News
Government, parliament, courts and policy
Politics
Khawaja Asif signed the four-country accord on military production, training and research. It follows the Pakistan-Saudi-Turkiye mutual defence pact signed in August.
21 Oct 2026
Politics
PTI says it will field candidates in every Islamabad union council as the ECP's nomination window opens on 2 November. Here is the full schedule and what could still delay the polls.
21 Oct 2026
Politics
A foreign affairs commission could debate the three-nation pact as early as Friday. Ankara says its part will be equipment, intelligence and weapons, not troops.
20 Oct 2026
Politics
Mohsin Naqvi met Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha a day after praising Qatar's mediation between the US and Iran.
20 Oct 2026
Politics
Pakistan's army chief met Iran's president, speaker and foreign minister. Tehran restated its seven conditions and told Washington to return to the Islamabad Memorandum.
20 Oct 2026
Politics
Former lawmakers who left before finishing a term could keep the official blue passport. A second bill to extend it to spouses and children was dropped after the government objected.
19 Oct 2026
Politics
At the SCO's second-highest body, Pakistan's deputy prime minister pitched national-currency trade, an SCO Development Bank and CPEC, a year before Islamabad hosts the summit.
19 Oct 2026
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
Politics
Speaker Ayaz Sadiq will form the committee with the Senate chairman to recommend reforms, technology for polling and new laws. Ministers also told the House every passport now issued is an e-passport.
17 Oct 2026
Politics
The Metropolitan Police have the footage. A Sharif family spokesperson says it is the third such incident involving the former prime minister's cars in London.
16 Oct 2026
Politics
District councils, municipal committees and union councils in Gilgit-Baltistan vote later, in April 2027, because of snow in seven districts.
15 Oct 2026
Politics
Ambassador Rahim Hayat Qureshi raised India's 'abeyance' of the 1960 treaty; MEPs Andrej Dostal and Michael von der Schulenburg called for it to be honoured.
15 Oct 2026
Politics
The first local polls in more than 20 years can be scheduled once the governor signs the bill he sent back earlier. The assembly also created a GB IT Board.
15 Oct 2026
