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Iranian delegation arrives in Switzerland for US talks: Bern

We welcome the arrival of the Iranian delegation in Switzerland, the Swiss foreign ministry

Published 21 Jun, 2026 03:55am

World

US VP Vance departs Washington for Iran talks in Switzerland

I think we're going to hopefully make progress on the nuclear issue, make progress on the Lebanon ceasefire issue. Those are the two big things that I think we're to be focused on, Vance

Published 21 Jun, 2026 03:49am

Aurangzeb stoutly defends FY27 budget

The minister said the government had received positive feedback from lawmakers and stakeholders regarding the budget

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Finance body approves increase in token tax

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance on Saturday approved a substantial increase in token...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

NA approves Rs40.74trn charged expenditure from Federal Consolidated Fund

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Saturday approved charged expenditure amounting to Rs40.742 trillion from the...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Historic saving of Rs5bn achieved in NA’s budget: Speaker

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq said that a historic saving of Rs5 billion had been achieved...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Policy & Enforcement: govt estimates tax measures to generate over Rs1trn

ISLAMABAD: The government has worked out the revenue impact of around Rs1.02 trillion of the proposed...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Govt to amend tobacco rules to eliminate WAP concept

ISLAMABAD: The government is set to amend the Tobacco Marketing Control Rules, 2016 and Martial Law Order (MLO) 487...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

NA body approves National Tariff Policy 2025-30

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance on Saturday approved the second phase of National...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Govt to remove age restriction of 5 years on commercial imports of used cars

ISLAMABAD: Federal Secretary, Ministry of Commerce Jawad Paul on Saturday disclosed before National Assembly...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

Naqvi arrives in Tehran

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi arrived in Tehran on Saturday and held separate meetings with Iranian...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

World

Trump heaps praise on Pakistan for mediation

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has credited Pakistan with “really helping” the United States secure a peace deal...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

World

US forces denies Iran’s claims of closure

WASHINGTON: The US military on Saturday denied Iran’s claims that it had closed the Strait of Hormuz, saying the...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

Iran-US technical talks: PM Shehbaz, Field Marshal Asim Munir depart for Switzerland

Discussions being held as follow-up to recently signed Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding

Updated 21 Jun, 2026 02:56am

World

China’s rare earths curbs extend pressure on supply to Japan

SINGAPORE: China’s exports to Japan of several rare earths used for powerful magnets were negligible in May, data...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

NA proceedings marred by bitter political exchanges

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Saturday turned what were meant to be advisory Senate budget recommendations...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

PCCR reviews budget from child rights perspective

ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Caucus on Child Rights (PCCR) reviewed the Federal Budget 2026–27 from a child rights...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

SC rules generators producing taxable supplies not ‘stock in trade’

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has held that generators and generating sets imported and installed with plant and...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

Seven killed in twin explosions in Bannu

PESHAWAR: At least seven people were killed and three others injured in two consecutive explosions in the Barghantu...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

ATC sentences four PTI leaders to 10 years in prison each

LAHORE: The Anti-Terrorism Court on Saturday awarded 10-year imprisonment each to PTI leaders Dr Yasmin Rashid, Ijaz...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

Qureshi acquitted

LAHORE: The Anti-Terrorism Court on Saturday acquitted former foreign minister and PTI vice-chairman Shah Mehmood...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

World

Driver killed, 28 in hospital as UK train collision probed

BEDFORD, (United Kingdom): UK accident investigators were on Saturday probing the cause of a train collision north...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

Policy-based loan inked with ADB

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a Policy-Based Loan (PBL) under the Insurance...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

Pensioner’s verification process from home digitized: Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb has announced that the government has introduced a new...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

World

Trump escalates spat with Italy’s Meloni over G7 photo claim

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump escalated a diplomatic row with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

LHC urges law on magistrate case dismissal procedure

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court proceeding with a petition against a magistrate noted that law in the Punjab contains...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

CAP urges PM to restore uniform retail closing time

LAHORE: The Chainstore Association of Pakistan (CAP) has urged the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Federal...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

'Cotton crop situation across Punjab highly encouraging'

LAHORE:Punjab Secretary of Agriculture Iftikhar Ali Sahoo has said that according to field reports, the cotton crop...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

