♦ Smog to persist in Punjab plains in November and December, warns NEOC: Lahore, with AQI 781, again ranked as world’s most-polluted city
♦ All schools shut down across Punjab
♦ Finance minister briefs IMF team on economic headway: Aurangzeb welcomes IMF Mission Chief Nathan Porter to Finance Ministry; Ali Pervaiz Malik, SBP Governor, and FBR Chairman join talks
♦ Govt pays back Rs792 billion in loan in September 2024, says SBP
♦ 54 FIRs registered against Imran Khan in Punjab, LHC told
♦ PM Shehbaz attends COP29 summit in Baku today
♦ Bilawal forms legislative committee for parliamentary affairs
♦ Mohsin Naqvi announces Islamabad roads to be named after martyrs of terrorism
♦ Pakistan opposes additional permanent seats in UN Security Council
♦ China's largest air show takes off with stealth fighter jets, attack drones
♦ China, Russia must fight US 'containment': security chief
♦ Trump picks China hawk for crucial national security role: President-elect is set to name Marco Rubio secretary of state
♦ Car sales accelerate in Pakistan
♦ Three international flights delayed at Lahore Airport
♦ Several int’l, domestic flights called off at Karachi Airport
♦ Bus develops fault, crushes two to death in Lahore
♦ Freight train derails near Naushehro Feroze
♦ Three die in car-trawler collision in Shikarpur
♦ Man shot dead by father- & brother-in-law in Abbottabad
♦ Man shot dead by friend after a tiff in Narowal
♦ Pakistani stars to shine in inaugural Lanka T10 Super League