FLOUR FURY: Youngsters play cricket outside shuttered shops in Jodia Bazaar during a traders’ strike on Wednesday. PHOTOS: JALAL QURESHI/EXPRESS KARACHI: Business activity at key wholesale markets of the metropolis came to a standstill on Wednesday after the Karachi Wholesale Grocers Association (KWGA) called a strike against what it called “unjust treatment” by the administration,…
Says this will help translate their longstanding relationship into a mutually beneficial trade, investment partnership Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meets Saudi Minister for Environment, Water and Agriculture Engineer Abdulrahman bin Abdulmohsen Al-Fadley at the Prime Minister’s House in Islamabad. PHOTO: PMO Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said Pakistan and Saudi Arabia should focus on…
Master Plan Authority introduces new formula for infrastructure fees as residential plot commercialisation resumes The Sindh Master Plan Authority has lifted a seven-year ban on the conversion of residential plots for commercial use following recent court decisions, while a new formula for distributing infrastructure fees collected on changes in land use has also come into…
PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Information and Public Relations Minister Shafi Jan on Friday accused the federal government of openly violating court orders concerning the medical treatment and transfer of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, saying the move amounted to contempt of court and undermined the supremacy of the Constitution and the rule of law. In a…
FO says accord institutionalised cooperation Hails it as another important milestone in ties Kuwaiti FM commends STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: PM Shehbaz Sharif welcomes Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah prior to their meeting at the Prime Minister House. PHOTO: NNI ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday welcomed Kuwait’s ratification of the Pakistan-Kuwait Defence Cooperation Agreement, as…
LONDON: Italian football icon Paolo Maldini has been appointed technical director of the national football federation (FIGC) looking to rebuild after Italy’s failure to qualify for a third consecutive World Cup. “Maldini has always been my target,” said newly-appointed FIGC president Giovanni Malago. “I felt he was the right person to oversee the FIGC’s technical sector — a role…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio asserts American citizenship ‘not for sale’ as specialised task force begins crackdown US Secretary of State Marco Rubio listens during a press conference on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Pasay, Philippines on July 22, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS The US has revoked…
Cross-border ETFs on horizon; SECP, NAB ink deal to crack down on illegal deposit schemes ISLAMABAD: The China Financial Futures Exchange has welcomed steps taken by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) to promote investment, expressing strong confidence in the future of Pakistan’s capital markets. In a letter to SECP Chairman Dr Kabir…
Bank of England, Financial Conduct Authority, HM Treasury in talks with NCSC to examine potential vulnerabilities British financial regulators are holding urgent talks with the government’s cybersecurity agency and major banks to assess risks posed by the latest artificial intelligence model from Anthropic, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Officials at the Bank of England…
Among those seized was the man Turkish intelligence identifies as ISIS’s intelligence chief for all of Turkey Turkiye’s National Intelligence Organisation (MIT) on Saturday said 10 ISIS (Daesh) suspects, including one linked to the 2015 Ankara train station attack, were captured in Syria in a joint operation with Syrian intelligence, Turkish security sources said. According…