FGEHA launches environment-friendly residential developments

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Government Employees Housing Authority (FGEHA) has initiated practical measures to transform...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

Jam for mechanism to ensure immediate impact of fuel price cuts

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan on Saturday called for a transparent and efficient mechanism...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

LHC approached against capacity charges in electricity bills

LAHORE: A citizen approached the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday, against the inclusion of capacity charges in...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

Pakistan can increase mango exports to China: PCJCCI

LAHORE: Commercial Ambassador Pakistan China Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCJCCI) Adeel Munawar has said...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

SACM Muzzammil terms KP budget a ‘historic financial plan

PESHAWAR: Advisor to Chief Minister on Finance Muzzammil Aslam termed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Budget for Fiscal Year...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

SAPM Sanaullah refutes propaganda of replacement of PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Adviser on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah on Saturday warned those spreading baseless...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Editorials

A crisis decades in the making

EDITORIAL: Few national failures have been forecast as accurately and ignored as consistently as Pakistan’s water...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Editorials

A preventable tragedy

EDITORIAL: The horrific loss of at least 10 lives, including five children, in a fiery crash on the Islamabad-Murree...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

SHC dismisses multiple petitions

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has dismissed multiple petitions filed by beneficiaries of one of Karachi’s...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

Security during Muharram: Punjab govt finalises its plan

LAHORE: With over 6,800 gatherings and 1,500 processions scheduled across the Gujranwala and Gujarat divisions for...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

Five officials of food dept dismissed

KARACHI: The Sindh Food Department has taken strict departmental action against officials found involved in...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

World Refugee Day: Governor calls for global action on refugee crisis

KARACHI: Sindh Governor Syed Muhammad Nihal Hashmi on Saturday called on the international community to take...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

It’s about time govt put economy on sustainable footing: PBIF chief

KARACHI: Mian Zahid Hussain, President of the Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF) and All Karachi...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

SU, UNFPA launch academic initiative to combat gender-based violence

HYDERABAD: In a landmark step towards strengthening gender-responsive education and safeguarding mechanisms in...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

CDA, Bangladesh agree to enhance cooperation at municipal level

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Bangladesh have agreed to enhance cooperation at the...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

Govt cautioned: ‘Dumping of imported goods to destroy local ceramic industry’

ISLAMABAD: The ceramic tiles and glass industries cautioned the government on Saturday that massive reduction of...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

Concerns voiced over failure to develop projects for resources secured under IMF’s RSF

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan risks undermining its international credibility and future access to climate financing after...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

FJC demands FED reduction on fruit juices

ISLAMABAD: The reduction of Federal Excise Duty (FED) on fruit juices from 20 percent to 10 percent, through an...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

Pre-Canada Day, Ontario Day reception

MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO: In a remarkable celebration of unity, multiculturalism, patriotism, and cultural diplomacy,...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

CM slams Bannu blast, mourns loss of lives

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif has strongly condemned the bomb blast in the Bannu area and...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

President, PM condemn Bannu IED attack

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Saturday, strongly condemned the...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

Dar leaves for Cairo

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Saturday departed for Cairo,...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

Police implementing strict security steps: spokesperson

LAHORE: On the directions of Inspector General Police Punjab Abdul Kareem, Punjab Police ensured strict security...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

FCCI President welcomes reduction in prices of POL products

FAISALABAD: Farooq Yousaf Sheikh, President Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FCCI), welcomed the...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

Rs80bn saved through e-tendering: 100pc transparency & quality hallmark of governance model: Maryam

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has said that 100 percent transparency and 100 percent quality are...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

Punjab minister seeks report on hazardous manholes

LAHORE: Punjab Housing Minister Bilal Yasin expressed serious concern and anger over recent incidents involving...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

CM calls for peace on ‘World Refugee Day’

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, in her message on World Refugee Day, said that becoming a refugee...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

New building of honorary consulate of Hungary inaugurated

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Human Rights and Minority Affairs, Sardar Ramesh Singh Arora, attended the inauguration...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

Punjab PA session: Uproar marks second day of budget debate

LAHORE: The second day of the general debate on the Punjab budget was marked by intense protests and heated...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

Opposition in Sindh PA rejects budget, assails govt for ‘failing’ to improve civic infrastructure

