Guterres calls for ‘Climate Justice Compact’ as COP31 summit opens
The UN chief urged a just transition from fossil fuels and $300bn a year in climate finance as about 100 countries met in Antalya, with the US absent and most G7 leaders away.
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Man United open talks with Pochettino as Carrick faces the sack
United are 18th, their lowest at this stage since 1986-87. Club bosses met in Monaco on Wednesday to decide Carrick’s future, and the USA coach is in talks to replace him.
Erdogan and Guterres welcome Shehbaz to COP31 leaders’ summit
The prime minister is in Antalya to press for climate finance that is “predictable, adequate and accessible” for countries like Pakistan, which produces under 1% of emissions.
Give KP’s daughters the cervical cancer jab, and the facts with it
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s drive to protect 2.93 million girls deserves every parent’s support. Its success will depend on trusted women at the door, honest answers on safety and a plan for the girls it misses.
OGDCL strikes gas in Khairpur as PPL plans 6,000m well at Sui
The Bitrisim Northwest-1 well tested at 12.8 million cubic feet of gas a day. PPL will drill deep at Sui in 2027-28, targeting about 2 trillion cubic feet.
Iran says Hormuz stays shut until US meets its seven conditions
Security chief Mohsen Rezaei called talk of negotiations “a pure lie”. Rubio said the economic campaign is so devastating that major combat operations are not needed.
ADB approves $500m disaster financing for Pakistan
The contingent facility is released as budget support soon after an eligible disaster. Pakistan loses about $2 billion a year to floods, earthquakes and other disasters, the bank says.
Afghan and Iranian consuls in Mumbai discuss closer ties
Afghanistan’s consul general called on Iran’s consulate in Mumbai, where the two sides talked about strengthening cooperation, the Iranian mission said.
ADNOC ship damaged in attack inside UAE waters as Gulf tanker strikes mount
The company gave no details of the vessel or crew. Within a day, a tanker near Hormuz was hit by a projectile, Iran’s army said another struck a mine, and a Dubai-bound ship had four crew injured.
What it would take to give Pakistan 12 provinces
Ministers keep floating new provinces. The Constitution sets the bar at two-thirds in Parliament and in the province being divided, and the Senate and NFC sums turn every map into a fight
Pakistan is invested in Eurasia’s new order, America isn’t: Pravin Sawhney
At the Margalla Dialogue, the Indian defence analyst said China and Russia are building the region’s institutions while Washington only trades, and that Pakistan is already inside them.
US charges three over Iran-backed plot at Britain’s RAF Fairford
Prosecutors say the men sent fuel-laden vans disguised as delivery trucks towards the base used by American bombers, and planned 18 attacks across Europe this spring. Iran denies any role.
Imran Khan taken to PIMS overnight for sixth eye injection
The PTI founder was back in Adiala jail within an hour. His party says a Supreme Court order to move him to Shifa International Hospital has gone unimplemented for nearly three months.
Great injustice to Urdu in India
“This great language, which has produced perhaps the best poetry in modern India … and which is a shining gem in the treasury of Indian culture, is today neglected, and by some people even looked at with suspicion,” writes former Supreme Court of India Justice Markandey Katju.
Eisenkot calls Netanyahu unfit for ‘one more minute’ after Knesset speech
Netanyahu used the new Knesset’s swearing-in to accuse Arab lawmakers of seeking Israel’s destruction. Eisenkot, who holds the mandate to form a government, called the speech hate-filled and shameful.
Sharia student loans spark ‘two-tier’ row in Britain
Universities are advertising interest-free, government-backed loans for students who will not pay interest. Reform UK calls it “anti-British”; the government says no one gets a better deal.
Dubai ruler orders tents for 50,000 in Gaza as winter rains hit camps
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid’s shipment will go through Operation Gallant Knight 3, which the UAE says has delivered $4.16 billion of aid to Gaza in three years.
Chicago father dies hours after ICE deports him to Pakistan
Ayaz Ahmed, 61, had no criminal record and chronic illnesses. His family says he collapsed after a 38-hour ICE flight; ICE calls claims of neglect “categorically false”.
Gulf fintech body opens Pakistan chapter, citing World Bank’s MENA shift
The UAE-based MENA Fintech Association links Pakistan’s banks, start-ups and regulators to its 22-market network, after the World Bank grouped Pakistan with the Middle East.
Smog drives second Sri Lanka Test out of Lahore to Rawalpindi
The Test will be played from November 17 to 21 as planned, but at Rawalpindi, where Pakistan lead the first Test with Sri Lanka 320 behind.
