Pakistan
Former army chief General (retd) Abdul Waheed Kakar dies in Rawalpindi at 89
The general who eased out both a president and a prime minister in 1993 and then handed power to an interim government has died, ISPR said on Monday.
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News
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Latest news from Pakistan and the world for readers here: economy, prices, government decisions, cricket and technology, updated six times a day.
AI
SpaceX borrows $40 billion for Nvidia AI chips as Musk warns most of 200-plus 'neoclouds' will not survive
Musk says lenders have all but shut off money to AI compute renters without other income, days after Nvidia floated a $2,000-a-year fee per GPU for its AI agent software.
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Crypto
Bitcoin falls below $80,000 (about Rs 2.21 crore) after the Fed's hawkish hold and a Samsung sell-off
Bitcoin gave up its two-day rebound in Asian trading on Thursday as the Fed kept rates on hold but sounded ready to hike, and Samsung dragged chip stocks lower. $356 million of positions were liquidated.
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Health
Pakistan's food supply short of its own dietary guidelines: FAO finds vegetable gap of up to 21.6 million tonnes
An FAO brief says Pakistan grows more cereal and sugar than its people need but far too few vegetables, fruits and pulses, while one in four households is food insecure.
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Pakistan
Islamabad Police new leave rules: a guaranteed weekly off for every officer, one month marriage leave for women
The IG's order of 23 October replaces the 2022 policy, caps casual leave at 10% of a unit and gives up to 20 days for CSS exams.
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Economy
Electricity subsidy via BISP: Ahsan Iqbal-led committee to plan the switch from 1 January 2027
The PM has set up a ministerial committee to move power subsidies from broad slab relief to cash for poor households through BISP, with relief for users of up to 200 units under review.
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Health
Peshawar polio campaign from today: 1.11 million children in 48 union councils over six days
A booster drive for children aged four months to ten years runs from 26 to 31 October in Peshawar's high-risk areas, where the virus was found in sewage.
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Sports
Man United 0-3 Bournemouth: Carrick's side 16th, one place above the drop, as Liverpool beat Brighton
Bruno Fernandes was benched, fans left early and Carrick said he does not know what comes next. Liverpool won at home for the first time this season.
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Snooker
Kyren Wilson thrashes Jak Jones 9-2 to win the Northern Ireland Open and £100,000
Wilson's first ranking title in 19 months lifts him back into the Crucible top 16 and puts him ahead in the race for the £150,000 Home Nations bonus.
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Sports
Ballon d'Or 2026 time in Pakistan: 1am Tuesday from London, Kane and Yamal favourites
The 70th Ballon d'Or is at the London Palladium tonight, the first outside Paris. With UK clocks back an hour, it starts at 1am PKT.
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Sports
US Grand Prix 2026: Antonelli wins in Austin but Hamilton's P4 delays the F1 title
Kimi Antonelli won from pole ahead of Leclerc and Verstappen. He is 123 points clear with 125 left, so the crown waits for the next round.
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Sports
Barcelona 1-2 Real Madrid: Mbappe scores twice, 87th-minute winner cuts Barca's lead to 3 points
Kylian Mbappe struck before half-time and again three minutes from the end at Camp Nou, handing Jose Mourinho his first Clasico win since returning to Madrid and blowing the La Liga title race open.
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Pakistan
Seven killed as jeep falls up to 1,500 feet near Muzaffarabad on landslide-hit road
The jeep had gone barely three kilometres when the driver lost control on a stretch damaged by landslides. It is the second fatal fall in Azad Kashmir in two days.
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