https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/28/news/political/israel-election-netanyahu-unity-government-likud-defections-herzog/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-28T04:23:04+05:00 Israel election: Netanyahu races to stop Likud defections and signals openness to unity government, reports say Alon Pinkas, Arab parties Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, caretaker government, Gadi Eisenkot, Isaac Herzog, Israel coalition, Israel election, Israel election 2026, Israel election results https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/28/news/political/israel-election-count-begins-mansour-abbas-no-government-turnout-record/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-28T03:42:07+05:00 Israel election count begins as Arab leader Mansour Abbas says ‘there is no government’ Arab parties Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Central Elections Committee, coalition, Gadi Eisenkot, Israel election, Israel election 2026, Israel election count, Israel election results, Joint List https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/28/news/political/israel-election-lieberman-oust-netanyahu-arab-parties-historic-day/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-28T03:21:29+05:00 Israel election: Lieberman urges Likud to oust Netanyahu as Arab parties hail ‘historic day’ Arab parties Israel, Avigdor Lieberman, Benjamin Netanyahu, Gadi Eisenkot, Israel election, Israel election 2026, Israel election results, Israel exit polls, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Joint List https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/28/news/political/israel-election-netanyahu-camp-premature-likud-slump-exit-polls-reaction/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-28T02:21:10+05:00 Israel election: Netanyahu camp calls opposition joy ‘premature’ as exit polls show Likud slump Arab parties Israel, Avigdor Lieberman, Benjamin Netanyahu, Benny Gantz, Gadi Eisenkot, Gideon Saar, Israel election, Israel election 2026, Israel election results, Israel exit polls https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/28/news/political/israel-election-exit-polls-no-majority-netanyahu-eisenkot-arab-parties/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-28T01:13:13+05:00 Israel election exit polls: no majority for Netanyahu or Eisenkot as Arab parties hold the key Arab parties Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Central Elections Committee, Channel 12 exit poll, coalition, Gadi Eisenkot, hung parliament, Isaac Herzog, Israel election, Israel election 2026 https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/28/news/national/pakistan-destroys-afghan-taliban-posts-angoor-adda-south-waziristan/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-28T00:45:28+05:00 Pakistan destroys Afghan Taliban posts after cross-border fire kills civilian in South Waziristan Afghan Taliban, Angoor Adda, cross-border attack, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Operation Ghazab-lil-Haq, Pakistan Afghanistan tensions, Pakistan Army, Pakistan-Afghanistan border, South Waziristan, Taliban regime https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/28/news/political/serbia-vucic-defeat-protesters-storm-informer-tv-student-list/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-28T00:21:35+05:00 Protesters storm pro-Vučić TV station as Serbia celebrates end of his 14-year rule Aleksandar Vucic, anti-corruption protests, Balkans, Belgrade, Dragan Vucicevic, Europe, Ilija Srdanovic, Informer TV, Pink TV, press freedom https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/political/israel-election-results-when-exit-polls-what-happens-next/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T23:55:27+05:00 Israel election results: when will we know who won, and what happens next? Benjamin Netanyahu, Bezalel Smotrich, Central Elections Committee, coalition, electoral threshold, Gadi Eisenkot, Isaac Herzog, Israel election, Israel election 2026, Israel election results https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/political/israel-election-who-is-gadi-eisenkot-netanyahu-rival/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T23:50:29+05:00 Israel election: who is Gadi Eisenkot, the ex-army chief trying to unseat Netanyahu? Benjamin Netanyahu, Benny Gantz, Dahiya doctrine, Donald Trump, Gadi Eisenkot, Gaza war, Iran, Israel Defense Forces, Israel election, Israel election 2026 https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/political/israel-election-netanyahu-arab-citizens-stealing-vote-record-turnout/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T23:49:51+05:00 Israel election: Netanyahu accuses Arab citizens of ‘stealing’ vote as turnout hits record Adalah, Arab citizens of Israel, Association for Civil Rights in Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bezalel Smotrich, Central Elections Committee, Gadi Eisenkot, Israel election, Israel election 2026, Joint List https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/political/justice-ayesha-malik-rape-victim-blaming-bench-book-gbv-courts/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T23:46:36+05:00 Justice Ayesha Malik rejects idea that women ‘invite’ rape, warns sexual violence no longer shocks Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) Act 2021, Ayesha Malik, Ayesha Raza Farooq, bench book, conviction rates, gender-based violence, Legal Aid Society, Ministry of Human Rights, Pakistan Judiciary, rape