One Constitution Avenue to become a five-star hotel, government says
The cabinet has approved an inquiry that ministers say found fraud in the Islamabad project. Apartment buyers are to be refunded, with an interest adjustment
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Wednesday 4 November 2026
US midterms: ‘The reason we lost is the war,’ JD Vance says
The vice president says many Trump voters switched to Democrats, and that they want the war ended, lower prices and a changed relationship with Israel
Russian hacktivists claim Europe’s freezer hacks, but experts have doubts
The groups’ posts have vanished, and researchers say Iranian hackers or even teenagers playing pranks could also be behind the attacks
ChatGPT ads have reached Pakistan: what they see and how to limit them
Free and Go users may start seeing sponsored boxes below answers. Here is what advertisers get, and how to stop your past chats being used
Iqbal Day long weekend: banks shut for three days, so sort your cash early
Monday is a public holiday. Here is what closes, what to get done by Friday and when things reopen
Hunza’s Maliha Ali stuns Russian champion at MMA World Championships
The 24-year-old won by split decision to reach the quarter-finals in Tbilisi, where her twin sister Manesha is also chasing a world title
Cabinet approves new currency note designs, replaces Rs10 note with coin
New notes will carry tougher security features against counterfeiting. No date has been set for the change, so your Rs10 notes still work
Hackers reset French blood bank freezers to 110C in overnight attack
A technician spotted the rise in time, France says, as a wave of attacks on refrigeration systems spreads across Europe
New lizard species with maze-like markings found in Balochistan’s Chagai
Researchers named the racerunner Eremias chagaiensis after the district, and say Balochistan’s deserts remain among South Asia’s least explored places
Ten years on, Modi’s note ban has little to show for the pain
A decade after 86% of India’s cash was cancelled overnight, its own figures show cash, corruption and election money are all still there
Dar congratulates Venezuela’s new foreign minister Oliver Blanco
Both ministers said they want to strengthen ties between Pakistan and Venezuela, days after Blanco met Marco Rubio in Washington
Ishaq Dar reviews steps to strengthen banking channels for industry
The State Bank governor and finance secretary joined the meeting on financial transactions and operational bottlenecks
Blood cancer patients in Punjab wait for free medicines: what to do
About 5,000 patients have faced a three-month gap in supplies, and the health minister says five hospitals can now buy the drugs locally
US midterms: Musk jokes about ‘space lasers’ after nearly $500m bet fails
The world’s richest man became the biggest individual donor in a US election cycle, and his main Senate candidate lost in Texas
Pakistan and Syria discuss stronger military ties in Damascus
The meeting between Syria’s defence minister and Pakistan’s attaché comes days after Damascus said it was weighing the Makkah defence pact
Saudi Pro League postpones all this weekend’s matches after Asian Cup move
The league is reviewing its fixtures after the tournament was pushed back by almost a year because of the attacks on the kingdom
Online order gone wrong? Go to the consumer court, Lahore High Court rules
The ruling came in a case where a buyer sought more than Rs2.1 million over two items of clothing worth Rs6,480
Why Congress changing hands won’t rewrite US-Pakistan ties
A Republican still walks the White House corridors and America’s shared interests with Pakistan have not moved. Any promise of relief for Imran Khan from a Democratic majority will fail, just as the last one did.
US midterms: Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan to become first Muslim US senator
The Democrat beat Mike Rogers after a campaign in which Trump called him a ‘jihadist’ and a fellow Democrat endorsed his rival
Pakistan weighs arbitration against Etisalat over $800m PTCL balance
The dispute over the 2005 privatisation has run for 20 years, with 32 of 3,246 properties still to be transferred
US midterms: ‘Americans said no to war,’ Iran’s parliament speaker says
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned Washington not to ignore the vote, as Trump says the war will end when he says so
Gas only at meal times from today: your new winter hours
The same three slots now apply across Pakistan, so here is how to plan your cooking and stay safe at home
US midterms: Trump congratulates Democrats, says he’d have won on the ballot
He blamed Republican candidates and warned he would ‘veto everything’ if the new majority does not work with him
US midterms: Democrats win Senate and House in major rebuke to Trump
They took seven Senate seats including Texas and Maine, and will hold full control of Congress from January for the first time since 2023
NASA seeks ideas to save Hubble before it falls to Earth around 2033
The 36-year-old telescope still works well, and administrator Jared Isaacman says it deserves the effort
Canva shakes up 22% of its jobs, with layoffs and moves to Sydney
Chief executive Melanie Perkins says the design company needs to be ‘refounded’, in changes affecting 1,271 people
Spain’s transport minister resigns six days after train crash killed 69
Óscar Puente told Congress he could not stay after two such disasters in a year, and also quit as a candidate in this month’s general election
US midterms: Three NASA astronauts vote from the space station
Anil Menon says he, Luke Delaney and Jessica Watkins filled out electronic ballots, and his sleeping quarters served as the voting booth
De Miguel’s death: Police open inquiry, but prosecutor doubts a case
Goalkeeper Jesus Owono has faced abuse since the collision, as Messi and Mbappe lead tributes to the Tenerife striker
Europe’s Hera probe gets first sight of the asteroid NASA hit in 2022
The spacecraft is closing in to measure what the deliberate crash did, in a test of how to defend Earth from asteroids
Tuesday 3 November 2026
India says struck-off voters will not be punished for re-registering
Many held back from Form 6, which makes them declare they are first-time voters, for fear of being prosecuted for a false statement
Petrol cut by Rs5.45 a litre to Rs369.06, diesel down Rs3.68 to Rs391.52
The new rates apply from Wednesday, a day after the last revision, as the minister had hinted
Air Punjab has not been scrapped, government says, blaming war for delays
The airline has its licence and is leasing six aircraft for its first phase, the provincial transport secretary says
Binance says a fake job interview opened the door to its $6.3bn hack
An engineer was told to download an ‘assignment’ that was really malware, and the hackers then used a compromised AI tool to reach two more laptops
Bomb threats hit four European flights, briefly closing a Warsaw airport
All the planes landed safely and no explosives were found, a day after fighter jets escorted a Wizz Air flight to Budapest
Israel election: Five opposition leaders back Eisenkot for prime minister
They will recommend him to President Herzog, whose talks begin on Wednesday, but remain split over the Arab-led parties they would need for a majority
Pakistan tests its first homegrown air-to-air missile, the Fa’az
The ISPR says the missile can hit aerial targets at longer ranges and will strengthen the Pakistan Air Force
GTA VI needs up to 212GB, and you can start downloading it on November 10
The game launches on November 19 at $79.99 and is digital only, so even boxed copies will contain just a download code
US midterms: Trump says ‘only fools’ would vote for El-Sayed as polls open
Haley Stevens says the Democrat is ‘not fit to serve’ as Michigan votes in a race that could decide the Senate
US midterms: Why you may not know who won when you wake up on Wednesday
Polls close from 4am to 11am Pakistan time, but mail ballots in California and ranked-choice voting in Alaska could take days
