. India, New Zealand sign FTA, cut fruit tariffs, boost exports, ease visas, deepen economic ties.PHOTO: PIXABAY ISLAMABAD: The National Economic Council (NEC) is expected to approve a Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) worth approximately Rs1.5 trillion for the upcoming fiscal year during its meeting scheduled for June 3. The meeting, likely to be chaired…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday alleged that its Khyber Pakhtunkhwa president, MNA Junaid Akbar, along with several party lawmakers and leaders, was “arrested” by the Gilgit-Baltistan government and administration during the party’s election campaign activities ahead of the June 7 general elections in the region. In a statement posted on X, the party claimed…
Tehran says Hormuz will be reopened on its conditions Says US president wants ‘fabricated victory’ IMF, World Ban President Donald Trump could soon appear on a bank note — breaking longheld tradition against putting living presidents on US money. Photo: AFP/ File WASHINGTON/DUBAI: US President Donald Trump said on Friday he would soon decide on…
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with his Pakistani counterpart at the State Department in Washington on Friday, as negotiations aimed at ending the war with Iran drag on. The meeting with Foreign Minister Ishaq Darwhose country is acting as mediator between the United States and Irancame days after Rubio’s visit to India….
ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Friday announced a significant reduction in petroleum prices, slashing both petrol and high-speed diesel by Rs22 per litre. According to a notification issued by the Ministry of Energy’s Petroleum Division, high-speed diesel has been reduced by Rs22 per litre, while motor spirit (petrol) has also been cut by the same…
. According to Express News, the bodies were found near the Mai Kolachi Road Phatak. PHOTO: PEXELS THATTA: Three people were killed and five others injured in separate road accidents and an electrocution incident in Thatta district, police said. According to police, the first accident occurred near Keenjhar Lake when two motorcycles collided. Ahmed, a…
. LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has restored an appeal of singer Rahat Fateh Ali in a hereditary property case, setting aside its dismissal by a trial court. The appeal had been dismissed over non-payment of court fee. The high court restored the appeal and directed the petitioner to deposit a fine of Rs100,000. According…
New Chenab River projects raise fears over India’s control of flows vital to Pakistan’s food security A view of the Uri-II hydroelectric project dam on the Jhelum River which flows from Indian Kashmir into Pakistan-administered Kashmir, near Uri in India-administered Kashmir’s Baramulla district, May 7, 2025. REUTERS In a move that has sharply escalated hydro-political…
Rejects speculation over Pakistan joining the Abraham Accords during media talk in Washington Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar addresses the media at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington DC on Friday. SCREENGRAB Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday categorically rejected any notion of Pakistan joining the Abraham Accords, reiterating that…
Eight months into the ceasefire, Gaza faces attacks, aid shortages and rising violence Palestinians work at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, which was pre-warned by the Israeli military to evacuate before the strike was carried out late on Thursday, at Shati (Beach) refugee camp in Gaza City, May 29, 2026. REUTERS…