Pakistan's capital has beaten Paris, New York and London in Numbeo's 2026 Mid-Year Quality of Life Index, scoring 140.7, in a ranking that highlights Islamabad's safety, climate and affordability.
The federal government has moved to impose an emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to protect citizens and restore peace, with President Asif Ali Zardari signing Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's advice on the province's security situation
Former chief ministers Mamata Banerjee, Arvind Kejriwal and Pinarayi Vijayan were among those held as the Cockroach Janta Party protest at Jantar Mantar demanded the Chief Election Commissioner's resignation
he International Monetary Fund and Pakistan have reached a staff-level agreement on two programme reviews, potentially unlocking about $1.2 billion in financing, subject to approval by the IMF Executive Board.
US President Donald Trump welcomed Pakistan and Türkiye's military support for Saudi Arabia under the Makkah Alliance, saying "I think that's great."
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye decided at an emergency meeting in Riyadh on 5 October to move to the practical implementation of collective defence commitments under the Makkah Alliance for Defense, including rapid deployment of agreed forces in the Kingdom.
The International Criminal Court on 5 October 2026 unsealed four arrest warrants in the Afghanistan situation against senior Taliban figures, including Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and Chief Justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani.
Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz received the UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Award 2026 for Apni Chhat Apna Ghar at a World Habitat Day ceremony in Muscat, Oman.
The 277th Corps Commanders' Conference, presided over by Field Marshal Asim Munir, resolved that any attempt to create a "May 9-like situation" would be met with "decisive force," on any pretext whatsoever.
Houthi forces carried out a drone attack on a power distribution station in Madinah that supplies electricity to the Prophet's Mosque, the Saudi-led Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen says, the latest in a string of attacks it says has targeted Islam's two holiest cities.
