Pakistan has already chalked out a $1.9 billion funding plan to execute the Reko Diq copper and gold mining project. Total project funding has been estimated at $4.297 billion. Photo: File RUSTAM: In nothing short of a miracle, a miner missing for 17 days after a landslide in Nangabad has been recovered alive from beneath…
State Bank of Pakistan. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has received a $2 billion financial inflow from Saudi Arabia, offering timely relief to its foreign exchange reserves just as the country prepares to repay $3.5 billion to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) this month, officials confirmed on Thursday. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) verified the…
. Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Photo: Screen grab LAHORE: The PML-N has constituted parliamentary boards for the upcoming elections in G-B and AJK, assigning them role in selecting candidates. The boards will operate under the leadership of party president Nawaz Sharif. The parliamentary boards will be authorised to finalise candidates contesting the elections and…
. WASHINGTON: The Republican-led House narrowly rejected a Democratic push Thursday to block President Donald Trump from ordering further strikes on Iran, a day after the Senate turned back a similar measure seeking to rein in the president as the unpopular war approaches the two-month mark. The House war powers resolution, which failed in a…
. LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has upheld the life imprisonment of a convict in a rape and murder case involving a seven-year-old girl, ruling that the trial court’s decision was legally sound and supported by strong evidence. Justice Muhammad Waheed Khan issued a detailed judgment while dismissing the appeal filed by convict Muhammad…
Deceased include women and children trapped in fire at gas pipeline in Hattar Industrial Estate At least eight members of a household were killed, and five others were injured after a fire from an explosion in a gas pipeline in Haripur in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Hazara division, officials said on Thursday. The blaze engulfed nearby residential settlements…
. Riyadh has once again rescued Islamabad’s fragile balance sheet by doling out an additional $3 billion. This magnanimity has come at a time when Pakistan is facing a severe crunch as it is obliged to pay back $3.5 billion to the UAE which had refused to roll over the same. This hole in reserves…
British HC Jane Marriott says Pakistan’s geological potential requires trustworthy data collated via modern methods Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik, along with British High Commissioner to Pakistan Jane Marriott, on Thursday launched a capacity-building initiative aimed at strengthening the country’s geoscientific capabilities and supporting the development of the mineral sector. The programme was formally inaugurated at the…
Says he might come to Islamabad if deal is achieved, praises PM Shehbaz and CDF Munir once again US President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One on his way to Virginia, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, US, April 10, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS United States President Donald Trump said on Thursday that…
436,408 dog bite cases in 22 months, but govt shows little interest in resolving the issue A joint conference on stray dogs organized by Public Aid Committee of Jamaat-e-Islami Lahore and animal rights NGOs.JI Lahore Amir, Ziauddin Ansari advocate chaired the meeting. PHOTO: ASIF MEHMOOD LAHORE: Animal rights organisations and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Lahore on Thursday…