. YEREVAN: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan signed a strategic partnership agreement in Yerevan on Tuesday, less than two weeks before parliamentary elections in the South Caucasus country. Rubio’s visit comes as Russia has threatened to exert economic pressure on Yerevan for its growing ties to the West…
KARACHI: Trade activities under the Pakistan-Iran transit corridor have formally commenced, with the first export consignment dispatched from Pakistan. Director Transit Trade Customs Sanaullah Abro told The Express Tribune that the inaugural shipment, comprising frozen meat, was transported via refrigerated trucks to Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He said that under the corridor, consignments from Pakistan would be…
Govt to slash PSDP by Rs126b, provinces cap spending Coalition consensus clears way for June 12 budget Centre ey ISLAMABAD: The federal government has slashed next fiscal year’s proposed development budget by Rs126 billion while three provinces, except Balochistan, would freeze their uplift expenses at current levels to create around Rs500 billion worth of fiscal…
Two-part policy aims to force industries to stay on grid or face higher fixed charges ISLAMABAD: The government has shared a new plan with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to substantially increase fixed charges on electricity bills to punish industrialists who use less than their sanctioned loads and have shifted to solar and other off-grid…
Jake Paul at a MMA press conference at Intuit Dome. Photo: REUTERS/FILE LONDON: Jake Paul expressed a desire to continue fighting while acknowledging his fighting career could be done in a recent interview. Paul, 29, is still recovering after Anthony Joshua broke his jaw during their December fight, Paul’s first loss in seven fights. “We’ll…
PESHAWAR: A grand Loya Jirga of tribal elders on Saturday agreed to form a smaller representative jirga to negotiate with the federal government and other stakeholders regarding the demands of people in K-P’s merged districts. Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, who chaired the tribal meeting, later announced that they might march on Islamabad if…
The Actual video showed a navy drill on US 250th anniversary posed first by a Spanish journalist Fact checking confirmed that viral video of US marines seizing Iranian vessel is fake. PHOTO: SCREENGRAB Multiple users across social media platforms were sharing a video since April 20, 2026, claiming it shows the American military seizing an…
ISLAMABAD: As tensions around the Strait of Hormuz fuel inflation and energy insecurity, Pakistan is once again confronting a familiar challenge: how to shield its economy from imported energy shocks. “When petrol becomes expensive, everything becomes expensive,” said Jabbar Khan, a father of nine. According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), Pakistan’s headline inflation…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s economy grew 3.7% in the outgoing fiscal year, missing the annual target and dashing hopes of higher growth due to slowing wheels of the industry and construction sectors, which has contributed to higher unemployment in the country. The 3.7% growth rate was pulled by the services sector, followed by 3.5% growth in the…
Tasnim News says Iran halted mediated talks with US over Lebanon attacks and Israel-Hezbollah conflict US President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room at the White House, in Washington, DC, US, May 27, 2026. REUTERS United States President Donald Trump said on Monday that talks with Iran were continuing at…