ISLAMABAD: A Senate panel on Monday directed the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination (NHSRC) and the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) to take immediate measures to address vacant seats in medical colleges, examine fee disparities and strengthen monitoring of medical education institutions. The directives were issued by the Standing Committee on…
Benchmark Index traded between an intraday high of 181,017.29 and a low of 180,076.22 KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) turned lower on Tuesday, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index shedding more than 1,100 points by midday as a jump in oil prices and diminishing hopes of a US-Iran agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz…
US President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino waves to spectators at the World Cup final last month. Photo: AFP/File WASHINGTON, USA: US President Donald Trump said on Monday it would be “a terrible mistake” to replace Gianni Infantino, the embattled FIFA president who tried, and failed, to sell off part of the World Cup…
Cali hospital collapse traps patients, forces 600 onto rubble-strewn street as 164 dead, 1,000 troops deployed Rescuers work at the site of a collapsed building following an earthquake, in Cali, Colombia, August 10, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS Rescue efforts across western Colombia carried into a second day on Tuesday as emergency workers dug through collapsed buildings and flattened homes, amid…
Pictured above Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani (L), Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar (R) Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani congratulated Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on the signing of the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye during…
Return to the debate of 1940-47, and to a man who deserves better than his admirers have given him ISLAMABAD: It has become the fashion, when this country is discussed, to hold the funeral first and check the pulse afterwards. Lamentation passes for analysis; the longest face is presumed the best-read. The faults are real…
A football pitch amid the rubble in Gaza City. Photo: AFP GAZA: The Palestinian football association announced on Monday that it would resume activity in September after a nearly three-year pause due to the Gaza war. “We announce the resumption of sports activities and the football association’s league beginning September 4,” association president Jibril Rajoub…
Australia’s long-time bowling attack of (from left) Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins are reunited for the Bangladesh series. Photo: AFP MELBOURNE: Australia’s ageing team begin a demanding run of potentially 21 Tests in 12 months when they face Bangladesh this week, with their injury-prone “Big Four” bowling attack reunited once again….
Would provide scholarships for 17 federal civil servants to pursue postgraduate studies in Japan Economic Affairs Secretary Muhammad Hameer Karim and Japanese Ambassador Akamatsu Shuichi sign the Record of Discussions. SCREENGRAB Pakistan and Japan on Tuesday signed a 350 million Japanese yen ($2.2 million) grant agreement to strengthen the Human Resources Development Scholarship Programme (JDS)…
Oil prices steadied on Tuesday at more than one-week highs amid fading hopes of a deal between the US and Iran to end their war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, after President Donald Trump demanded compensation for damage the US has incurred. Brent crude futures fell 10 cents, or 0.11%, to $87.62 a barrel, while US West…