National CERT urges TeamViewer users in Pakistan to update now over high-severity flaw
The bug can let attackers crash the app or run malicious code if a user connects to a compromised computer. Version 15.83 fixes it.
TT Islamabad Bureau
Reporting from the federal capital by The Thursday Times' Islamabad bureau.
Pakistan’s embassy in Tehran rejects reports its ambassador was attacked as ‘baseless and factually incorrect’
The embassy later shared photographs of Ambassador Imran Ahmed Siddiqui at a meeting in Pardis Technology Park.
Pakistan confirms eighth polio case of 2026 in Khyber as drive to vaccinate 24 million children begins Monday
Six of this year’s cases are from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and two from Sindh; a week-long campaign covers 97 districts from November 2.
Nuclear techniques give Pakistan a sharper view of its groundwater, IAEA says
Isotope methods built up with PINSTECH now show where Pakistan’s groundwater comes from, how old it is and how it gets polluted, the IAEA says.
Pakistan accuses Afghan Taliban of ‘shifting blame’ on terrorism, says its resolve ‘must never be mistaken for weakness’
Islamabad hit back after Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed Pakistan did not want to resolve the conflict through talks.
‘Very little, if anything’ done for KP in 13 years, Shehbaz Sharif says of PTI rule
Addressing PML-N lawmakers from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the prime minister questioned PTI’s record on dams, hospitals and universities and whether provincial funds were spent transparently.
Shehbaz Sharif to visit Moscow in December for talks with Putin, leading big business delegation
The prime minister reviewed preparations for a Russia visit in the first week of December, where he will meet Vladimir Putin and address a joint business forum, sources said.
CDA gives Fazlur Rehman’s Islamabad residence 15 days to remove ‘illegal’ construction, also targets JUI-F seminaries
A Capital Development Authority notice cites a guard post and generator on CDA land and setback violations at the JUI-F chief’s G-6 house, warning of sealing, demolition or cancellation of the allotment.
Opposition signals it will join electoral reforms committee after PPP outreach
Opposition leaders are consulting PTI before formally joining a 30-member parliamentary committee on electoral reforms, after a PPP delegation invited them on Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s instructions.
Dar and Singapore’s Balakrishnan discuss trade, investment and ASEAN ties as relations turn 60
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.
