Sep30-2026--Afridi many say may be nearing the end of his rule...if things are seen as a riot or fighting erupts with police on Oct4 than attempts maybe made to arrest Afridi who was involved in setting the radio pakistan building on fire and other matters...the government than may show its bravery and impose governors rule for a few months until a favorable candidate for chief minister is agreed upon...Afridi who only participated in one meeting of the apex committee has been unable to restrict terrorism...recently some incidents suggest that they might be linked to the Afridi long march...
Sep30-2026--US forces posted in Erbil and Iraq in response to Islamic state invasion in 2014 vacate bases...US to continue supplying intelligence and training...US was about to vacate before the Iran war but that was delayed...Kurds might feel hard done by as they will have to get along in a region dominated by others
Sep30-2026--four shipping vessels hit in Hormuz area on Tuesday and Wednesday...US reply received by Iran...most probably a week long ceasefire requested by Iran could take place...most escalations and threats are from the Iran side...USA will probably agree to hormuz opening and end blockade but sanctions and other seized funds probably only after Iran agrees on nuclear cooperation...If Iran wants to open Hormuz from its side it is free to do so...Iran probably does not want to do that as gulf states would benefit...At the moment Iran is allowing those that agree with it and some that the USA says it is protecting...however Iran probably attacks ships that it sees as not having its approval...For Trump ending the blockade and unrestricted opening of Hormuz by Iran could be seen as a victory and oil prices could tumble if that happens and could benefit the republicans...However an extreme step by Trump could be ending some sanctions and unfreezing as well if Iran agrees to unrestricted IAEA inspections...both sides say that they donot control Israel and the Houthis and that could be a problem...a ceasefire by Iran, Houthis, Israel, Saudia etc. could be a big step...Saudia has opened up again with UAE as Makkah declaration not too effective...and needs UAE and southern militants support in Yemen...many donot agree that Iran has reached a position where it will behave sanely and responsibly...It still keeps threatening the entire region
Sep29-2026--The Afridi long march apparently is personal as the complaints are all about Afridi...many suggest that if Afridi leaves KP again for whatever reasons governor rule should be imposed...the center should stop the long march at exit points of KP as its only reasons are troublemaking and attacking the judicial system and create problems for Islamabad and Punjab...it would be appropriate to capture Afridi with a net gun...
Sep29-2026--terrorists fire on traffic police van in Tank killing three cops and fled with the van which was later recovered
Sep28-2026--PMLn wins bahawalpur NA-168 seat
Sep27-2026--suicide tractor trolley rammed into police post in DI Khan 12 killed
Sep26-2026--according to reports Pezkeshian has said that if USA accepts the Iranian proposal they will allow nuclear inspections and adhere to deal on nuclear matters...nuclear activity supposedly more important to the USA
Sep26-2026--army chiefs of Makkah alliance meet...supposedly help is based on request and needs...Saudia probably has no missiles or effective drones but seems to have an airforce...Iran many say can stop the Houthi attacks on Yanbu and other oil facilities although a deal would probably require a Houthi withdrawal from south areas...
Sep26-2026--government says they have six million two wheelers registered for subsidized petrol...supposedly Pakistan has more than 30 million two/three wheelers and a few million 800cc cars...probably the scheme affects the urban areas and has more or less no utility in rural areas...
Sep26-2026--According to reports the US has rejected the plan offered by Iran to open the Hormuz and end US blockade...Iran might be facing stricter economic sanctions and their president said that they have no desire to go on fighting...according to some there were a lot of conditions...the Iranians did not offer much in exchange...things like a free red sea as well other maritime areas...Their SL meanwhile maintained a aggressive tone in suggesting that they would include targets in the Indian ocean on the next US attack...trump who apparently wants one more attack will wait till after the mid term elections...The Iranian president passively or innocently said that the timing makes no difference to them...they have enough oil for domestic purposes and only have to restrict trade activities...