Saudi air defences down Houthi missiles fired at Riyadh and the south
The Houthis claimed hits on Riyadh airport and Abqaiq, but Bahrain’s king landed at the same airport on Tuesday as Yemen’s army pressed an offensive on the ground.
Petrol cut by Rs8 to Rs338 a litre as oil slides to two-month low
Diesel falls Rs7 to Rs371 from Wednesday, the second cut in a week, but petrol is still about Rs72 a litre dearer than before the Gulf war.
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Why Washington chose an Iran hand for its Islamabad embassy
Natalie Baker has run the US embassy for 22 months without the title. Her nomination signals continuity, a focus on the Iran war and a heavy energy and minerals agenda, but a Senate that changes hands in January may make her wait
PM Shehbaz, Field Marshal Munir attend Chashma-5 nuclear plant dome ceremony
The dome has been placed on the 1,200MW C-5 reactor in Mianwali, a Chinese-designed Hualong One unit that will be Pakistan’s largest nuclear power plant
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards unveil new underground missile city
Footage released on Tuesday shows ballistic and cruise missiles and their launchers in a tunnel complex. Iran has not said where it is, and the claims cannot be independently checked
Terrorists who turn mosques into bomb stores have told us who they are
Security forces found explosives and torture cells inside two mosques in Mir Ali. The terrorists who did it have no claim on Islam. Pakistan should back the soldiers who cleared them, restore the mosques quickly and make every pulpit part of the fight
Lahore has reopened a gurdwara. India should reopen Kartarpur
A Temple Road shrine shut since 1947 is open again, and more than 50 gurdwaras are being restored. Pakistan should keep them open and full of pilgrims. India should reopen the Kartarpur Corridor before Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary
Thursday 1 January 1970
Eisenkot and allies name Matan Kahana as their pick for Knesset speaker
Liberman would chair the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee as the anti-Netanyahu bloc shares out the Knesset’s top posts during Eisenkot’s mandate
Judge calls Russell Brand a ‘sexual predator’ whose fame protected him
Mr Justice Bennathan said Brand’s celebrity shielded him for years, and set out how he reached a sentence of 10 years and six months
Lahore gurdwara on Temple Road reopens for first time since Partition
The Gurdwara Chhevin Patshahi Sri Guru Hargobind Sahib in Mozang has been restored and reopened for worship, 79 years after it was shut
Bangladesh files spying case against Indian man over alleged RAW links
Police in Dhaka say Rabiul Islam, from West Bengal, used a garments business as cover. He told a court he has nothing to do with RAW
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Imran Khan’s ex Jemima says she called police on ‘violent’ Russell Brand
Imran Khan’s ex-wife says she called police to remove Brand from her home, and defends the 2014 injunction against a masseuse who accused him of assault
Thursday 1 January 1970
Trump picks Natalie Baker as US ambassador to Pakistan
The career diplomat has run the US embassy in Islamabad since January 2025, when the last ambassador left. She now faces Senate confirmation
Tuesday 10 November 2026
Lahore’s air needs more than a change of wind
The wind cleared Monday’s smog. It will not clear the next one. Punjab has more tools than ever, and now needs a year-round plan measured by the air people breathe
The tailor’s son who dreamed of another age: the life of Allama Iqbal
From Sialkot to Cambridge, Heidelberg and the mosque at Cordoba: how a poet who argued with God came to imagine Pakistan. A Big Read in eleven chapters
The significance of Abdul El-Sayed’s victory
“Dr El-Sayed’s victory is a message not only for America but also for India and the whole world,” writes former Supreme Court of India Justice Markandey Katju.
Trump approval holds at 32%, near career low, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
The figure, one point above his career low, comes days after Republicans lost both chambers of Congress, with just 21% approving of how he is handling the cost of living
Trump says Gulf states want Iran blockade kept, US ‘locked and loaded’
After speaking to Qatar’s prime minister, the US president said Gulf states prefer the blockade to continue and claimed “positive momentum” toward ending the war
Monday 9 November 2026
Pakistan’s freelancers had a record year. The plumbing is catching up
Freelancers earned $1.76bn last year, up 78 per cent. Upwork’s wallet payouts and new certification refunds help, but getting paid, staying safe and building skills still cost too much
Instagram will use AI worldwide to spot teens lying about their age
Meta says millions more teenagers will be moved into restricted accounts, even if they have listed an adult birthday
