MQM important coalition partner, role in promoting economic stability, public welfare acknowledged, says PMO PM Shehbaz met delegation of MQM. PHOTO: X Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday met a delegation of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in Islamabad, where discussions were held on the upcoming federal budget and the country’s overall political and economic…
KARACHI: Trading at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) jumped almost 2,000 points before suspension on account of Friday prayers, as investors braced for Finance Minister Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb’s presentation of the federal budget for FY2026-27 later in the day. The benchmark Index climbed significantly to 171,659.29 points, reflecting positive investor sentiment. The market registered a…
Herat’s morality police started arresting dozens of women on Saturday for not wearing body-cloaking chador, burqa Afghan women in burqa walk towards a safer place after their house was damaged following a deadly magnitude 6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan on Sunday, at Lulam village, in Nurgal district, Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 3, 2025. PHOTO: Reuters…
. ISLAMABAD: Senior leader of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) and Chairman of the Jammu Kashmir Salvation Movement (JKSM) Altaf Ahmed Bhat has paid “glowing tributes” to the martyrs of the Chota Bazar Massacre and Shaheed Tufail Ahmad Mattoo, reaffirming that the sacrifices rendered by the people of Jammu and Kashmir for freedom, justice,…
Since mid-March, Trump has repeatedly claimed a deal with Iran to end the war was close President Donald Trump could soon appear on a bank note — breaking longheld tradition against putting living presidents on US money. Photo: AFP/ File Hopes grew on Friday for peace between Iran and the United States after President Donald…
. RAWALPINDI: Funeral prayers of those who embraced martyrdom in a MI-17 helicopter crash in Muzaffarabad were offered on Thursday at Chaklala Garrison. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, COAS & CDF Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir and other top civil and military officials attended the funeral prayers, said a press release issued by Inter-Services Public Relations…
WASHINGTON: The phenomenon El Nino has arrived, the US weather agency said Thursday, and scientists expect the pattern synonymous with droughts, floods and soaring temperatures will intensify into the end of the year, potentially to historic strength. El Nino is a natural climate occurrence that warms surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific…
Govt directs police, judiciary and administrative authorities to implement decision MUZAFFARABAD: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government on Thursday withdrew earlier concessions related to protest and agitation cases and reinstated 177 First Information Reports (FIRs) against members of the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), citing violation of the October 4, 2025 agreement between the…
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday restored former prime minister Imran Khan’s right to defend himself in a long-running Rs10 billion defamation suit filed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, setting aside lower court orders that had barred him from contesting the case in a majority verdict. The apex court directed the trial court to provide…
The Pakistan Economic Survey on Thursday showed that the government missed three major macroeconomic goals but it maintained the external sector stability and a broad-based recovery in the outgoing fiscal year despite adverse impacts of the Middle East war. According to Pakistan Economic Survey 2025-26, the government could not achieve the targets of 4.2% economic…