KARACHI: Opposition members in the Sindh Assembly on Saturday rejected the provincial budget for the upcoming fiscal...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

UBG president welcomes significant reduction in oil prices

KARACHI: Patron-in-Chief of United Business Group (UBG), SM Tanveer, and President Zubair Tufail have welcomed Prime...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

Lawmakers urged to adopt balanced approach to proposed RoW reforms

ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan moves forward with plans to strengthen its digital infrastructure and prepare for the rollout...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

PTI accuses govt of presenting misleading economic indicators

ISLAMABAD: The opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday launched a scathing critique of the federal...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

Man’s killing in fake encounter: Court orders FIR against nine policemen

SUKKUR: The Sukkur sessions court on Saturday ordered registration of FIR against nine policemen over killing of a...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

Business leaders criticise federal budget, call for structural economic reforms

KARACHI: Leaders of the Businessmen Panel (BMP) of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

Islamabad witnesses various crimes, including murder cases

ISLAMABAD: The federal capital witnessed an increase in heinous crimes over the past week, with four murder cases,...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

Juvenile driving permit launched for 16-year-old youth

LAHORE: A new system of motorcycle driving has been introduced for 16-year-old youth, under which the issuance of...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

LHC approached against capacity charges in electricity bills

LAHORE: A citizen approached the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday, against the inclusion of capacity charges in...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

Lesco drive leads to 14 arrests

LAHORE: The Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) has intensified its crackdown on electricity theft in Kasur...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

Punjab minister urges probe into Sikh couple’s murder in Mardan

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Minority Affairs Sardar Ramesh Singh Arora has urged the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Pakistan

PPP becomes largest political party in GB Assembly

GILGIT: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has become the largest political party in the Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Assembly...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Business & Finance

NA panel calls for action against defaulting OMCs on levy payments

Pakistan govt has set Rs1.677trn target in petroleum levy in FY2026-27

Published 20 Jun, 2026 10:02pm

World

Iran negotiators leave for Switzerland to discuss US deal: state media

Says they would follow up and demand implementation of the other party’s commitments under the deal

Published 20 Jun, 2026 09:56pm

World

US military 'vigilant' after Iran announces Hormuz closure

Iran announced it was closing the strait in response to Israeli strikes on Lebanon

Published 20 Jun, 2026 09:05pm

Perspectives

Beyond friendship: building the next chapter of Pakistan-China cooperation

The celebration of the 75th Anniversary of diplomatic relations between Pakistan and China is far more than a...

Published 20 Jun, 2026 08:30pm

World

US VP Vance says expects Switzerland trip in coming days for Iran talks

Says Kushner, Witkoff are already in Switzerland, handling some of the technical elements of the talks

Published 20 Jun, 2026 07:50pm

Pakistan

Iran-US technical talks scheduled for Sunday in Switzerland, says FO

Representatives of US and Iran, along with mediators from Pakistan and Qatar, to participate in discussions, Islamabad says

Published 20 Jun, 2026 07:28pm

World

Iran says Hormuz closed again after Israel strikes Lebanon

Iran had agreed to reopen Hormuz under the preliminary agreement with the US

Updated 20 Jun, 2026 10:04pm

Markets

Iraq projects oil production to return to pre-war levels within two months

Before the war broke out in late February, Iraq exported about 3.5 million barrels per day of oil

Published 20 Jun, 2026 05:53pm

Sports

Krishna, Jaiswal power India to ODI sweep against Afghanistan

India dominated Afghanistan, sweeping the ODI series 3-0

Updated 20 Jun, 2026 08:59pm

Pakistan

ATC sentences PTI leaders to 10 years in May 9 riots case

Acquits Shah Mahmood Qureshi

Published 20 Jun, 2026 04:18pm

Business & Finance

Aurangzeb says Finance Bill to incorporate key parliamentary recommendations

Dismisses opposition's criticism of federal budget

Updated 20 Jun, 2026 05:59pm

Life & Style

James Burrows, prolific innovator in US TV comedies, dead at 85

Burrows won 11 Emmy awards for excellence in television and helmed more than 1,000 episodes of hit programs

Published 20 Jun, 2026 01:21pm

Markets

Gold price per tola drops marginally in Pakistan

International rate of gold declines by $0.4 to reach $4,155 per ounce

Updated 20 Jun, 2026 05:58pm

Business & Finance

BMPP concerned at Rs8tn interest payment

High interest rates compound Pakistan's fiscal pressures, says Ijaz

Published 20 Jun, 2026 12:30pm

Sports

Paraguay hold on for 1-0 win over Turkiye despite Almiron red card

SANTA CLARA: Ten-man Paraguay scored the fastest goal of the World Cup so far to beat Turkiye 1-0 in a dramatic...

