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Pakistan Paid Foreign Investors $2.3bn in FY26, More Than Fresh FDI
Key takeaways: Foreign investors repatriated $2.305bn from Pakistan in FY26, $665m more than net FDI of $1.64bn. Manufacturing led the outflows; the government says the two figures are not directly …

Macron Calls Deadly Trappes Drive-By Shooting a ‘Racist Terror Attack’
A gunman killed one person and wounded five others — including a 12-year-old girl — after opening fire from a vehicle at a petrol station, a medical centre and a …
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Pakistan Paid Foreign Investors $2.3bn in FY26, More Than Fresh FDI
Key takeaways: Foreign investors repatriated $2.305bn from Pakistan in FY26, $665m more than net FDI of $1.64bn. Manufacturing led the outflows; the government says the two figures are not directly …
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Macron Calls Deadly Trappes Drive-By Shooting a ‘Racist Terror Attack’
A gunman killed one person and wounded five others — including a 12-year-old girl — after opening fire from a vehicle at a petrol station, a medical centre and a …

Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake Strikes Tibet: 16 Killed, 339 Homes Destroyed
A powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck China’s Tibet region late on Thursday night, killing at least 16 people and injuring dozens more in the remote northern prefecture of Nagqu, where …
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State Stability and National Unity – A Call of the Hour
By Javed Iqbal Butt Pakistan is currently passing through a critical phase marked by both internal and external challenges.
Business

TSMC Posts Record Profit for Sixth Straight Quarter on AI Chip Boom
Key takeaways Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. reported a sixth consecutive quarter of record profit on Thursday, as the world’s largest contract chipmaker rode surging demand for artificial-intelligence chips to beat …

Hot US Inflation Sends Global Markets Tumbling
US inflation came in hotter than expected in September, sending Asian stocks and Wall Street lower and reviving bets on a Federal Reserve rate hike this month. The dollar retreated …
Science and Tech

PTA Tells Islamabad High Court It Has No Power to Ban Social Media for Under-16s
Key takeaways Pakistan’s telecom regulator told the Islamabad High Court it has no legal authority to impose age verification or restrict social media access for children under 16. The PTA …
Sports

60 Year Old Ustaad Abdul Waheed Becomes Mr. Pakistan
60 Year Old Ustaad Abdul Waheed Becomes Mr. Pakistan, Wins Body-Building Championship. "Good health is a gift from God.

Javed Afridi wants PSL vs IPL, said in tweet.
Javed Afridi, CEO of Haier Pakistan and the owner of Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan Super League (PSL), has been awarded an honorary golden visa by the...
Entertainment

RJ Mitte, Breaking Bad’s Walter White Jr, Dies at 34
Key takeaways Actor RJ Mitte, who played Walter “Flynn” White Jr on Breaking Bad and became one of Hollywood’s most visible advocates for disability representation, has died at 34. He …
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Pakistan Paid Foreign Investors $2.3bn in FY26, More Than Fresh FDI
Key takeaways: Foreign investors repatriated $2.305bn from Pakistan in FY26, $665m more than net FDI of $1.64bn. Manufacturing led the outflows; the government says the two figures are not directly comparable, despite the gap. Foreign investors took $2.305 billion in profits and dividends out of …

Macron Calls Deadly Trappes Drive-By Shooting a ‘Racist Terror Attack’
A gunman killed one person and wounded five others — including a 12-year-old girl — after opening fire from a vehicle at a petrol station, a medical centre and a children’s playground near Paris on Friday morning. French President Emmanuel Macron described the attack in …

Istanbul Hosts First R4+E3 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on Hormuz Shipping Security
Foreign ministers from seven European and Middle Eastern countries met in Istanbul on Friday for the first joint session of the R4 and E3 groups, placing the security of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz at the centre of a new diplomatic push. The gathering, …

‘Hit Them Hard’: Pakistan’s Army Chief Doubles Down on Counterterrorism Drive in Peshawar
KEY TAKEAWAYS: Field Marshal Asim Munir vowed Pakistan will hit “Indian-sponsored” militant groups hard during a Peshawar visit, a day after a Karak gunbattle killed four police officers. The visit followed an apex committee meeting and a Rs160 billion development pledge for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Pakistan’s …

Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake Strikes Tibet: 16 Killed, 339 Homes Destroyed
A powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck China’s Tibet region late on Thursday night, killing at least 16 people and injuring dozens more in the remote northern prefecture of Nagqu, where hundreds of homes collapsed in one of the strongest tremors to hit the plateau in …

Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion in New Mexico Privacy Case
Key takeaways: A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion after a jury found Facebook misled users about data privacy. The judge called the deception systematic and long-running; Meta says it will appeal. Illustration: WHAT TODAY? A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to …

Pakistan Signs ‘Badr’ Defence Pact With Turkiye, Qatar, Indonesia
Key takeaways: Pakistan, Turkiye, Qatar and Indonesia signed the ‘Badr’ defence MoU in Doha on October 21. It covers joint defence production, technology transfer, R&D and training — open to more partner countries. Illustration: WHAT TODAY? Pakistan joined Turkiye, Qatar and Indonesia on Wednesday in …

Saudi Airport Attack Kills One, Injures Eight as Drone Strikes Hit Aramco Oil Field
Saudi Arabia came under attack on two fronts on Wednesday: one person was killed and eight injured in an attack on King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, while air defences intercepted a drone over Aramco’s Shaybah oil field, where falling debris killed two people and …

Japan’s MMX Blasts Off to Fetch First Mars Moon Samples
Japan’s MMX Blasts Off to Fetch First Mars Moon Samples Key takeaways: Japan’s MMX probe is on its way to Mars’s moon Phobos, launched by H3 rocket, to collect at least 10 grams of dust and return it to Earth in 2031. Japan’s flagship H3 …

Maldives President Muizzu in Islamabad for First State Visit in 11 Years
Key takeaways: Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu arrived in Islamabad on October 20 for a three-day state visit — the first high-level Maldives–Pakistan engagement in over a decade. Marking 60 years of diplomatic ties, the agenda covers trade, defence, climate change, and MoUs. Maldives President Mohamed …































