US pizza chains face weak demand as inflation, high costs and GLP-1 drugs push healthier eating A view of a Pizza Hut store, in London, Britain, December 30, 2024.File PHOTO: REUTERS Yum Brands said on Tuesday it would sell its Pizza Hut chain for $2.7 billion, as the unit struggles with stiff competition in the fast-food…
Announces deeper migration cooperation and commits an additional £8m to tackle crime and illegal migration DPM/FM Ishaq Dar meets Hamish Falconer MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the FCDO. Photo: X British Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan, Hamish Falconer, praised Pakistan’s critical role in brokering a ceasefire between the United States…
Says nationwide coordination among mosques, seminaries, and religious boards may play key role in countering terrorism Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi addrssing a meeting of Paigham-e-Aman Committee. SCREENGRAB Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Tuesday called for stronger coordination between the state and religious scholars, urging them to play…
LAHORE: Pakistan is losing hundreds of millions of dollars in export revenue every month, not because of foreign tariff wars or global trade conflicts, but because of the uncertainty generated by its own policymaking machinery, according to a new study released by economists Azam Chaudhry and Gul Andaman of the Lahore School of Economics (LSE)….
NEET exam stands scrapped following allegations that question paper was leaked in advance India blocked access to Telegram messenger on Tuesday ahead of a retest of a nationwide medical college entrance examination, after a scandal last month over a question paper leak. The failure of the hugely competitive exam, along with a separate marking fiasco…
PM Shehbaz Sharif says security forces, police, CTD are achieving significant successes in fight against terrorism The Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) killed five terrorists during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in a border area near Attock. The department had received credible intelligence that terrorists present in the area had finalised plans to carry out attacks…
Leading business and industry associations on Monday expressed disappointment over the State Bank of Pakistan's (SBP) decision to maintain the policy rate at 11.5%, arguing that the move would continue to burden businesses with high borrowing costs and slow the pace of economic recovery. The criticism came shortly after the SBP's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)…
Iranian national team head coach says his team is ‘most repressed team in the whole World Cup’ An image of Iran’s head coach for football. PHOTO: ANADOLU AGENCY Iranian National Football Team manager Amir Ghalenoei called his squad the “most repressed team in the whole World Cup,” saying they were ordered to leave Los Angeles…
Says Pakistan’s mission in Djibouti closely monitoring developments, coordinating efforts for the hostages’ release Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar on Tuesday informed the National Assembly that the government was actively working through diplomatic channels to secure the release of 10 Pakistani citizens being held hostage in Somalia. The oil tanker Honour 25, sailing under the…
Aurangzeb says may use commercial borrowing to change creditor profile without increasing overall external debt Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb speaks during a Reuters interview in Islamabad, Pakistan, June 15, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS The government could improve economic projections for 2027 after the end of the Iran war, but it is still too early to revise…