News - PAK
10 articles tagged PAK, newest first
2026-09-01
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│ Finance Division sees inflation return to │
│ double digits in August │
│ large - Pakistan Today - │
│ unknown/partially-entangled [PAK] │
│ │
│ Pakistan's Finance Division reported │
│ inflation returning to double digits at 10 │
│ to 11% for August, citing higher energy │
│ prices, flood risk and new US duties. This │
│ is a government body reporting on its own │
│ economy and is therefore partially │
│ entangled on Pakistan, so the score move is │
│ booked at reduced confidence and held to │
│ the stated level rather than extrapolated. │
│ │
│ https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/09 │
│ /01/finance-division-sees-inflation-return- │
│ to-double-digits-in-august-flags-higher-ene │
│ rgy-prices-flood-risks │
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2026-08-05
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│ Pakistan: Authorities must restore Imran │
│ Khan's rights as detention reaches third │
│ anniversary │
│ feature - Amnesty International - │
│ investigative/independent [PAK] │
│ │
│ Khan passed three years in detention Aug 5 │
│ with Amnesty documenting denial of regular │
│ counsel access since December 2025, no │
│ family visits in 8+ months and reported │
│ health deterioration in solitary, while │
│ thousands of PTI supporters protested │
│ nationwide under heavy security. Sustained │
│ institutionalized suppression of the │
│ largest opposition bloc; score held, │
│ confidence up. │
│ │
│ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026 │
│ /08/pakistan-authorities-must-restore-imran │
│ -khans-rights-as-detention-reaches-third-an │
│ niversary/ │
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2026-07-27
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│ Death toll from Pakistan monsoon rains and │
│ floods tops 100 │
│ medium - Al Jazeera - │
│ tilt/partially-entangled [PAK] │
│ │
│ NDMA reported 107-109 dead and 344 injured │
│ since June 26 (KP 55, Punjab 36, mostly │
│ house collapses) with more heavy rain │
│ forecast; state agency figures, direction │
│ only. The season so far runs far below 2025 │
│ (1,037 dead, 2M displaced): climate held │
│ near -7. │
│ │
│ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/27/de │
│ ath-toll-from-pakistan-monsoon-rains-floods │
│ -tops-100 │
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2026-07-21
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│ Brent crude tops $90 as Hormuz blockade and │
│ 10th night of strikes bite │
│ medium - IBTimes - unknown/independent │
│ [SAU,RUS,IND,PAK] │
│ │
│ Brent topped $90/bbl (highest in over a │
│ month) on the tanker attacks, Houthi │
│ blockade and 10th night of strikes, with │
│ ~20M bpd transiting Hormuz; US average gas │
│ topped $4/gallon July 20 and Goldman warned │
│ of $120 if Hormuz disruption persists into │
│ Q4. Macro context for Gulf exporters and │
│ importers. │
│ │
│ https://www.ibtimes.sg/us-completes-10th-ni │
│ ght-iran-strikes-after-mou-violation-congre │
│ ss-debates-war-powers-90221 │
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2026-07-20
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│ Mediators propose 10-day ceasefire to │ │ Oil prices climb as US-Iran hostilities │
│ revive Iran-US interim deal │ │ expand │
│ feature - Reuters - wire/independent │ │ medium - Fortune - unknown/independent │
│ [IRN,USA,QAT,EGY,PAK] │ │ [SAU,RUS,IND,PAK] │
│ │ │ │
│ Qatar, Egypt and Pakistan conveyed a 10-day │ │ Brent ran to ~$88-90/bbl over the window │
│ ceasefire proposal to Tehran July 20 to │ │ (topping $90.19 July 20, highest since June │
│ revive the interim deal; Iran's FM │ │ 11) on the expanding war and Hormuz risk. A │
│ spokesman confirmed 'ideas from some │ │ revenue positive for exporters (SAU/RUS) │
│ mediators have been conveyed,' status under │ │ and a cost/inflation drag for importers │
│ consideration. The positive-skew exit the │ │ (IND/PAK/JPN). Context for the Gulf, │
│ framework protected: Iran conflict held │ │ India-rupee and Pakistan-reserve moves. │
│ near -9 (not floored). │ │ │
│ │ │ https://fortune.com/article/price-of-oil-07 │
│ https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/m │ │ -20-2026/ │
│ ediators-propose-10-day-ceasefire-revive-ir │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘
│ an-us-interim-deal-senior-iranian-2026-07-2 │
│ 0/ │
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2026-07-19
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│ NDMA issues nationwide flood, landslide │
│ warning │
│ medium - Dawn - unknown/partially-entangled │
│ [PAK] │
│ │
│ Pakistan's NDMA issued a nationwide │
│ flash-flood/urban-flood/landslide warning │
│ for July 18-23 (GB, KP, AJK, Punjab urban │
│ corridors, NE Balochistan) with │
│ glacier-melt accelerating GB risk, atop a │
│ cumulative 500+ monsoon deaths since late │
│ June. Worsened Pakistan climate near -6 to │
│ -7. │
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│ https://www.dawn.com/news/1997081 │
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2026-07-09
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│ Pakistan Will Miss Its FY27 Growth Target: │
│ IMF │
│ medium - ProPakistani - unknown/independent │
│ [PAK] │
│ │
│ The IMF projected Pakistan's FY27 growth at │
│ 3.5% (below the 4% target) with inflation │
│ rising to 8.4%, citing Iran-war spillover. │
│ Pakistan fiscal_state held at -5. │
│ │
│ https://propakistani.pk/2026/07/09/imf-says │
│ -pakistan-will-miss-its-fy27-growth-target/ │
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2026-07-08
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│ Pakistan military says 42 killed in fighter │
│ attacks in Balochistan │
│ large - Al Jazeera - tilt/tilt [PAK] │
│ │
│ A multi-site Balochistan wave (Hanna Urak │
│ July 4; the Ziarat dam-project police post │
│ July 6, 9 police killed; an N-25 │
│ army-convoy ambush July 8, 11 soldiers │
│ killed) pushed the toll to 42+ and │
│ triggered the large-scale Operation Shaban │
│ counteroffensive running through July 14 │
│ (military claims of 125 militants killed │
│ are self-reports, flagged). Drove Pakistan │
│ conflict -7 to -8. │
│ │
│ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/8/pak │
│ istan-military-says-42-killed-in-fighter-at │
│ tacks-in-balochistan │
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2026-07-07
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│ At least nine police officers killed in │
│ southwestern Pakistan attack │
│ medium - Al Jazeera - tilt/tilt [PAK] │
│ │
│ A TTP attack killed nine police at a │
│ Balochistan dam project (July 7); │
│ China-mediated Pakistan-Afghanistan talks │
│ remained stalled. Pakistan conflict held at │
│ -7. │
│ │
│ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/7/at- │
│ least-nine-police-officers-killed-in-southw │
│ estern-pakistan-attack │
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