Sep26-2026--Sohail Afridi postpones islamabad march...most people argue that allowing protests and long marches to islamabad are inconsistent...Afridi now knows that there is little support anywhere for protests and his organization was not prepared amid opposition to providing free bussing and the costs of petrol and diesel...as per reports he was not even greeted by provincial leaders on tours of Sindh and Punjab...according to some nobody even offered him a chair and at two places they crashed into police vans...Supposedly the administration is better placed in Islamabad and Rawalpindi to handle his protestors...about talks with the prime minister no official word although some say that they have offered to put him in PIMs for a week/duration of incarceration for any tests and medical observation...since he is weak and repeatedly falls ill...The PTI had suggested that even elections in six months within this year which is already in the tenth month...it seems like the USA-Iran talks...
Sep25-2026--Pakistan bombs more sites in Afghanistan mostly related to drone storage
Sep25-2026--Iran is negotiating opening the Hormuz coupled with an end of the blockade...Iran says hormuz could be open in seven days...Iran could also be asking for its frozen assets next...This would ease the main Iranian worry of exporting its oil...Iran supposedly has billions of dollars frozen in various countries...
Sep25-2026--33.7 million barrels transited the hormuz in the week starting Sep20..mostly large Saudi VLCC's and Iraqi cargos...Saudia is using VLCC's and transferring crude to other tankers for various destinations outside the Hormuz
Sep24-2026--Rubio says Trump willing to reach a deal with Iran despite Iran's muddled approach of yes's and no's...he says that Iran just cannot have a nuclear weapon which Iran is secretly trying to make...This means that if Iran starts its attempt to make a nuclear weapon there will be bombardment irrespective of a deal...Iran usually starts negotiating after reaching a deal
Sep24-2026--US says there were eight suicide attempts on the Abraham Lincoln since its deployment began but confusingly it says no suicides during current deployment...Abraham Lincoln has sailed for a home port...!
Sep24-2026--Iran continues to rely on hyperbole as the USA threatens annihilation and attacks on Pickaxe mountain the supposedly remaining underground Iranian nuclear site...the Iranians have refused to change their stand on the nuclear issue...however some more negotiations or explanations have taken place and the situation could change as the USA tries to squeeze them economically...annihilation can at best be the USA destroying further infrastructure in Iran...they supposedly have just concluded repairs to half the Pars gas field many say the Qatari half...
Sep24-2026--Government appoints Nauman Mahmood a retired Lt. General(2023) as first secretary general of Makkah alliance...current scenarios suggest the supposed Islamic NATO is just a front and Saudia will have to defend itself at best getting advice or cooperation from Turkey and Pakistan...Pakistan has little experience of extending its military force's sphere of influence while Turkey and Saudia have participated in various conflicts...At the moment Saudia has neither missiles nor drones the current war scenarios that have become the norm after the Iran war...Saudia is bombing Houthi areas in attempts to subdue them from challenging them in the Yemen-red sea area however Houthi's supposedly supported by Iranians have shown that they can strike at Saudi targets in the south...the best scenario for Saudia could be to infiltrate militants into North Yemen and give the south Yemenis or Yemen govt some real firepower...Iran also fired a missile damaging the east west pipeline now a sort of lifeline for Saudi exports...USA despite being requested has refused to aid the Saudis although they have considered the aspect...USA frightened probably of attacks in the red sea area...a private bill for sanctions against the Houthis will probably be of little help...recently the Houthis have also threatened the USA
Sep24-2026--As Sep27 nears government increases protective measures against entry of hooligans from Kp and Punjab as well...KP government tries to clip wings of IGP who has been ordered by the judiciary not to aid political protests...previous march had three convoys and now there are going tobe twelve...!PTI yet to announce its modus operandi...Supposedly they expect north Punjab and Kp to form bulk of long marchers...Government says they wont allow anybody into Islamabad...PTI propaganda suggests that they would agree to halt long march if Imran and Bushra shifted from jail to hospital...Government refutes any such confidence building measures as they would be thought of as weaknesses...however Interior minister told PTI 's one seat allies on Sep14 to contact Shahbaz directly for relief to Imran and company...Police have a new tool which can fire a net to control some protestors...
