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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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Politics
The Maldives president's three-day state visit, the first in 11 years, brings talks with Shehbaz Sharif and Zardari, a business forum and several MoUs.
18 Oct 2026
Pakistan
Derailments of coal and freight trains and passenger coaches make up most of the list, Express Tribune reports, along with a sabotage attack on a Quetta shuttle in May.
18 Oct 2026
Health
Governor Faisal Karim Kundi told Kohat's administration to take emergency measures. The province has 1,666 isolation beds for dengue patients.
18 Oct 2026
World
The heavily loaded truck hit a crowd at a Hindu festival in the early hours of Sunday, a day after a crush in Kolkata killed 17.
18 Oct 2026
Sports
Swiatek led 5-3 before a left thigh injury, then lost 5-7, 1-6 to her fellow Pole. Britain's Kartal, ranked 170, beat Ostapenko in two tie-breaks.
18 Oct 2026
World
The Saudi-led coalition said an AH-6i reconnaissance helicopter came down near the Yemen border on Sunday. The Houthis had claimed on Saturday to have downed an Apache.
18 Oct 2026
Science
The H3 rocket flew as planned from Tanegashima and the probe is in its planned orbit. Here is what happens between now and the sample's return in 2031.
18 Oct 2026
Cricket
Only 7.4 overs were possible at the Chinnaswamy. Ishan Kishan hit 30 off 10 balls, and Shai Hope was player of the series with 261 runs.
18 Oct 2026
Sports
Dubois floored Wardley 17 seconds in at the O2 Arena in London and finished it in the second round. Filip Hrgovic, ringside, wants him next in March.
18 Oct 2026
Pakistan
CTO Lahore Abdul Rahim Shirazi says heavy vehicles entering the city during banned daytime hours will face criminal cases, and oil tankers only get fixed timings.
18 Oct 2026
World
The four PPCLI soldiers died when a wind-driven fire swept a grenade range during training for Latvia. Officials knew of the fire for hours before it reached them.
18 Oct 2026
Health
The BMJ study, led from Hamdard University in Karachi, found 32% of adults living with a mental or behavioural disorder and about one in five meeting the criteria for PTSD.
18 Oct 2026
Sports
Two solo goals early in the second half put Messi six clear in the Golden Boot race and kept Inter Miami second in the East heading into the playoffs.
18 Oct 2026
Entertainment
On The Graham Norton Show, the Pulp Fiction director said he wants to do his West End play and 'live a little' before deciding what to make next.
18 Oct 2026
World
The Interior Ministry's weekly figures show 6,547 iqama violations and 24 people arrested for sheltering or transporting violators, who face up to 15 years in jail.
18 Oct 2026
