Coverage tagged: Pakistan (PAK)
Every story tagged to Pakistan in the reporting behind our ratings, newest first. State-self-reported sources are excluded from scoring; non-anglophone coverage is surfaced in translation. Every card links to its source.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Qatar, Egypt and Pakistan conveyed a 10-day ceasefire proposal to Tehran July 20 to revive the interim deal; Iran's FM spokesman confirmed 'ideas from some mediators have been conveyed,' status under consideration. The positive-skew exit the framework protected: Iran conflict held near -9 (not floored).
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.
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.
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.
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.