Sep24-2026--Pakistan carried out ten strikes against Afghanistan after supposed increase in terror incidents that are thought tobe afghan linked...took place after afghan talks with Qatar and Turkey thought tobe on the issues involved
Sep24-2026--Section 144 imposed in Punjab and Islamabad...not more than five people can gather and public gatherings are not allowed
Sept24-2026--Iran airlines flights stopped to Oman and Iraq...Iran threatens to paralyze airports of neighbor's as Houthis threaten the USA...Passengers between Iran and Iraq will have to use buses...Rubio says Iran has misread US political system...Iran worries about having to surrender...In present circumstances Iran not being asked to...however Iran too has to end its threats against other countries...its missiles will not get it any support from the region...If it wants a solution than things like the hormuz opening and ending threats to shipping in the red sea/hormuz are more important...In the end game a normalized status quo is achieved...If it threatens countries in the region they will be wary and not too accommodating...they will also think of making their own missiles as not too many vendors around for supplying things off the shelf...US could think of sanctioning ships too...the game is endless the way Iran plays it
Sep24-2026--19 terrorists and one soldier killed in Baluchistan operations...
Sep24-2026--The uneducated arsonist Sohail Afridi does not know the difference between a protest and a long march...the long march comes from Mao's long march which has foisted communist rule on China..it is meant to topple governments by force and has thus been declared illegal by the IHC as it will inevitably effect other peoples fundamental rights...!apparently there are reports of workers selecting buildings to set on fire and preparing petrol bombs...! there last march had them throwing tear gas cannisters obviously owned by the KP police...
Sep24-2026--Lahore CJ Neelum Shahid unable to read a FIR..FIR's which are generally written by mohrers are generally written in Urdu...they usually have good writing skills...The CJ might apparently not know how to read Urdu...why she needs the IGP to read a FIR is unknown... She should have asked for the person who wrote the report and issued a order that FIRs be written clearly...
Sep23-2026--Reports of lengthy talks thru Qatari mediators in new York
Sep23-2026--Pakistan lose bowling coach Ashley Nofke to Netherland
Sep23-2026--Punjab seek Rangers deployment In Rawalpindi, Jhelum, Mianwali and Attock upto October3
Sep23--2026--four afghan drones shot down near Torkham and four in Kohat
Sep23-2026--Turkey says they have contacts with all sides in the middle east conflict and can help Saudia in some spheres probably drones...King Salman of Saudi Arabia calls the Houthi's a terrorist militia...Aramco resumes east west pipeline but at a lower volume...Iran still trying to play the role of a tough guy...Iraq says its reserves have fallen by $20 billion...recently Iran has allowed Iraqi cargos thru hormuz
Sep23-2026--Peshawar-Islamabad motorway M-2 to be closed from 11pm on Wednesday...government suggests that their is a big difference between a protest and a threatening mass of people...!Naqvi promises a better job than last time to control and keep them out of Islamabad
Sep23-3036--Pakistan responded with heavy artillery fire after firing and infiltrations attempts by the afghans at various posts in the Kurram border area
Sep23-2026--there is some easing of the situation after the Iranians sent seven conditions for restarting talks...while the conditions theoretically cannot be fulfilled...talks could resume...even possibility of Pezkeshian meeting Trump in new York as Iran's airlines being grounded by sanctions...some of the conditions are easing of military pressure and ending oil blockade etc. many suggest removing all restrictions on Hormuz corridors could lead to talks on others measures which had largely been agreed upon...Iran still firing drones at opponents tankers while there is also an indication that USA blocking or intercepting the drones...The war has no supporters left except Iranian hardliners...war continues between the Houthi's and Saudi Arabia with some input from the Yemen government...with various components of the war on going there would have tobe a regional ceasefire for the atmosphere to improve
Sep23-2026--After a phone call with the prime minister JI cancels its long march but continues protests against Petroleum levy...a meeting to take place with PM after his return ..The government however has said that nobody will be allowed to block roads and protest in islamabad which is directed at the PTI...
