PM Shehbaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after three-nation tour. PHOTO: X Pakistan’s peace efforts amid the current regional and global situation remained the focus of attention during Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s three-nation tour to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkiye amid tensions in the Middle East, the government said on Saturday. The prime minister’s tour consisted of…
Under new schedule, Urdu paper will now be held on May 2 in morning, followed by Geography paper in second shift The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Rawalpindi on Saturday issued a revised schedule for the postponed annual matriculation examinations. According to a notification, the exams were earlier deferred due to the US-Iran…
A Lufthansa Airbus 380 refuelling at Frankfurt airport on July 12, 2013. PHOTO: REUTERS The government on Saturday reduced the price of jet fuel by Rs23 per litre following easing tensions in the Middle East. A day earlier, the government had slashed the price of high-speed diesel (HSD) by up to Rs32.12 per litre. Prime Minister…
KARACHI: Gold and silver prices recorded another increase on Saturday in both international and local markets after declining on Friday, following a three-day upward trend in global and domestic markets. According to the All Pakistan Sarafa Gems and Jewellers Association (APSGJA), in the international bullion market, the price of gold rose by $45 per ounce…
Agreement provides for delivery of 9.6 billion cubic metres of gas a year, but actual flows have often fallen short Turkey’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar speaks during the conference ‘Energy Security in the World and Turkey: Risks and Solutions in Critical Minerals’ at the Sabanci University Istanbul International Center for Energy and Climate…
Global prices rise on weaker dollar, easing geopolitical risks amid potential Iran deal KARACHI: Gold prices in Pakistan fell on Friday, tracking a divergence from the international market where bullion extended gains on the back of a weaker dollar and easing geopolitical risks after signals of a potential Iran deal. In the local market, the…
Syzran, Novokuibyshevsk refineries came under the strikes, Kyiv’s drone forces commander said Ukrainian forces overnight struck two oil refineries in Russia’s Samara region and Vysotsk port, which houses a Lukoil terminal, as well as an oil depot in Russia-occupied Crimea, Kyiv’s drone forces commander said. The Syzran and Novokuibyshevsk refineries came under the strikes, Robert…
LAHORE: The Hajj operation 2026 began on Saturday as the first flight carrying 160 pilgrims departed from Jinnah International Airport Karachi under the Road to Makkah initiative, state broadcaster Pakistan Television reported. The Sindh Governor, Nehal Hashmi, along with other dignitaries, attended the ceremony and saw off the Hajj pilgrims, saying that those given the…
A worker walks past inside the Asian Development Bank (ADB) headquarters in Manila. Photo: Reuters/ File ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday raised a $500 million debt at 7% interest rate by floating Eurobonds and has separately requested the Bank of China to give an extension in submitting an application for its permission to float $250 million…
Says ‘It is not just inflation, but impacts on growth, exports, remittances and investment flows’ Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb in an interview at the World Bank Spring Meetings 2026 with China Global Television Network’s program “The Heat”. PHOTO: SCREENGRAB Finance Minister Aurangzeb on Saturday said Pakistan’s economy remained stable amid rising global uncertainty triggered by the…