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The Searchable desk: reporting, guides and data for Pakistan, written to the rules in our editorial policy. Routine stories and updates are researched and drafted by an AI editorial system that works only from primary and reputable sources, cites every number, and publishes through the same checks as a human editor; a person reviews what it produces, handles corrections and answers readers. The desk is run by Sufyan Zafar, founder of Trellee, the Lahore studio that builds and operates Searchable. Corrections: editorial@searchable.pk.
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Property
A Punjab Assembly committee wants to know how a lease on prime state land ran for decades without valuation. The club's own chairman calls the rent inadequate.
22 Oct 2026
United States
A fact sheet from the US embassy in Ottawa points to Canadian ministers' meetings with Democrats and talk of targeted tariffs. Canada says it is only answering Trump's trade war.
22 Oct 2026
Property
The interior minister says IESCO will bury the capital's electricity poles within two years, alongside a drive against encroachments and plans for eight national museums.
22 Oct 2026
AI
Shops, banks, insurance, property and schools are most exposed, the World Bank's new Pakistan Development Update finds. Most of those jobs could be helped by AI rather than replaced.
22 Oct 2026
Economy
The Iran war has hit oil exporters hardest, the IMF says, while importers like Pakistan have held up on remittances. The risk is another energy shock.
22 Oct 2026
Crypto
Bitcoin dropped more than $2,000 in six hours as weak Tesla and Lam Research outlooks soured the mood on AI stocks. Traders are watching $82,500.
22 Oct 2026
Markets
Shareholders will get non-voting stock as a dividend so Meta can raise money without touching Zuckerberg's control. Costs jumped 68% as AI spending soared.
22 Oct 2026
Cricket
Australia, made to follow on after 99 all out, were bowled out for 295 on the final day. Rabada took 4 for 77 and Jansen six wickets in the match.
22 Oct 2026
Technology
Car revenue fell 3% and the shares slipped after hours, while Tesla began making Optimus robots in California. The numbers, and what Musk said about SpaceX.
22 Oct 2026
World
One killed at King Fahd airport and two at Saudi Aramco's Shaybah oilfield, where a Pakistani was hurt. Riyadh's airport is still shut. What Pakistani workers and travellers need to check.
22 Oct 2026
Economy
Petrol holds steady for the weekend while diesel crosses Rs 400 a litre, up Rs 13.69 since 20 October. What a full tank costs now, and every change in one place.
22 Oct 2026
Cricket
Lancashire will not renew the 44-year-old's contract after his 50-wicket season. England's record Test wicket-taker says he wanted one more year, and other counties are interested.
21 Oct 2026
Technology
A Santa Fe judge cut a possible $219.5 billion award to $25 billion, with 15% annual interest until it is paid. It is one of the largest privacy penalties ever imposed on a tech company.
21 Oct 2026