Sep22-2026--most of the tankers passing thru Hormuz are Iraqi...Saudia also filling up seven VLCC oil tankers near Ras Tanura port and a Qatar gas tanker passes thru towards Pakistan...
Sep22-2026--USA ends sanctions on Eritrea which is across the Red Sea from the Houthis in Africa
Sep22-2026--Refined products facing greatest difficulties due to Hormuz disruptions and Ukraine war...Diesel price in USA is $6.52 while in Europe it is $10.4 per gallon..There is some surplus diesel but in South Korea and USA as Russian refineries also hit...
Sep22-2026--JI train march reaches Sukkur at night from where they were to take Shalimar express to Multan..which was delayed by four hours...from Multan they are going to islamabad by road
Sep22-2026--Imrans other two sisters Uzma and Noreen arrested by Lahore DC and sent to Kot Lakhpat jail for 30 days...DC said they were mounting a sustained propaganda campaign to mobilise workers on the Internet
Sep22-2026--Interior minister says they will find a once for all solution to the PTI..They will never achieve anything thru such dramas and should change course...he said Imran had been taken to hospital last night as well..PTI's dharna and previous march were very problematic and all loopholes are being closed...he said the new provinces debate is moving forward and the PTI government in Kp could be replaced or banned altogether
Sep22-2026--after a suicide attack on police lines and cross border mortar attacks in Bajaur...Pakistan airforce bombed three sites in the border areas of afghanistan one of which was a terrorist school where 28 trainee suicide bombers were killed...
Sep21-2026--the PTI long march on the 27th has police gearing up for protection of all eight islamabad entry points while more police has been called up in Attock and Rawalpindi..a few leaders have been arrested in kP which could increase over the next few days
Sep21-2026--the first of three movements to islamabad the JI super long march has setoff by train from karachi on the Rehman baba express...Ji says movement could turn into a violent oust the govt movement...The jamaat wants the end of the approx Rs120 per liter petroleum levy which the government is using as tax...According to Axios...Pakistan has raised petrol prices by the highest margin in the world of 51%..Government is already giving bikers and three wheelers a subsidy of Rs.100 per liter so it can easily end the petroleum levy...The train expected in islamabad today and JI says they have been protesting everywhere for the last thirty-40 days..JI has been holding talks with the government which asked them Saturday to postpone the march...Ji delegation leaves from jamrud to join main long march
Sep21-2026--Government tenders first 400MW wheeling auction...government says it will get out of buying electricity and people will have to buy from producers...complications galore...probably benefit industrialists who can buy from producers who will have to pay NTC wheeling charges on per km basis
Sep21-2026--police, levis and khasadars to boycott polio duties in merged districts to force demands
Sep21-2026--six faujis(two officers) and one civilian killed in Hangu exchange of fire...eight terrorists also eliminated
Sep21-2026--Ghalibaf says that they are nearing the decision to open the Hormuz..he adds that there is no middle ground and Iran will always be aggressive(explosive blowbacks)...!Qatar says they will be able to fully meet gas needs a few weeks after opening of Hormuz...possibility of further actions against Iran possible..many suggest that renewed operations could include israel which has been given 2000 2000 kilo bombs..Iranian pathetic responses will be against its arab neighbours who have no real ways to retaliate yet..most US attacks come from missiles launched by warships and bombing raids by aircraft from carriers apart from israeli airstrikes
Sep21-2026--Aleema and her driver arrested by lahore deputy commissioner under MPO..she is a known radical and recently visited the tribal regions some say for dubious reasons...Not many PTI leaders have been arrested yet...they have mounted a violence prone campaign on Instagram....amongst many rumours is one that says she ordered a truck bomb from tribal terrorists...Lahore DC orders 30 day detention in Kot Lakhpat..imran's sisters were at the corp commanders residence in lahore on May9,2023 which was destroyed by PTI supporters but had said that the workers refused to accept their orders not to incinerate/destroy the building
Sep20-2026--Axios says Pakistan has raised petroleum prices by 51%..The white regions show no increase or prices are probably not known...This is an Axios map..In Pakistan petrol is $1.40 per liter while in afghanistan it is $1.341..the difference is that afghanistan imports from neighbouring countries by road not affected by hormuz disruptions while Pakistan does it by sea and has local resources... oil wells/refineries as well..Pakistan uses a regional crude benchmark plus those of refined products to create its domestic price...the actual FOB price on delivery by sea is much higher than benchmark crude prices...afghanistan prices before the hormuz disruptions were around $0.92 per liter..In Pakistan retail prices are approx 2.36 x base crude price... one has to realize that in 2000 petrol price was Rs.28...prices on average were 28/55/70/80/100...in....2000/2005/2010/2015/2020....In 2023 it was 331...in 2025 it was 246 and in 2025 it was 256...!...nowadays it is Rs.389.14
Sep20-2026--Mqm says that Sindh will soon have six administrative units...!