https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/political/india-invites-pakistan-minister-khichi-sco-civilisational-dialogue-delhi/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T23:41:23+05:00 India invites Pakistani minister to SCO meeting in Delhi, first such invitation since May 2025 war Alok Dimri, Aurangzeb Khan Khichi, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, diplomacy, India-Pakistan relations, May 2025 conflict, Narendra Modi, New Delhi, Pakistan foreign policy, S Jaishankar https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/economy/petrol-cut-rs3-19-diesel-up-rs2-25-october-28/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T23:32:10+05:00 Petrol cut by Rs3.19 a litre, diesel up Rs2.25 a day after both rose Brent crude, diesel price, fuel prices Pakistan, high-speed diesel, Inflation, Jamaat-e-Islami, OGRA, oil prices, Pakistan economy, petrol price https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/political/un-commission-inquiry-israel-genocide-gaza-after-ceasefire-west-bank/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T23:22:42+05:00 Israel kept committing genocide in Gaza after the ceasefire, UN inquiry finds Benjamin Netanyahu, crimes against humanity, Daniel Meron, Gaza, Gaza ceasefire, genocide, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Palestinian Authority https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/political/rana-sanaullah-government-off-the-record-contacts-pti/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T23:06:28+05:00 Government in ‘off-the-record’ contact with PTI leaders, says Rana Sanaullah government PTI talks, Islamabad, Leader of the Opposition, Mahmood Khan Achakzai, National Assembly, Pakistan politics, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, parliamentary committees, PML-N, political dialogue https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/economy/electricity-200-units-slab-penalty-awais-leghari-senate/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T22:45:26+05:00 Government moves to end six-month penalty for crossing 200 electricity units, may raise limit to 250 200 units, Abid Sher Ali, Awais Leghari, competitive electricity market, DISCOs, Electricity Bills, electricity slabs, electricity tariff, Inflation, National Energy Summit 2026 https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/political/karnataka-sir-voter-roll-10-million-deleted-election-commission/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T22:34:17+05:00 Nearly 10 million voters struck off Karnataka’s roll as India’s voter purge row deepens Bengaluru, Bihar, BJP, Congress, disenfranchisement, Election Commission of India, electoral roll, Gyanesh Kumar, INDIA bloc, India democracy https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/economy/qatarenergy-lng-force-majeure-pakistan-buyers-year-end/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T22:28:41+05:00 QatarEnergy halts LNG to Pakistani buyers until year-end as Iran war disruption drags on Dutch TTF gas price, Edison, energy crisis, force majeure, gas prices, Gulf energy, Iran war, Italy, liquefied natural gas, LNG https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/national/tt-survey-pakistanis-netanyahu-israel-election/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T22:14:41+05:00 ‘Absolutely not’: Pakistanis on the street reject Netanyahu’s bid for another term, TT survey finds Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Gadi Eisenkot, Gaza, Israel election, Israel election 2026, Knesset, Likud, Middle East, Muslim world https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/political/jamaat-e-islami-government-committee-petroleum-levy-islamabad-march/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T21:59:22+05:00 Government and Jamaat-e-Islami form committee on fuel relief, but JI says Islamabad march still on Ahsan Iqbal, climate support levy, fuel relief scheme, Hafiz Naeemur Rehman, Inflation, Ishaq Dar, Islamabad, Islamabad march, Jamaat-e-Islami, Liaquat Baloch https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/political/bilawal-full-stop-new-province-sindh-administrative-units/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T21:50:09+05:00 Bilawal calls ‘full stop’ on new province debate, says only Sindh’s people decide 18th amendment, 28th Constitutional Amendment, administrative units, Article 239, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, Electricity Prices, Farooq Sattar, Karachi, Karachi Metropolitan Corporation, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/sports/harry-kane-wins-ballon-dor-2026-putellas/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T21:42:34+05:00 Harry Kane wins Ballon d’Or, first Englishman since Michael Owen Alexia Putellas, Ballon d'Or, Ballon d'Or 2026, Ballon d'Or Féminin, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Bundesliga, Champions League, DFB Pokal, England football https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/political/arunachal-siang-dam-protests-anti-terror-law-arrests-forces-deployed/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T21:33:32+05:00 India rushes forces to Arunachal as 69 held under anti-terror law over dam protests Adi tribe, anti-terror law, Arunachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, BJP, China hydropower dam, Gegong Jijong, Hibu Tamang, India China border, Manipur https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/saudi/houthis-riyadh-defence-ministry-ras-tanura-khawaja-asif-makkah-pact/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T21:27:04+05:00 