Published 20 Jun, 2026 12:23pm

World

Mohsin Naqvi, Abbas Araghchi discuss regional situation in Tehran meeting

Naqvi likely to discuss progress of negotiations between Iran, US

Updated 20 Jun, 2026 10:46pm

World

Japan to target $2.3 trillion public-private investment by 2040, Nikkei reports

The 370 trillion yen investment initiative, to be unveiled as early as next week

Published 20 Jun, 2026 12:08pm

Pakistan

Seven killed, three badly injured in Bannu twin blasts

Second explosion targets arriving rescuers

Updated 20 Jun, 2026 11:12pm

World

Iranian Guards' business empire to win big if US sanctions liftedre

Tehran and Washington prepare for talks on a deal to end the war

Published 20 Jun, 2026 12:02pm

World

Israeli strikes kill 16 in Lebanon hours after ceasefire

Strikes come hours after ceasefire with Hezbollah took effect

Updated 20 Jun, 2026 06:24pm

Markets

China's rare earths curbs extend pressure on supply to Japan

Beijing introduces export controls on certain heavy rare earths and the magnets that contain them in April 2025

Published 20 Jun, 2026 11:37am

World

Trump envoy, Iranian minister head to Switzerland for talks

Trump says he urged Israel to agree to ceasefire

Updated 20 Jun, 2026 11:13pm

World

FATF removes Namibia and Algeria from ‘grey list’

PARIS: The Financial Action Task Force global anti money-laundering watchdog on Friday removed Namibia and Algeria...

Published 20 Jun, 2026 07:18am

World

Telegram loses bid to overturn India’s temporary blocking of the app

NEW DELHI: Telegram on Friday lost its bid to overturn an Indian government order temporarily banning the messaging...

Published 20 Jun, 2026 07:14am

World

Outrage in Italy after Trump says Meloni ‘begged’ for photo op

ROME: Italy reacted angrily on Friday after reported comments by US President Donald Trump mocking Prime Minister...

Published 20 Jun, 2026 07:09am

Pakistan

Letter on India’s IWT violations handed over to UNSC

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has formally urged the United Nations Security Council to take notice of what it calls...

Published 20 Jun, 2026 07:06am

Pakistan

Pakistan, KSA vow vigilance against attempts to derail talks

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on Friday underscored the need for vigilance against any attempt to derail the...

Published 20 Jun, 2026 07:02am

Business & Finance

Petrol price cut by Rs74, HSD’s by Rs67

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday announced a sharp reduction in domestic fuel prices, lowering...

Published 20 Jun, 2026 06:58am

Business & Finance

Finance ministry rules out additional salary tax relief

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry on Friday categorically ruled out any additional relief for the salaried class...

Published 20 Jun, 2026 06:55am

Business & Finance

Kayani tells NA: Approx 3.5m shopkeepers to be brought into tax net

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Finance and Revenue Bilal Azhar Kayani announced on Friday that approximately 3.5...

Published 20 Jun, 2026 06:50am

CCoSOEs clears independent directors for PNSC board

ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on State-Owned Enterprises (CCoSOEs) on Friday approved the appointment of...

Updated 20 Jun, 2026 09:27am

Editorials

A crisis decades in the making

EDITORIAL: Few national failures have been forecast as accurately and ignored as consistently as Pakistan’s water...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Editorials

A preventable tragedy

EDITORIAL: The horrific loss of at least 10 lives, including five children, in a fiery crash on the Islamabad-Murree...

Published 21 Jun, 2026 02:30am

Editorials

US-Iran breakthrough

EDITORIAL: With President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian finally signing the Islamabad...

Updated 20 Jun, 2026 05:39am

Editorials

Health spending: the cost of neglect

EDITORIAL: The latest Pakistan Economic Survey 2025-26 presents a disturbing picture of the country’s public health...