Sep20-2026--Security forces kill five terrorists and free 23 abductees in a operation along N-25 highway near Kalat
Sep20-2026--Houthis attack Riyadh...at the moment no opportunities for Turkey and Pakistan to offer any help to the Saudis against Houthis and Iran...USA sees the need to shore up Saudia's airforce but only supplies intelligence information...commentators see increasing opportunities to cooperate with Israel...Iran willing to talk but not willing to open Hormuz...Iranian super power status dubious after Houthis start challenging Saudia...too...If USA reaches some understanding with Iran than it will need another military bloc to offset the situation therefore it has agreed to sell 48 F-35's to Saudia...Saudia which has long ruled by being economically powerful and the center of Islam will have to flex and develop its military muscles...The houthis have already met the Saudis and the USA in Oman...The redsea-suez strait is more important to the europeans as well as the saudis...If the houthis continue to attack saudi tankers than something will have to be done especially by Saudia in reaching some accord on a future setup in yemen or destroying houthis missile bases...The oil situation is still stable as some oil still getting out of the gulf...most countries are looking for other sources but the gulf refining , gas ,chemical and fertilizer availability is more important than the oil...The Houthis have threatened Pakistan and Turkey if they intervene...
Sep19-2026--Interior minister says every thing tobe used to stop marches trying to ravage capital or invading other provinces..IHC has stopped march by allowing protests in own provinces...as no one can use protests peaceful or otherwise to disrespect others fundamental rights...it also blocks anything to occupy lands or roads..PTI has been threatening to use force to remove containers and forcibly get imran released by 28th september..many say long marches are a communist tradition to overthrow governments and not democratic..in any case protestors have tobe peaceful..the last PTI such protest used government machinery and staff and carried guns/grenades/tear gas and killed a policeman and two rangers..IHC also banned using government resources
Sep19-2026--suicide blast at police lines Kohat kills 23 including 17cops..dead include a SP and a DHQ paediatric doctor...eight terrorists also killed ..eleven terrorists killed in baluch operations in Chagai, Panjgur
Sep18-2026--EU/Italy to send warships to red sea- suez strait to protect shipping thru Bab el Mandab...
Sep18-2026--Pakistan signs deal with Trump linked US firm for four to seven inch drones...?US firm says Pakistan lacks expertise in making drones..there are some private ventures...US firm already has factory in UAE
Sep18-2026--LHC CJ refuses to entertain Mohd Rizwan's plea that PCB trying to ruin his reputation by asking NCCIA to probe online betting allegations...Rizwan contends that online betting not a scheduled offence under NCCIA/PECA and the probe was a fishing and roving expedition...he also expressed apprehension over potential coercive measures including arrest and detention...he argued that the notice was vague, arbitrary and issued without jurisdiction...
Sep18-2026--reports suggesting a communist nato in the offing...while russia, china and north korea already cooperate Iran seemingly tobe fourth participant
Sep18-2026--Saudia to get 48F-35's...ISPR backtracks and now says that Pakistan to go to any length to defend Saudia while foreign ministry spokesman refuses to get involved with Houthis...
