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Eleven fishermen who spent four to nine years in Indian jails after drifting across the maritime boundary were reunited with their families at the Edhi Centre in Karachi.
The court told the Election Commission to take ‘corrective steps’ and file a compliance report after petitioners said 32 Form 7 deletion requests targeted one community in a single constituency.
The IRGC navy said three tankers using ‘unauthorised routes’ caught fire, one after hitting a mine, as a Qatari delegation working with Washington arrived in Tehran to revive a ceasefire.
All eight PSL franchises agreed auction rules for PSL 12: up to seven retentions, a Rs45 crore salary cap, a January 13 retention deadline and the auction on January 23.
The paper said Russian authorities and intelligence services forced it to shut, weeks after its editor-in-chief Sergei Sokolov was questioned and his home searched; it will go dark on November 9.
The Cabinet Committee on Security approved eight next-generation corvettes, to be built by GRSE and Goa Shipyard, with deliveries expected from 2030.
Security sources say the army destroyed several Afghan Taliban posts and installations across from South Waziristan and Parachinar after unprovoked firing on Angoor Adda, with Taliban personnel fleeing their positions.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. inaugurated Sazgar’s plant in Laguna, which will assemble about 12,000 electric and petrol three-wheelers a year in the Pakistani automaker’s first Southeast Asian expansion.
India’s home minister told BJP workers in Lucknow the party would bring a Uniform Civil Code to Uttar Pradesh if it retains power, after Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Assam adopted one.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored three times in 15 second-half minutes against Al-Kholood to reach 985 career goals, with João Félix providing four assists.
All five pilgrims from Bengaluru and the pilot were killed when a Trans Bharat Aviation helicopter crashed near Chai village in Chamoli; the operator’s fleet has been grounded.
The Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed a Houthi drone heading for the Makkah region and a cruise missile aimed at western Saudi Arabia, as Pakistan told the UN it stands in complete solidarity with the kingdom.
A Kalol sessions judge sentenced Vasim Kureshi, Mahmad Rafiq Kureshi and Asfak Bahelim to rigorous life imprisonment over 277kg of beef, citing the Manusmriti and the Vedas in his ruling.
Pakistan has approved a tax-neutral bonded policy letting Saudi companies keep commercial oil reserves in the country, and the Saudi embassy has started same-day visas for Pakistanis.
CAF has scrapped its plan to hold Afcon every four years; the tournament returns to a biennial cycle, with editions in 2027, 2028, 2031 and 2033.
A CREA study found air pollution deaths in Indonesia jumped 42% in September, with forest fire smoke blamed for 3,560 deaths and a record 58 million people breathing unhealthy air.
Victoria’s Court of Appeal threw out Erin Patterson’s challenge to her death cap murder convictions and removed her 33-year non-parole period, meaning she will never be released.
Alphabet shares fell almost 13% to a six-month low as profits dropped 25% and Google said AI summaries in search were hurting ad revenue.
A glacial lake outburst in Bhutan’s Gasa district released about 7.4 million cubic metres of water into the Sankosh, prompting evacuation calls in Cooch Behar and alerts in Assam’s Dhubri and Kokrajhar.
Vivian Balakrishnan held talks with Ishaq Dar, signed a disaster-management MoU, discussed resuming direct flights, and met PM Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir in Rawalpindi.
A policeman was martyred when Fitna al-Khawarij terrorists attacked the Silai Pati police post in Bajaur’s Barang tehsil; the attackers fled after police returned fire.
Indian-sponsored Fitna al-Hindustan terrorists tried to strike a check-post in Kharan district, but all five drones were destroyed before reaching their target, security sources said.
Under the BRIDGE programme, due for approval in January, Pakistan will pass an Investment Act and a factoring law and open up trade in wheat and sugar to lift private investment.
More than 10 US military cargo flights reached Israel’s Nevatim and Ovda bases in a week, as Washington and Israel reportedly weigh renewed strikes after the midterms and Vance rules out a “forever war”.
PRIME puts the recurring bill at Rs47-57bn for two new provinces and says the smallest of 30 proposed units would spend almost half their NFC share just running a government.
The exchange suspended deposits and withdrawals and says it will cover all losses, as an analytics firm blames North Korea’s TraderTraitor unit and bitcoin slides to a six-week low.
The win gives the Asma Jahangir Group another term at the head of Pakistan’s top lawyers’ body after Shah defeated the Professional Group’s Sardar Aman Khan.
Bangladesh’s Deputy High Commissioner in Karachi said Dhaka’s membership would take the Pakistan-Saudi-Türkiye defence pact to the Bay of Bengal, and praised Pakistan’s peace efforts.
The IRGC says the vessels ignored warnings and used an “unauthorised” route, while US Central Command insists the main shipping lanes have been cleared of mines.
The group says it targeted Ras Tanura, Abqaiq, Rabigh and airports in Riyadh and Dammam; Saudi air defences intercepted two missiles over the capital, wounding one person with shrapnel.
The interior minister told MNAs that countries want Pakistan’s 70,000 official blue passports reduced to 25,000 before granting travel concessions, and that the green passport’s standing is improving.
The investment facilitation council said projects across mining, energy, transport, IT and food security were in the pipeline, with five refineries signing deals worth about $6 billion.
The Royal Shakespeare Company actor, who found global fame in his late forties as Jean-Luc Picard, died at his Los Angeles home after a short illness with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia.
The 39-year-old who killed one person and wounded seven near Paris said he chose the area as “a hotbed for Islamists”, prosecutors say, as Macron calls it a “racist terrorist attack”.
With all votes counted, Netanyahu’s bloc is down 11 seats on 2022 and Eisenkot’s has 48, leaving neither side a clear route to the 61 needed to govern.
Muslim leaders in Michigan say hostility is at its worst since 9/11 as Republicans accuse the Egyptian-American doctor, without evidence, of links to the Muslim Brotherhood and Iran.
At Türkiye’s national day event in Islamabad, the prime minister thanked Ankara for standing by Pakistan during Marka-i-Haq and invited Turkish investors to Karachi’s Erdogan economic zone.
The court found the men ran an “integrated scheme” to supply weapons to Sudan’s military and launder the proceeds through UAE companies and bank accounts.
WIPO says Pakistan’s strengths lie in its digital economy, from app creation to ICT services exports, as it performs above expectations for its level of development.
Pakistan face Sri Lanka in Saturday’s final at the Gaddafi Stadium after being bowled out for 110 by the same side on Tuesday.