Updated 20 Jun, 2026 05:42am

Editorials

Why the secrecy

EDITORIAL: The government is hush-hush about the quantum of tax relief offered and new taxes imposed in the recently...

Published 20 Jun, 2026 04:57am

Editorials

Sindh Budget

EDITORIAL: Sindh presented a 3,525 billion-rupee budget with the major reliance for revenue remaining on federal...

Updated 19 Jun, 2026 02:56pm

Editorials

Pakistan’s savings crisis

EDITORIAL: One of the more underappreciated aspects of Pakistan’s economic malaise has been the alarming collapse in...

Updated 19 Jun, 2026 06:24am

Editorials

Punjab Budget

EDITORIAL: The Punjab budget envisages total revenue of 1209 billion rupees from own resources (only 749 billion...

Published 18 Jun, 2026 05:37am

Editorials

Beyond symbolic sanctions

EDITORIAL: France’s decision to ban Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich from entering the country, in...

Updated 18 Jun, 2026 05:59am

Editorials

Maintaining the policy rate

EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Committee met on the previously scheduled date – 15 June – and decided to keep the...

Published 17 Jun, 2026 05:36am

Editorials

From oil shock to hunger crisis

EDITORIAL: The United Nations is now warning that a global hunger crisis feared at the outset of the Middle East...

Published 17 Jun, 2026 05:36am

Editorials

Fiscal fault lines could test budget outlook

EDITORIAL: While the FY2026-27 budget has been framed as a pro-growth package aimed at reviving economic activity...

Published 16 Jun, 2026 04:12am

Editorials

A nation failing its children

EDITORIAL: The scale of Pakistan’s child labour crisis came into sharp focus at the International Labour...

Published 16 Jun, 2026 04:12am

Editorials

Policy contradictions stall progress

EDITORIAL: One of the more damaging flaws of governance in Pakistan today is the disconnect between what...

Published 15 Jun, 2026 02:32am

Editorials

The price of delay

EDITORIAL: Billions of rupees worth of foreign-funded development projects are once again facing delays, not because...

Published 15 Jun, 2026 02:32am

Editorials

Too important to trust locally?

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s long-term development challenge is no mystery. Child malnutrition, stunting, poor educational...

Published 14 Jun, 2026 05:20am

Editorials

Forest fires: A growing environmental emergency

EDITORIAL: The devastating forest fire that recently swept through the Kotli Sattian area of Murree district in...

Updated 14 Jun, 2026 07:00am

Editorials

The Budget

EDITORIAL: The federal finance minister, Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, presented yesterday the third budget of the...

Updated 13 Jun, 2026 06:44am

Editorials

Jul-Mar: growth poor, but still not too bad?

EDITORIAL: The 3.7 percent growth for 2025-26 in the Economic Survey, limited to nine months of data (July-March),...

Published 12 Jun, 2026 06:08am

Editorials

Breaking the cycle of acid attacks

EDITORIAL: The horrific acid attack on a young female doctor at a government hospital in Quetta has once again...

Published 12 Jun, 2026 06:08am

Editorials

The high cost of easy revenues

EDITORIAL: Pakistan is simultaneously running tight fiscal and monetary policies through primary fiscal surpluses...

Published 11 Jun, 2026 05:06am

Editorials

Budget: getting close to plugging the gap

EDITORIAL: Credible though still unconfirmed reports suggest that the two major coalition partners - the Pakistan...

Updated 11 Jun, 2026 06:52am

Editorials

Budget delayed, budget denied?

EDITORIAL: While technically there is no delay in the presentation of the budget to parliament, with 16 June the...

Published 10 Jun, 2026 05:53am

Editorials

A fragile truce

EDITORIAL: The uneasy calm that followed the Iran-US truce agreed in April, and included a halt to hostilities in...

Published 10 Jun, 2026 05:53am

Editorials

Taxing traders: a political test

EDITORIAL: The announcement last week of the Fixed Tax Asaan Scheme for small traders and shopkeepers is the latest...

Published 09 Jun, 2026 04:58am

Editorials

A long-overdue harvest of common sense

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s decision to adopt a National Agricultural Biotechnology Policy comes after years of declining...

