Stirring up the soul, is it? Is it déjà vu? Is it an illusion? Is it a knee-jerk? Is it real? Is it happening? These are all the questions that... Published 01 May, 2024 04:14am
Business & Finance China’s Q1 GDP growth solid but March data shows feeble demand BEIJING: China’s economy grew faster-than-expected in the first quarter, data showed on Tuesday, offering some... Published 16 Apr, 2024 11:53am
Opinion The blessed and the not-so-blessed economies The world economy is in transition. The richest economies were exposed during Covid. Their might of resources was... Published 15 Apr, 2024 03:56am
World Novavax settles dispute with international vaccine group Gavi NEW YORK: Novavax has agreed to pay back international vaccine group Gavi at least $475 million in cash or vaccines... Published 23 Feb, 2024 06:36am
Pakistan 15 cases of JN.1 Covid variant detected ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for National Health Services and Regulations, Tuesday, confirmed Pakistan has detected... Published 17 Jan, 2024 06:02am
Editorials Covid again EDITORIAL: Now that it’s pretty clear that the Covid virus is making a comeback across the world – particularly... Published 16 Jan, 2024 05:44am
Pakistan Passengers coming from abroad: Govt decides to conduct Covid testing ISLAMABAD: Following the emergence of a new variant, JN-I, of Covid-19 globally, the government of Pakistan has... Published 05 Jan, 2024 03:12am
Opinion Outlook 2024-I Global perspective has recently changed as economies have shown to be more resilient than experts had anticipated.... Published 02 Jan, 2024 05:21am
World Pfizer sues Poland and Hungary over Covid debts BRUSSELS: Pharmaceutical firms Pfizer and BioNTech are suing the governments of Poland and Hungary alleging they... Published 20 Dec, 2023 06:00am
Opinion Misplaced optimism about economy Given elections are scheduled for early February, a few months into 2024 spring will bring into public life a new... Published 15 Dec, 2023 03:12am
BR Research Exports: a recovery rooted in fundamentals? It took 22 months for the stock of banking credit against foreign bill discounting schemes to double from its Covid... Published 29 Nov, 2023 08:46am
Business & Finance China’s industrial profits extend gains as outlook improves BEIJING: Profits at China’s industrial firms extended gains for a third month in October, adding to signs of a... Published 28 Nov, 2023 04:56am
Print PTI issues ‘white paper’ on state of economy ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government put the fast dwindling economy of the country on the path of... Updated 13 Nov, 2023 08:56am
Editorials Fragile state of preparedness EDITORIAL: One would have thought that the recent brush with Covid would force the global community to be better... Published 04 Nov, 2023 06:00am
Editorials Durable solution EDITORIAL: Yet another Pakistani prime minister hit the nail on the head – caretaker PM Kakar this time – as he... Published 24 Sep, 2023 03:21am
Pakistan Covid positivity rate rises to 1.24pc ISLAMABAD: The weekly coronavirus positivity ratio in Pakistan has witnessed an increase from 0.85 percent to 1.24... Published 20 Sep, 2023 06:28am
Pakistan 72 Covid positive cases detected over last week: NIH ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has detected a total 72 coronavirus positive cases over the past week, weekly Covid-19 official... Published 13 Sep, 2023 06:17am
World WHO warns of 'concerning' Covid trends ahead of winter GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Wednesday warned of “concerning trends” for Covid-19 ahead of winter in the... Updated 06 Sep, 2023 09:05pm
Opinion Acting on autopilot From 13.25% policy rate in 2020 to all time high of 22% in 2023, the state of Pakistan’s economy still seems to... Published 31 Aug, 2023 06:00am
Pakistan Doctors & health workers martyred during Covid-19: PM decides to award Tamgha-i-Imtiaz ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday decided to award ‘Tamgha-i-Imtiaz’ (posthumously) to the... Published 12 Aug, 2023 06:26am
Business & Finance Japan exports underwhelm in June TOKYO: Japan’s annual exports grew much-less than expected in June, highlighting weak Chinese and Western demand... Published 24 Jul, 2023 06:11am
World 165m people fell into poverty in 3 years of crisis: UN UNITED NATIONS: The Covid-19 pandemic, the cost-of-living crisis and the war in Ukraine have pushed 165 million... Published 15 Jul, 2023 06:08am
Opinion TERF: We’re always on home turf when it comes to criticism! TERF (temporary economic refinance facility) was a hot topic last week. The scheme was offered at the time of Covid... Updated 10 Jul, 2023 07:32am
Opinion Climate change crisis and multilateralism ‘I played a key role as chair of the African Union during the Covid period. We felt like we were beggars when it... Updated 07 Jul, 2023 06:04am
Business & Finance Cathay Pacific forecasts first-half profit HONG KONG: Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific on Friday predicted a return to profitability in the first half of... Published 03 Jul, 2023 06:04am
World WHO warns Covid ‘has not gone away’ COPENHAGEN: The World Health Organization’s European office on Tuesday warned the risk of Covid-19 has not gone... Published 28 Jun, 2023 06:31am
World First Covid vaccine side-effect claims land in German courts HAMBURG: Vaccine-maker BioNTech faced Monday its first legal claim in its home country of Germany over adverse... Published 12 Jun, 2023 05:17pm
World UK opposition demands election amid Johnson ‘farce’ LONDON: UK opposition leader Keir Starmer on Sunday demanded a general election as three MPs from the ruling... Published 12 Jun, 2023 06:26am
Print Covid-19 Active Response & Expenditure Support: ADB’s IED terms ‘Pakistan Programme’ highly successful ISLAMABAD: The Independent Evaluation Department (IED) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has rated “Pakistan:... Updated 07 Jun, 2023 09:09am
Business & Finance Air travel to soar near record in 2023: industry group ISTANBUL: Airlines will return to profit and fly a near-record 4.35 billion passengers this year, but the sector’s... Published 06 Jun, 2023 05:33am
Attachment of bank accounts of taxpayers: FBR orders sales tax/FED recovery only after approval by field committees