Houthis claim strike on Saudi defence ministry as Pakistan vows to defend kingdom ‘with full force’ Abha airport, Asim Munir, ballistic missiles, Fuat Oktay, Haramain Sharifain, Houthis, Iran, Khamis Mushait, Khawaja Asif, Levent Gümrükçü https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/political/kashmir-black-day-pakistan-solidarity-national-assembly-resolution/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T18:21:20+05:00 Pakistan marks Kashmir Black Day, urges world to press India over rights violations Amir Muqam, Article 370, Asif Ali Zardari, August 5 2019, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, D-Chowk rally, human rights violations Kashmir, IIOJK, Ishaq Dar, Islamabad https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/political/israel-election-netanyahu-eisenkot-polls-open/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T17:17:37+05:00 Israelis turn out in record numbers as Netanyahu’s political survival hangs on the vote 61 seats, Amotz Asa-El, Arab parties Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bezalel Smotrich, Central Election Committee, Donald Trump, Gadi Eisenkot, Gaza war, Hezbollah https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/political/maryam-nawaz-assault-victims-hit-back-no-one-above-law/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T16:58:46+05:00 Maryam Nawaz says she told assault victims to hit back, vows no party will shield offenders assault cases Punjab, bail, Chief Justice of Pakistan, CM Punjab laptop scheme, e-bikes for female students, Honhaar scholarship, Jubilee Town petrol pump assault, Lahore, Lahore High Court, law and order Punjab https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/economy/sbp-raises-remittance-forecast-forex-reserves-projection/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T16:38:59+05:00 SBP raises remittance forecast to $45bn, sees reserves at $25bn by June $25 billion reserves June 2027, $45 billion remittances, current account deficit, exchange companies reform, foreign exchange reserves, FY26 GDP, FY27 outlook, GDP growth Pakistan, Jameel Ahmad, Karachi https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/political/india-court-takedown-adani-modi-documentary-sabeer-bhatia/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T16:31:37+05:00 Indian court orders takedown of documentary on Gautam Adani and Narendra Modi Adani airports, Adani Enterprises, Adani Group, Calcutta High Court, censorship India, defamation suit, documentary takedown, Gautam Adani, Hotmail co-founder, India https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/political/pakistan-unga-security-council-reform-veto-permanent-members/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T16:30:41+05:00 Pakistan warns UN against more permanent Security Council seats and wider veto G4, Gul Qaiser Sarwani, IGN, India UNSC bid, Intergovernmental Negotiations, multilateralism, New York, P5, Pakistan at the UN, Pakistan foreign policy https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/political/pakistan-china-information-corridor-cpic-launch/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T16:27:13+05:00 Pakistan and China launch information corridor to counter misleading narratives Ataullah Tarar, China Media Group, China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, China-Pakistan Information Corridor, CPEC, CPEC Youth Ambassadors, CPIC, digital corridor, fact-check mechanism, Fake News https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/political/ramesh-singh-arora-invites-bhagwant-mann-punjab-assembly-pakistan/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T08:50:00+05:00 Pakistan’s Sikh minister invites Bhagwant Mann and Indian Punjab Assembly to visit Arora invites Mann and Punjab Assembly to Pakistan, Baba Najmi, Bhagwant Mann, Bhagwant Mann Pakistan invitation, Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur, Indian Punjab chief minister, interfaith harmony Pakistan, International Punjabi Conference Lahore, Kartarpur Corridor, Kartarpur Sahib https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/economy/bangladesh-overtake-india-gdp-per-capita-imf-2026/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T08:05:00+05:00 Bangladesh set to overtake India in income per person this year, IMF says Bangladesh economy, Bangladesh garment industry, Bangladesh GDP per capita, Bangladesh GDP per capita $2,886 India $2,749 2026, Bangladesh growth 3.6 percent, Bangladesh inflation, Bangladesh LNG imports, Bangladesh manufacturing, Bangladesh overtakes India, GDP per capita PPP India Bangladesh https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/international/london-court-revives-rakia-claim-against-india-bauxite/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T07:20:00+05:00 London court revives Ras Al Khaimah’s $273m claim against India over bauxite deal Andhra Pradesh bauxite, Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation, ANRAK Aluminium, APMDC, Court of Appeal England, expropriation claim India, fair and equitable treatment, India, India arbitration loss, India UAE bilateral investment treaty https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/economy/pakistan-ethiopia-banking-links-trade-aurangzeb/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T06:35:00+05:00 Pakistan and Ethiopia look to link their banks to boost trade banking connectivity, energy supply risks, Ethiopian Airlines Pakistan, Ethiopian ambassador Pakistan, fertiliser supply risks, Finance