Published 09 Jun, 2026 04:58am

Editorials

Budget 26-27: Stabilisation fatigue is now setting in

EDITORIAL: Balancing the budget is becoming increasingly difficult. Despite imposing exorbitant taxes on the formal...

Updated 08 Jun, 2026 08:02am

Editorials

CPEC outcome

EDITORIAL: Federal Minister for Power, Sardar Awais Khan Leghari, during a press conference on Sunday, acknowledged...

Published 08 Jun, 2026 02:29am

Editorials

The death of white gold

EDITORIAL: Punjab’s cotton acreage has fallen to its lowest level in nearly six decades, while national production...

Published 07 Jun, 2026 05:11am

Editorials

The organ trade scandal

EDITORIAL: The revelations emerging from the Supreme Court regarding illegal organ transplantation in Punjab expose...

Published 07 Jun, 2026 05:11am

Editorials

Worrisome export fall

EDITORIAL: When the Uraan Pakistan initiative was launched at the tail end of 2024, it envisioned transforming the...

Updated 06 Jun, 2026 06:57am

Editorials

Pakistan’s investment climate: confidence in short supply

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s investment climate was already struggling long before the latest Business Confidence Index...

Updated 06 Jun, 2026 12:09pm

Editorials

Widening trade deficit

EDITORIAL: Trade deficit July-May 2026 widened to negative 34.758 billion dollars against negative 29.585 billion...

Published 05 Jun, 2026 05:48am

Editorials

Terrorism’s dangerous momentum

EDITORIAL: Pakistan recorded 128 terrorist attacks in May, up 27 percent from April, while civilian deaths rose by...

Published 05 Jun, 2026 05:48am

Editorials

A disturbing tally

EDITORIAL: The disclosure before the Lahore High Court, during the recent hearing of a petition seeking the recovery...

Published 05 Jun, 2026 05:48am

Editorials

Budget postponement raises multiple questions

EDITORIAL: In a press release dated 29 May President Asif Ali Zardari summoned the budget session of the National...

Updated 04 Jun, 2026 12:56pm

Editorials

The cost of impunity

EDITORIAL: The latest escalation of Israeli military operations in southern Lebanon, despite a US-brokered ceasefire...

Updated 04 Jun, 2026 06:48am

Editorials

The plight of PSDP

EDITORIAL: The allocation for next year’s Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP), a prime mover of the country’s...

Published 03 Jun, 2026 02:34am

Editorials

Water cannot be weaponised

EDITORIAL: India’s attempt to weaken the sanctity of the Indus Waters Treaty has elevated a long-standing bilateral...

Published 03 Jun, 2026 02:34am

Editorials

When taxes punish formal businesses

EDITORIAL: While the minister of state for finance has assured a traders’ delegation during recently held...

Updated 02 Jun, 2026 05:37am

Editorials

Defined Contributory Pension

EDITORIAL: Reports suggest that the government intends to implement the Defined Contributory Pension (DCP) in the...

Updated 02 Jun, 2026 05:41am

Editorials

Undoing NFC Award’s population bias

EDITORIAL: A rare political consensus is emerging around one of Pakistan’s most sensitive fiscal questions: whether...

Updated 01 Jun, 2026 05:40am

Editorials

The pope’s AI’s warning

EDITORIAL: Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical “Magnificent Humanity” arrives as a timely moral reckoning with the...

Updated 01 Jun, 2026 05:45am

Editorials

A very harsh annual budget in the offing?

EDITORIAL: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded its mission to Pakistan (13 to 20 May) and in a press...

Published 31 May, 2026 02:34am

Editorials

Bracing for Super El Nino

EDITORIAL: From record-breaking heat waves and destructive floods to prolonged droughts and crop failures, Pakistan...

Published 31 May, 2026 02:34am

Editorials

The cost of mismanagement

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s mega dam projects are once again becoming case studies in the same institutional failures that...

Updated 30 May, 2026 06:09am

Editorials

An impossible bargain

EDITORIAL: US President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to tie the normalisation of relations between Muslim-majority...

Updated 30 May, 2026 07:33am

Editorials

Slow death of a city of teeming millions

EDITORIAL: Karachi’s collapse into one of the world’s least liveable cities is no longer merely an urban planning...

