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Parliament endorses emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as PTI walks out

Pakistan's National Assembly and Senate approved the October 11 emergency proclamation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which the law minister called a last resort against surging militancy.

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Pakistan • Afghanistan • Region — What changed today

A fast scan of the latest published developments, with verification status where available.

Pakistan

Parliament endorses emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as PTI walks out

15 Oct, 01:39 Karachi

Afghanistan

Afghanistan's Hairatan Rail Port Receives 280–300 Freight Wagons a Day

14 Oct, 17:57 Karachi

Afghanistan

Afghan and Kazakh Businesses Sign $11 Million in Wheat Supply Deals in Herat

14 Oct, 17:57 Karachi

Afghanistan

Red Cross Donates AFN 1.2 Million in Rehabilitation Equipment to Daykundi Hospital

14 Oct, 17:57 Karachi

Afghanistan

Afghanistan Opens 121km Wakhan Road Towards the Chinese Border

14 Oct, 17:57 Karachi

Afghanistan

Afghan Poppy Cultivation Falls Sharply as Officials Report New Industry and $14bn Trade

14 Oct, 17:57 Karachi

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14 Oct, 18:00 Karachi

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Pelican AI Says False-Positive Banking Alerts Fell From 75% to 14% at Indian Client

Financial software provider Pelican AI reports a large reduction in false alerts at an Indian public-sector bank, though the figures are company-supplied.

14 Oct, 18:00 Karachi

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Google Offers Frontier AI Models and Compute Credits to 200 European Researchers

14 Oct, 18:00 Karachi

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FORVIA Names Chief Digital and AI Officer Raphaël Viard to Executive Committee

14 Oct, 18:00 Karachi

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KDDI and LG CNS Agree to Pursue AI and Digital Transformation Projects in Asia-Pacific

14 Oct, 18:00 Karachi

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Pakistani Technology Organisations Win 11 Honours at Jakarta's Digital and AI Awards

14 Oct, 18:00 Karachi

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Anthropic Warns Smaller AI Models Could Eventually Replicate Across Devices

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Pakistan

14 Oct, 17:54 Karachi

Pakistan Health Update: Sixth Polio Case, 53 Dengue Cases and Mental Health Plan

Pakistan's recent health announcements cover a sixth polio infection in 2026, 53 reported dengue cases in Rawalpindi and a national mental health policy for 2026–2035.

14 Oct, 17:54 Karachi

Pakistan Cuts Petrol Price by Rs2.71 a Litre and Diesel by Three Paisa

Afghanistan

14 Oct, 17:57 Karachi

Afghanistan's Hairatan Rail Port Receives 280–300 Freight Wagons a Day

Officials at Afghanistan's northern Hairatan rail port report that roughly 280 to 300 freight wagons arrive daily from Central Asian countries.

14 Oct, 17:57 Karachi

Afghan and Kazakh Businesses Sign $11 Million in Wheat Supply Deals in Herat

Technology

13 Oct, 21:41 Karachi

Google Launches Gemini 4 Argon Globally in Major AI Rollout

Google made Gemini 4 Argon available to developers and enterprise customers worldwide on October 13, 2026, with introductory API pricing and subscription access details.

14 Oct, 18:00 Karachi