Key takeaways Pakistan’s home season opens with the Sri Lanka T20I series in Rawalpindi on October 9, 11 and 13. Tickets are on sale from Rs 200, and Rawalpindi has finalised a security plan adding 1,500+ police personnel. Illustration: WHAT TODAY? Pakistan’s international cricket home …
Key takeaways Brazilians vote today, October 4, in the first round of the 2026 presidential election. Polls show 80-year-old incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva narrowly ahead of Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, the jailed former president’s son. If no candidate wins more than 50% of valid …
Key takeaways The federal government and PTI delegations began a second round of talks at Parliament House on Saturday, chaired by NA Speaker Ayaz Sadiq. The dialogue comes less than 24 hours before PTI’s planned Oct 4 long march to Islamabad. Illustration: WHAT TODAY? Government …
Key takeaways Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi says Japan will draft its first national intelligence strategy, a step that could lead to a CIA-style foreign intelligence agency. She made the announcement at the first meeting of a 17-member expert panel on intelligence reform. Illustration: WHAT TODAY? …
Key takeaways G7 leaders agreed on Friday to release 100 million barrels of diesel and crude from strategic reserves over four months, with a large diesel tranche within 20 days, after US President Donald Trump dropped his threatened ban on American diesel exports. The move …
Key takeaways A Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flydubai flight diverted to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after what the airline calls an altercation inside the cockpit. All passengers and crew are safe, both pilots were hospitalised, and the carrier has suspended all flights to and from Israel while …
Illustration: WHAT TODAY? Key takeaways The Federal Board of Revenue has extended the income tax return deadline for Tax Year 2026 from September 30 to October 15. The extension arrives alongside a major shift in enforcement: FBR is expanding artificial-intelligence checks that will cross-check every …
S&P Global Ratings raised Pakistan's long-term sovereign credit rating to 'B' from 'B-' on 22 July, the highest level since 2016. Foreign exchange reserves reached $25.3 billion at the end of June, against $6.7 billion in December 2022.
The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement commits Pakistan to treat an attack on Saudi Arabia or Turkiye as an attack on itself. We look at what the pact actually says, what Pakistan has already put on the ground, and the questions it leaves open.
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has taken a significant step toward women's empowerment by introducing the SEHR (Skill Enhancement Through Home Reach) Program.