Published 27 May, 2026 03:13am

Editorials

Arrogance of impunity

EDITORIAL: The shocking treatment of international humanitarian activists intercepted aboard the Gaza-bound flotilla...

Updated 27 May, 2026 04:19am

Editorials

Oil smuggling: a dangerous parallel market

EDITORIAL: The surge in Iranian oil smuggling into Pakistan during the ongoing Middle East conflict has exposed...

Updated 26 May, 2026 07:27am

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 19	278.45
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 19	278.25
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 19	161.30
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 19	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 19	1.32
Euro to USD / Jun 19	1.15
SOFR % / Jun 19	3.69

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 18	7,500.58
Nasdaq / Jun 18	26,517.93
Hang Seng / Jun 18	23,924.81
Dow Jones / Jun 18	51,564.70
India Sensex / Jun 19	77,409.98
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 19	71,250.06
FTSE 100 / Jun 19	10,363.27
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 19	24,985.82
France CAC40 / Jun 19	8,421.14

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 19	77.54
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 19	19,280
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 19	374,205
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 19	4,155.71
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 19	79.67
Petrol/Litre / Jun 21	299.50
Diesel/Litre / Jun 21	311.47

Stock	Price
Ghani Chemworld Limited (R) / Jun 19 Ghani Chemworld Limited Right(GCWLR)	5.01 ▲ 1 (24.94%)
Dewan Sugar / Jun 19 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	7.34 ▲ 0.73 (11.04%)
Kohinoor Mills / Jun 19 Kohinoor Mills Limited(KML)	10.76 ▲ 1 (10.25%)
First Fid. Leasing / Jun 19 First Fidelity Leasing Modaraba(FFLM)	20.45 ▲ 1.86 (10.01%)
Quantum Data Tech. / Jun 19 Quantum Data Technologies Limited(QTECH)	45.73 ▲ 4.16 (10.01%)
Husein Industries / Jun 19 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	40.57 ▲ 3.69 (10.01%)
Agritech Limited / Jun 19 Agritech Limited(AGL)	58.21 ▲ 5.29 (10%)
Avanceon Ltd / Jun 19 Avanceon Limited(AVN)	38.39 ▲ 3.49 (10%)
Berger Paints / Jun 19 Berger Paints Pakistan Limited(BERG)	120.97 ▲ 11 (10%)
Buxly Paints / Jun 19 Buxly Paints Limited(BUXL)	189.13 ▲ 17.19 (10%)

Stock	Price
TPL Corp Ltd / Jun 19 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	15.72 ▼ -1.75 (-10.02%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Jun 19 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	20.90 ▼ -2.3 (-9.91%)
Sally Textile / Jun 19 Sally Textile Mills Limited(SLYT)	14.57 ▼ -1.32 (-8.31%)
ICC Industries / Jun 19 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	12.37 ▼ -1.04 (-7.76%)
Asia Ins. / Jun 19 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	35.11 ▼ -2.77 (-7.31%)
TPL Properties / Jun 19 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	10.24 ▼ -0.8 (-7.25%)
Pak. P.V.C. / Jun 19 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	32.28 ▼ -2.45 (-7.05%)
Service Textile / Jun 19 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	39.78 ▼ -2.94 (-6.88%)
Quice Food / Jun 19 Quice Food Industries Limited(QUICE)	34.18 ▼ -2.46 (-6.71%)
First IBL Mod. / Jun 19 First IBL Modaraba(FIBLM)	11.83 ▼ -0.81 (-6.41%)

Stock	Volume
Sui South Gas / Jun 19 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	87,347,852 ▲ 0.69
Kohinoor Spinning / Jun 19 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	80,623,569 ▼ -0.02
TPL Corp Ltd / Jun 19 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	47,045,284 ▼ -1.75
B.O.Punjab / Jun 19 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	34,168,331 ▼ -0.85
TPL Properties / Jun 19 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	33,155,810 ▼ -0.8
K-Electric Ltd. / Jun 19 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	31,689,766 ▼ -0.29
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 19 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	31,520,392 ▼ -0.02
Lotte Chemical / Jun 19 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	31,177,846 ▼ -0.25
Saif Power Ltd. / Jun 19 Saif Power Limited(SPWL)	28,289,747 ▲ 0.69
Maple Leaf Cement / Jun 19 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	23,842,938 ▼ -1.95

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