Govt pledges adherence to pre-war targets Money will be disbursed early next week The government has agreed to the need for a mini-budget if revenues fall short of expectations by end-December 2025, according to the IMF. Photo: file ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund’s executive board on Friday approved $1.2 billion loan tranches after Pakistan accepted…
Efforts to end the war between the US and Iran appeared to stall as the two sides traded fire in the Gulf on Friday, while a US intelligence analysis concluded Tehran could withstand a naval blockade for another four months. The CIA assessment also concluded that the US bombing campaign of Iran, hailed as a…
. MIRANSHAH: At least eight people, including women, were injured when a quadcopter drone allegedly exploded in the Kinger Jan Bahadur area of Bannu on Friday night. According to police, the drone reportedly entered the area from an unknown direction and fell near a residential neighbourhood. Moments after fall, it exploded with a loud blast,…
. LAHORE: The Punjab Information Technology Board has launched a new facility for marriage registration and issuance of marriage certificates at 15 e-service centres across Punjab to simplify the process for citizens. Officials said the initiative would enable citizens to register marriages and obtain certificates in a fast, secure and convenient manner without complicated procedures….
India’s Home Minister Amit Shah (L) greets Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and newly selected Chief Minister of West Bengal Suvendu Adhikari (C) during a party meeting in Kolkata on May 8, 2026.PHOTO:AFP Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party named a chief minister of West Bengal state on Friday, cementing its thumping win in key…
Total kinetic suspension plus a 1,000-person bilateral prisoner swap between countries are part of truce US President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, US, May 8, 2026. REUTERS United States President Donald Trump on Friday announced on social media that there would be a three-day ceasefire…
Actual site photo with FBI Lab rendered graphic overlay depicting corroborating eyewitness reports from September 2023 of an apparent ellipsoid bronze metallic object materializing out of a bright light in the sky, 130-195 feet in length, and disappearing instantaneously. PHOTO: US Department of Defence The Pentagon on Friday released a first batch of secret files…
Aurangzeb assures IMF Pakistan remains committed to sound policies, reforms for sustainable growth The International Monetary Fund logo is seen during the IMF/World Bank spring meetings in Washington, U.S., April 21, 2017. REUTERS The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday approved $1.2 billion worth of loan tranches after Pakistan accepted a…
PARIS: The International Tennis Federation (ITF) said Friday that the IOC’s move to lift restrictions on Belarusian athletes does not affect Belarus’s continued ban from the Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup. In a statement sent to AFP, world tennis’s governing body said its stance remained unchanged despite the International Olympic Committee’s decision to…
It will be the first time that a N Korean sports team has played in the South since 2018 SEOUL: Hundreds of South Koreans will cheer for a North Korean women’s football team when it makes a rare trip across the border for a continental semi-final this month, civic groups told AFP on Friday. North…