Since 2020, 3,000+ workers have excavated the tunnel beneath the 3,528m Zojila Pass near China border An Indian paramilitary personnel stands guard at the Zojila tunnel, India’s longest road tunnel project connecting Jammu and Kashmir state with the Ladakh region on June 9, 2026. PHOTO: AFP Indian engineers broke through the final rock section in…
ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan’s (CCP) new cement sector study has advocated tax, logistics, energy and mineral reforms to boost competition, cut structural distortions and unlock long-term growth in one of Pakistan’s key industrial sectors. The report titled “Competition Assessment Study of the Cement Sector in Pakistan,” addresses competition-related challenges in the cement sector….
ISLAMABAD: The Power Division said on Tuesday that due to rising electricity demand during peak hours, electricity will be suspended for around 2.25 hours daily between 5pm and 1am countrywide under its “peak relief strategy”. “The purpose of this load management is to reduce the use of expensive fuel and prevent a rise in electricity…
China has sent astronauts to its space station nearly a dozen times amid a growing US-China lunar race Astronauts Zhu Yangzhu, Zhang Zhiyuan, and Lai Ka-ying, who is the first astronaut from Hong Kong, wave during a see-off ceremony before taking part in the Shenzhou-23 spaceflight mission to China’s Tiangong space station, at Jiuquan Satellite…
. US President Donald Trump holds a press conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC on April 6. Photo: Reuters WASHINGTON: Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping in a letter not to give Iran weapons, and Xi responded that China was not supplying Tehran, the…
Police deployed at all entry points of the building, residents instructed to vacate their apartments by midnight ISLAMABAD: Police and district administration on Friday took control of a multi-storey residential building on Constitution Avenue following a ruling by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in a long-running dispute over the cancellation of its lease. Police teams were deployed…
A postgraduate female doctor was critically injured when an attacker threw acid on her while she was on duty at the surgical ward of Civil Sandeman Hospital, Balochistan’s largest public health facility. The suspect fled the scene but was later killed in an exchange of fire with police, authorities said. According to police, the attack…
Thisyear’s Blue Moon was also a “Micromoon”, meaning the moon was positioned relatively farther from Earth in its orbit. PHOTO: ASIF MEHMOOD LAHORE: Citizens across Pakistan, including in Lahore, witnessed the rare astronomical phenomenon known as a “Blue Moon” on Sunday night, as clear skies provided ideal viewing conditions for the event. Astronomy enthusiasts, families…
KARACHI: Gold prices in Pakistan declined sharply on Friday, tracking a broad-based selloff in international markets, where bullion fell to a more than one-week low amid a stronger US dollar and rising Treasury yields. In the local market, the gold price per tola dropped to Rs476,862 after a steep decline of Rs15,500 during the day….
An oil tanker anchors near the oil hub of the port of Fos-Lavera at sunset near Marseille, southern France. PHOTO: REUTERS Global stock and bond markets steadied on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump paused a planned attack on Iran and said there was a good chance of a nuclear deal, sending oil prices lower….