ISLAMABAD: ISLAMABAD: Only a couple of years ago, even a routine opposition protest call would send shockwaves through government circles. Authorities would often deploy containers, impose restrictions and seal roads long before demonstrators arrived, creating an atmosphere that itself projected the opposition’s strength. However, Friday’s protest call by opposition parties, including the grand alliance featuring…
LAHORE: Imagine a country sitting at the crossroads of South Asia and Central Asia, with a population of 250 million, abundant natural resources, and a GDP exceeding $450 billion, yet struggling to convince even its own businesspeople to invest at home. That is Pakistan’s continued uncomfortable reality in 2026, and the way things are going,…
MIRANSHAH/ QUETTA: In a joint operation, law enforcement agencies (LEAs), security forces and members of local militias neutralized at least twenty-five terrorists including a commander belonging to the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Bannu. A policeman and a volunteer were martyred, while five people including a child, sustained injuries during the operation. The K-P police,…
ISLAMABAD: Hopes of a breakthrough between Tehran and Washington gained fresh momentum on Saturday, buoyed by the sustained diplomatic push of Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, who wrapped up a “short but highly productive” visit to the Islamic Republic. During the visit, the Field Marshal held…
LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari believes that holding elections in Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan on a significantly different timeline from the rest of the country distorts electoral outcomes and deprives both regions of genuine leadership, according to an informed source within the party. A PPP leader, speaking to The Express Tribune on…
Trump says draft deal includes opening of Strait of Hormuz Fars says Hormuz will remain under Iran’s management Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian meets with Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir in Tehran. PHOTO: REUTERS ISLAMABAD: Iran and the US are inching closer to signing an interim agreement aimed at ending the…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif along with CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee Party Secretary Wang Hao witnesses a signing ceremony in Hangzhou. PHOTO: APP HANGZHOU: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met Wang Hao, Party Secretary of the CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee in Hangzhou on Saturday and discussed matters related to bilateral cooperation. Wang Hao welcomed the Prime Minister…
. MAKKAH: Over 1.5 million pilgrims have reached Saudi Arabia from outside the kingdom for the upcoming Hajj, according to a Saudi official, exceeding the number of international visitors last year despite the war in the Middle East. The conflict triggered by the US and Israeli strikes on Iran in late February saw Tehran order…
. KYIV: Russia is preparing a strike against Ukraine using a hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday, citing intelligence from Ukraine, the U.S. and Europe. The warning came a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his military to prepare options for retaliation against Ukraine for a drone strike on…
According to industry projections, sustaining Pakistan’s local mobile industry between 2026 and 2031 could generate foreign exchange savings of more than $2.3 billion while gradually reducing dependence on imports. photo: file KARACHI: Pakistan’s emerging mobile phone manufacturing industry is coming under mounting pressure from a global artificial intelligence (AI)-led technology shift and domestic taxation measures,…