Delegation will comprise 15 to 16 representatives of Pakistan’s business and investment community ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani business delegation will visit Kigali from September 23 to 25 to participate in the Rwanda-Pakistan Investment Forum, aimed at expanding trade, investment and business-to-business cooperation. The announcement was made at a press conference hosted by the Rwanda High Commission…
HARARE: Australia registered another emphatic win over hosts Zimbabwe to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in their One Day International series as Travis Head hit a century in Friday’s 84-run win. Head bludgeoned 112 runs off 84 balls as the visitors’ top order laid the platform for victory in the second of three ODIs at…
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday warned Sindh police officials of possible contempt proceedings over delays in registering FIRs, reiterating that any future defiance of its directions on prompt registration would invite action against the responsible officers. The warning came as a two-judge bench comprising Justice Muhammad Hashim Khan Kakar and Justice Salahuddin Panhwar upheld…
KARACHI: Gold prices in Pakistan rose sharply on Friday, tracking gains in the international bullion market, as softer crude oil prices eased concerns over prolonged inflationary pressures while a stronger US dollar limited the advance. The price of gold increased by Rs6,900 per tola to reach Rs460,336, according to rates released by the All-Pakistan Gems…
Pentagon watchdog says hundreds of structures hit, senior service member warns repairs to take ‘decades’ Images of damage to Camp Buehring in Kuwait, released and annotated by Iranian state-affiliated media. (Washington Post illustration; Center row: Iranian state-affiliated media; Background: Planet, with Post annotation) US military bases in the Middle East have sustained heavy damage from…
Participants discuss country’s political situation, ongoing crisis in Middle East, its impact on Pakistan ISLAMABAD: The opposition alliance on Friday decided to convene an all-parties conference to help address the country’s political and economic crises and declared that its September 27 long march would be a “peaceful, constitutional and democratic” struggle. According to a statement…
Insist they must have equal say with centre in deciding fate of oil, gas resources The government of Balochistan says excluding the CCI from administrative matters is not tenable since the cumulative provisions of Article 154, 156 and 172(3) provide for enhanced supervisory role of the council in the operational framework for oil and natural…
. HAVANA: Cuba’s electricity grid suffered a total collapse on Friday, plunging the island into a nationwide blackout as fuel shortages, deteriorating infrastructure and prolonged power cuts continue to strain its ageing energy system. “A total disconnection of the electrical system has occurred,” the energy ministry said in a post on X, without specifying the…
UNITED NATIONS: Rebeca Grynspan narrowly topped an indicative poll of the UN’s most powerful body, the Security Council, on Friday as it chooses the embattled organisation’s next leader, according to a diplomatic source. Grynspan – Costa Rica’s former vice president who has taken leave from her post at the UN trade and development body (UNCTAD)…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is preparing to send another high-level delegation to Tehran in a fresh diplomatic push aimed at breaking the stalemate between Iran and the United States as well as containing rapidly escalating tensions between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthis, officials said on Friday. There was no official confirmation of the planned visit from Islamabad…