KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Wednesday staged a strong rally where the benchmark KSE-100 index climbed more than 2% as aggressive buying in heavyweight sectors reflected growing investor confidence in the country’s economic outlook. The KSE-100 closed at 184,050.10, up 3,748.40 points, or 2.08%. It touched the intra-day high of 184,234 after slipping to…
Cristiano Ronaldo has played every minute of the World Cup so far for Portugal. Photo: AFP ATLANTA: Cristiano Ronaldo and Luka Modric will make history when two outfield players aged over 40 face off for the first time in a World Cup as Portugal take on Croatia in Friday’s last-32 clash. But both men are facing questions…
The initiative by civil society groups in India and Pakistan to strive for congeniality is novel in essence. It is especially welcome at a time when hatred and a sense of otherness have become the order of the day. The fact that more than a hundred notables from both sides of the divide are signatory…
Boat carrying members of family overturns in Swat’s Saifullah Lake, search continues for missing passengers At least five tourists were killed after a boat capsized in Saifullah Lake in the Kalam area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Swat district on Wednesday, police said, while rescue teams continued searching for the remaining missing passengers. Police initially said the boat…
A stage of the Route d’Occitanie in southern Tarn in June 2022 was shortened to 36km after temperatures rose above 41C. Photo: AFP PARIS: France has just endured a punishing heatwave, with another potentially on the way soon after the country’s emblematic cycle race starts this weekend. Heatwaves are an increasingly common nuisance — or…
US ambassador says Israel leased land for 99 years under a deal requiring Washington to pay just $1 Israel and the United States signed an agreement on Wednesday under which Washington will receive a plot of land once owned by Palestinians in Jerusalem for $1 to build the permanent site of the US Embassy in…
Arrested terrorist alleges Afghanistan-based banned outfit planned assault with help from local facilitators Five cases have been registered by the Sindh Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) in connection with the terrorist attack on a Rangers transport company in Karachi’s Gulistan-e-Jauhar, in which three Rangers personnel were martyred. Investigators said an arrested terrorist claimed the attackers belonged to the banned…
Bangladesh are set to host Pakistan for a five-match One-Day International (ODI) series in 2027, according to reports citing the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) media rights tender for its home international fixtures. Local media reported that the BCB has invited bids for the television and digital media rights covering Bangladesh’s home internationals during the 2026…
Struck at 10:57pm with its epicentre in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush; no damage reported A computer screen showing Earthquake in Karachi area. PHOTO: SUHAIL YUSUF An earthquake measuring 5.3 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted Islamabad and parts of Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday night. Tremors were felt in several cities across K-P, including Peshawar, Mardan,…
State registers FIR after police say a 19-year-old was killed by relatives; one suspect arrested A 19-year-old woman was allegedly shot dead by her uncle and cousin in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Lower Dir district after she was seen talking to a neighbour outside her home, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on June 26 in…