-Islami will each name three members to a committee on relief.
Supreme Court acquits life convict in 2016 Faisalabad murder case
Judges found the prosecution account did not match the post-mortem report and questioned why three eyewitnesses did not intervene.
Pakistan airspace ban costs Indian airlines $2 billion as Air India drops routes
Air India will suspend Delhi–Vienna and Delhi–Birmingham flights from 31 October and 1 November, citing longer routes, fuel costs and aircraft shortages.
Ishaq Dar chairs review of proposed audit oversight law changes
The meeting also weighed steps to strengthen financial reporting and institutional performance, but the amendments themselves were not made public.
Senate panel orders probe into Rs7m US admission fraud after graduate's death
Human rights committee chair Samina Mumtaz Zehri demanded a transparent inquiry and criticised the HEC and Foreign Office for staying away from the hearing.
FPCCI and textile exporters reject SBP rate hike to 12 percent
Industry bodies say costlier credit will slow manufacturing and exports and want single-digit rates, while foreign investors welcomed the 50-basis-point increase, Profit reported.
Pakistan brings virtual assets regulator under anti-money laundering law
A finance-ministry committee approved adding PVARA to the AMLA's fourth schedule and a maritime zones provision to its first, at a meeting chaired by Muhammad Aurangzeb.
Finance ministry clears changes to anti-money-laundering monitoring rules
The committee revised currency transaction report thresholds and added the maritime zones law and the virtual assets regulator to schedules of the Anti-Money Laundering Act.
Qatar emir, Iran president discuss Hormuz blockade in Moscow
The meeting came a day after Pakistan's army chief, Saudi and Turkish officials held talks with Iran in Tehran to stop the eight-month war reigniting.
Top court upholds Christian man's death sentence in blasphemy case
Fox News reported the ruling without naming the man, the bench or the date, while a second outlet reported a Christian medic's clinic was burned.
Jamaat-e-Islami sets 10-day deadline over petroleum levy
Hafiz Naeemur Rehman says the government must show progress on abolishing the levy before JI's mid-November long march on Islamabad.