Aurangzeb reviews IMF programme progress
Finance minister thanked the Fund for recognising Pakistan’s programme ownership and reform progress Finance Minister…
Aurangzeb reviews IMF programme progress
Finance minister thanked the Fund for recognising Pakistan’s programme ownership and reform progress Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb speaks during a Reuters interview at the 2025 annual IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, DC, US, April 25, 2025. Photo: Reuters/ File WASHINGTON: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb held a series of meetings with the senior management of…
Over 43,000 evacuated as wildfires tear through France’s major tourist destination
Authorities order total evacuation of Cap Ferret peninsula as EU activates civil protection mechanism A firefighter works to extinguish flames during a wildfire in Lege-Cap-Ferret in the Gironde department amid worsening drought conditions following a heatwave and water shortages across much of France, July 23, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS More than 43,000 residents and tourists have…
Security forces kill four terrorists in Mastung IBO: state media
Security sources say four terrorists were killed in an intelligence-based operation in Balochistan’s Mastung district. PHOTO: SCREENGRAB Security forces killed four terrorists in an intelligence-based operation in Balochistan’s Mastung district, state-run Radio Pakistan reported on Friday. The operation comes a day after a district and sessions judge and his security guard were killed after unidentified…
PSX continues to lose ground, sheds 1,264 points
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) extended its recent losses in morning trade on Friday, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index falling 1,264.14 points, or 0.74 percent, to 170,475.30 by the time the market was suspended for Friday prayers. The index opened on a weaker note and briefly touched an intra-day high of 171,208.55 before sliding…
China braces for heavy rain as tropical storm Noul edges closer
Landfall expected between Guangdong, Fujian, with rail and ferry services set to halt People use umbrellas in the rain by West Lake after a rainstorm warning was issued for the area in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, July 21, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS China on Friday warned of heavy rain and severe flood risks as the third tropical cyclone this month tracked closer to the…
Dar, Chinese FM discuss bilateral ties on SCO summit sidelines
Wang Yi wishes Pakistan well ahead of 2027 SCO summit hosting, council chairmanship Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyz Republic, July 24, 2026. PHOTO: MoFA/X Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday met with…
Pakistan gets first industrial AI hub
Centre will integrate manufacturing tech, applied research to improve product quality ISLAMABAD: A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed to establish Pakistan’s first-ever Center for Industrial Innovation and AI (CIINAI) at the National University of Technology (NUTECH), Islamabad, according to a statement on Thursday. The MoU was signed between the Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC),…
PM promotes Gen Aamer Raza to four-star rank, appoints him Commander National Strategic Command
Premier congratulates him on his promotion, appointment, wishes him success in his new role Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday promoted Lieutenant General Aamer Raza, the Pakistan Army’s Chief of General Staff, to the rank of four-star general and appointed him as Commander National Strategic Command (CNSC). PHOTO: PMO Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has…
SC rules FCC has exclusive jurisdiction over NAB cases
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court (SC) on Friday ruled that it no longer has jurisdiction to hear cases under the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) law, holding that the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) must hear all criminal appeals and pending petitions under amendments introduced earlier this year. The ruling is expected to affect pending proceedings involving Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf…
Brent hovers above $100/bbl, set for weekly rise on Middle East escalation
The sun sets behind oil pumps outside Vaudoy-en-Brie, near Paris, France, March 18, 2026—REUTERS Brent oil prices hovered above $100 per barrel on Friday while heading for their fourth week of gains, driven by concerns about disrupted energy flows in the Red Sea and fears of further escalation in the US-Israeli war on Iran. Brent…
