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Pakistan International Airlines has temporarily suspended its flights to the Saudi capital, joining a widening wave of international carriers halting Riyadh services as Houthi missile and drone attacks severely disrupt regional aviation.
Security forces killed seven terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan in an intelligence-based operation in North Waziristan, recovering a large quantity of weapons and ammunition and destroying their hideouts.
The number of direct beneficiaries of the government's fuel subsidy scheme has crossed 10 million, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announcing a national award for Information and Technology Minister Shaza Fatima Khawaja in recognition of the programme's outreach.
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and prime ministerial adviser Rana Sanaullah have been appointed to the Judicial Commission of Pakistan, filling two parliamentary seats left vacant by recent resignations.
Pakistan and Turkiye have signed an agreement to enhance cooperation in combating terrorism, narcotics trafficking and organised crime, and will establish a joint working group between their interior ministries.
The Pakistan Meteorological Department has forecast rain, windstorms and thunderstorms, with isolated hailstorms, in the upper and central parts of the country until October 15 as a westerly wave enters from the weekend.
US President Donald Trump has lashed out at Norway after this year's Nobel Peace Prize went to former International Criminal Court judge Navi Pillay, calling the decision a disgrace that has discredited the prize.
Police in New Delhi detained the founder and two senior leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party at the airport on Saturday as the capital was placed under a sweeping security lockdown ahead of a banned youth protest demanding the resignation of the chief election commissioner.
Panama appears to have escaped widespread destruction from a magnitude 7.7 earthquake that damaged buildings and sent thousands into the streets, with no deaths or injuries immediately reported and flights resuming at the capital's main airport.
An Israeli drone attack has wounded six people in Lebanon's Hermel district close to the Syrian border, according to the Lebanese health ministry.
Pakistan International Airlines will induct two Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft next month under a lease agreement with Norse Atlantic Airways, marking the first time the type enters Pakistani commercial aviation.
Pakistan's nuclear security arrangements have passed their first-ever review under the International Atomic Energy Agency's International Physical Protection Advisory Service, a milestone for the country's peaceful nuclear programme.
Pakistan has urged the United Nations to strengthen the General Assembly's role in ensuring that UN resolutions are actually implemented, proposing a monitoring mechanism to track progress and hold member states accountable.
Abbas Afridi will lead Pakistan at the Hong Kong Sixes from October 30 to November 1, with the squad departing on October 28 to face 11 other teams.
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