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The PCB has named fast bowler Abbas Afridi as captain of a seven-man squad for the Hong Kong Sixes, held from 30 October to 1 November. Defending champions Pakistan are in Pool C with India and the UAE, and meet India on the opening day. Full squads, groups, timings in PKT and the tournament rules.
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The US Army plans to execute Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, by firing squad on 3 December, and the Pentagon says the execution will be livestreamed. It would be the first US military execution in more than 60 years and the first public execution in the country in nearly a century. Legal experts say appeals could still delay it for years.
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An SHO and his guard were shot dead on the Indus Highway in Karak, three policemen from Nizampur in Nowshera have gone missing, and security forces say they killed nine militants and then seven more in North Waziristan. The incidents come after September recorded the most militant attacks in Pakistan in 12 years, according to PICSS.
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Yemen's Houthis have escalated missile attacks on Saudi Arabia, targeting Riyadh and Abha airports and threatening oil facilities. Three people have been killed this week. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the attacks and said Pakistan's commitment to Saudi security under the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement is "resolute". France and Turkey are also offering defensive help.
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Pakistan begin a three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium tonight at 6pm PKT, with Sahibzada Farhan leading the side at home for the first time. Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi and Mohammad Rizwan are left out; Naseem Shah returns. Full squads, schedule and head-to-head.
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The PTI march led by KP Chief Minister Sohail Afridi reached Peshawar on day five and moves on to Charsadda, with rallies planned in Mardan and Swabi. PTI says several of its lawmakers and doctors were picked up by "unknown" men, mobile internet is down in parts of Peshawar, and reports of Maulana Fazl mediating are being disputed.
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A new US indictment accuses former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores of conspiring to torture political opponents and detainees, including three Americans. They already face drug-trafficking charges in New York after being seized in January. Maduro denies the charges.
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Russian strikes killed more than 70 people in Ukraine in two days, including at least 35 in Kramatorsk, Zelensky says. Ukrainian negotiators meet Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Miami on Friday and Saturday, while Washington and Moscow both describe the war as a stalemate.
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An Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander says his forces act every night against ships in the Strait of Hormuz, US media report the Pentagon has drawn up a three-day strike plan, and Vladimir Putin told Iran's president he is ready to do "everything" to help end the war. Here is what is confirmed and what is not.
A PTI convoy led by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi is on day five of a march demanding Imran Khan's release. Talks with the government broke down, the Centre says its door is still open, and reports say Maulana Fazlur Rehman may step in as mediator.
The IMF and Pakistan have reached a staff-level agreement on the fourth EFF review and third RSF review. If the IMF board approves it, Pakistan gets about $1.21 billion, taking total disbursements to about $5.7 billion. Here are the numbers and the conditions.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres left Pakistan on 8 October after a three-day official visit. He met the PM, the President and the army chief, received the Nishan-e-Imtiaz, and praised Pakistan's peacekeeping and peace-making role. Here is what each side said.