Minister Aurangzeb, food security Pakistan, Look Africa policy, Muhammad Aurangzeb, Oumer Hussein Oba https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/economy/psx-kse100-closes-664-points-higher-rate-hike-12-percent/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T05:50:00+05:00 PSX shrugs off rate hike as KSE-100 closes 664 points higher Arif Habib Limited, Brent crude, cement stocks, Engro Holdings, inflation Pakistan, KASB KTrade, KSE 100 Index, KSE-100, KSE-100 163038 October 26, Lucky Cement https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/economy/fuel-relief-scheme-audit-31000-consumers-petrol-pumps/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T05:26:45+05:00 Government orders petrol pump audits after 31,000 miss out on fuel relief 31,000 consumers petrol relief, 9771 helpline, fuel relief scheme audit October 2026, fuel relief scheme Pakistan, fuel relief tokens expired, fuel subsidy registration, motorcycle petrol subsidy, open transfer letter motorcycle, Pakistan economy, petrol prices Pakistan https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/national/lahore-second-most-polluted-city-smog-punjab-october-2026/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T05:05:22+05:00 Lahore ranks second most polluted city in the world as smog spreads across Punjab air pollution health advice, air pollution Pakistan, Dera Ghazi Khan AQI, Environmental Protection Agency Punjab, EPA Punjab, IQAir Lahore, Lahore air quality, Lahore AQI, Lahore AQI 199 October 26, Lahore pollution ranking October 2026 https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/national/former-army-chief-abdul-waheed-kakar-dies-rawalpindi/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T05:03:34+05:00 Former army chief General Abdul Waheed Kakar dies in Rawalpindi 1993 election Pakistan, Abdul Waheed Kakar, Abdul Waheed Kakar passes away, army chief 1993 to 1996, Asif Ali Zardari, barrister Gohar Ali Khan, Benazir Bhutto, Chief of Defence Forces, Field Marshal Asim Munir, former army chief dies https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/economy/petrol-up-rs1-54-diesel-up-rs2-16-october-27/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T05:01:22+05:00 Petrol up by Rs1.54 a litre, diesel by Rs2.16 austerity measures Pakistan fuel, Bilal Azhar Kayani, diesel price Pakistan, diesel Rs395.82 per litre, fuel prices Pakistan, high-speed diesel, HSD price, inflation Pakistan, Middle East conflict oil prices, OGRA https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/political/brahmin-first-party-uttar-pradesh-bjp-upper-caste-anger/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T04:09:21+05:00 New Brahmin-first party in Uttar Pradesh signals unrest among BJP’s upper-caste base Akhil Bharatiya Brahmin Mahasabha, Akhilesh Yadav, Alankar Agnihotri, Amit Shah, Bahujan Samaj Party, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, BJP Brahmin voters, BJP core voters disquiet Brahmins UP 2027, Brahmin anger BJP https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/science/technology/dubai-ai-courtroom-simulator-trainee-lawyers-meta-legal-space/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T03:54:48+05:00 AI courtroom simulator launched in Dubai lets trainee lawyers cross-examine virtual witnesses ADGM, AI courtroom, AI courtroom simulator, AI in law, AI judges and witnesses for law students Dubai October 2026, AI legal education, Alexander Ilduganov, cross-examination training, DIFC, DIFC Small Claims Tribunal https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/27/news/economy/pakistan-us-long-term-energy-deals-lng-refinery/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-27T03:30:36+05:00 Pakistan and US discuss long-term energy deals as American firms eye LNG sales Ali Pervaiz Malik, long-term energy supply contracts, Middle East conflict fuel Pakistan, Natalie A. Baker, Natalie Baker, Pakistan avoided fuel shortage Middle East conflict, Pakistan economy, Pakistan energy, Pakistan energy security, Pakistan fuel supply https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/26/news/political/pezeshkian-urges-regional-unity-as-makkah-pact-countries-agree-to-keep-talking-with-iran/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-26T21:43:09+05:00 Pezeshkian urges regional unity as Makkah Pact countries agree to keep talking with Iran Abbas Araghchi, Ali Bagheri Kani, Asim Munir, de-escalation, defence, diplomacy, endogenous security West Asia, Esmaeil Baqaei, Field Marshal Asim Munir, Field Marshal Asim Munir Tehran https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/26/news/political/makkah-pact-delegation-opens-talks-with-irans-leadership-in-tehran/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-26T19:27:35+05:00 Makkah Pact delegation opens talks with Iran’s leadership in Tehran Abbas Araghchi, Ali Bagheri Kani, Asim Munir, defence, diplomacy, Donald Trump, Esmaeil Baghaei, Field Marshal Asim Munir, Field Marshal Asim Munir Tehran, Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia https://thursdaytimes.com/2026/10/26/news/makkah-pact-first-joint-talks-with-iran/ The Thursday Timesen 2026-10-26T13:01:15+05:00 Pakistani, Saudi and Turkish chiefs to hold first Makkah Pact talks with Iran Ali Bagheri Kani, Asim Munir, Asim Munir Khalid bin Salman Ibrahim Kalin Tehran, collective deterrence, collective deterrence Makkah Pact activated, de-escalation, Ibrahim Kalin, Iran no talks with Washington until demands met, Iran Supreme National Security Council regional security talks, Iran war