Sep17-2026--the supposed energy/power minister Owais leghari says that a gas cargo that cost Rs30million now costs Rs95million due to hormuz woes...he says only 3500 feeders are subject to load shedding out of 14500 due to electricity theft and line losses...one wonders where those 11000 feeders are that are not subject to load shedding...! Shahbaz Sharif has ordered that no more than two hours of load shedding be carried out per feeder...minister says a virtual grid based on battery storage is being built and in a year load shedding will be shifted from feeders to the 190000 transformers ...all transformers could than be turned on and off...while improvements like automatic meters have been done but people are unable to fathom how electricity is being charged...with electricity prices having surged to Rs70 at one time a few rupees can hardly effect the consumers if it is coupled with an efficient system..load shedding effects all consumers whether they pay bills or not..With AIMR meters electricity can be shut off at the AIMR office...
Sep17-2026--Trump to have talks with the gulf leaders next week on the sidelines of UN meetings..the gulf which has suffered at the hands of Iran are a divided lot and at least Qatar and Oman seem to be having some negotiations with Iran..Trump says war nearing end now that everyone is getting involved
Sep17-2026--Interior minister visits along with officials of punjab, attock and islamabad chach interchange, haroon bridge and ghazi barotha bridge along with attock khurd and attock bridge to check containers placement...also sandbags are being placed at haroon bridge and haro bridge on the motorway..these are important crossing points related to the Kp's long march...last time the containers just slowed down the march...
Sep17-2026--policeman shot dead in karachi and another injured on sharea faisal during checking
Sep17-2026--PTI afridi convoy crashes into islamabad police vehicle and blames cop for assassination attempt in gujranwala...policeman was assaulted by afridi convoy...they also attacked a police van in sialkot and assaulted policemen
Sep17-2026--Dealers protest at inadequate payment mechanism, timeline for fuel subsidies
Sep17-2026--Defence minister says they would have to do something if Saudia was attacked...Houthis condemned for firing drone at Makkah...Iran knocked out the saudia's east-west oil pipeline with a missile attack...the situation is quite alarming in yemen as the south forces prepare counter attacks ...houthis block saudi vessels in red sea-suez corridor...drone and missile attacks on saudi ports, military and oil installations as saudis also bomb north yemen sites...US calls for withdrawal to pre war situation as they maintain a ceasefire with the houthis who they have met in Oman
Sep17-2026--SC perturbed at FCC asking for case record of under trial case/past cases relating to Imrans health...it is not a constitutional matter and FCC has asked for the case record according to article5, 175-E..The SC has adjourned the hearing for three weeks...the time that the AGP says is required to give a detailed answer..It is the first case of FCC asking for a SC case record...judge says fixing of SC cases in the FCC not mentioned in the 27th amendment..FCC should have said that it is subjudice in SC and asked SC to take up the cases of three other prisoners along with Imrans...SC bench says they have issued an interim judgement not yet implemented without considering anyone's rights..fundamental rights and fair trial questions are involved in all cases said one judge...technically it does not fall under 175-E
Sep17-2026--Petrol today: Rs.391.22
Diesel today: Rs.421.45
Sep16-2026--ISPR chief says that anyone can join makkah declaration based on a policy of deterrence, non aggression and non interference..Initially it was said it was for protection of Saudia..after it failed the iSPR supposedly is redefining it as just a mere audio exchange /talking/debating society and it would have no effect on attacks on saudi arabia or other countries...other countries like bangladesh and egypt have hesitated in joining it for its inconsistency of any practical objective and whether concerns regarding their defence specifically would be incorporated...There have been concerns whether Pakistan would commit troops for saudi defence...that was answered that troops in Saudia are for logistics and training...earlier Pakistan was involved in putting down a iranian attack on the makkah holy places...at the moment the attacks are of an aerial sort and can be dealt with by the saudi airforce and deterrence network...however the iranians are supposedly ready to invade saudi arabia according to one instagram report..the crown prince has flown to Egypt perhaps due to the Pakistan failure..That leaves little else but degrading economic/trade relations and diplomatic contacts
