Gold and silver prices extended their decline on Wednesday in the local market after the price of gold per ounce fell by $12 to $4,766 in the international market. According to the All Pakistan Gems and Jewellers Sarafa Association (APGJSA), in local markets, the price of gold per tola decreased by Rs1,200 to Rs498,962, while…
Switzerland’s Johan Manzambi celebrates scoring his team’s third goal against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Photo: AFP LOS ANGELES: Super subs Johan Manzambi and Ruben Vargas fired Switzerland to a 4-1 win over 10-man Bosnia-Herzegovina in a late rush of goals in Los Angeles on Thursday. The result gave the Swiss a strong chance of reaching the knockout round…
ISLAMABAD: No signs of the next round of talks between Iran and the United States, as of now. Yet, security details remain intact in Islamabad. This suggests that the door to a diplomatic breakthrough, however narrow, has not entirely closed, even as uncertainty continues to hang over the next phase of negotiations. “There is no…
Centre asked to send 14,000 additional law-enforcement personnel to maintain order Guest house staff sit inside an empty tourist place in Keran village on the LoC in Neelum Valley, AJK. Photo: AFP ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government on Friday proscribed the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JK-JAAC) under anti-terrorism laws, as…
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday called for concerted national efforts to transform Pakistan into an economic power, urging the same level of dedication and resilience that enabled the country to achieve its status as a responsible nuclear state. The prime minister, in his televised opening remarks at the meeting of the federal cabinet,…
Former prime minister rejects notion that federal government does not provide adequate financial resources to Karachi Shahid Khaqan Abbasi addressing a press conference in Karachi alongside former finance minister Miftah Ismail and other party leaders. Photo: Screengrab KARACHI: Awam Pakistan Party central convener Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Wednesday criticised the government’s petroleum pricing policy, calling…
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…
KARACHI: The auto sector in Pakistan is quickly returning to its previous upward trend as financing surged to an all-time high of Rs369 billion in May 2026, surpassing the previous record of Rs368 billion reached in June 2022, as lower borrowing costs, aggressive promotional offers by assemblers and banks, and pent-up consumer demand continued to…
European foreign ministers meet as Kyiv pushes for stronger role in ending the four-year war EU High Representative of Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, speaks to media during an informal EU Foreign Ministers meeting in Limassol, Cyprus. PHOTO: Reuters Russia will not get to choose who represents Europe in any potential talks with Moscow…
CCD officers involved in the incident have been remanded to jail on judicial orders Police vehicles are parked outside District Headquarters Hospital in Muzaffargarh, Punjab on July 29, 2015. Photo: Reuters A Pakistani-Australian family’s vacation following the completion of the holy Hajj pilgrimage ended in tragedy when a nine-year-old girl was shot dead in an…