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Pakistan

UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan arrives in Pakistan, bilateral cooperation on agenda

PM Shehbaz received Nahyan and held a meeting aimed at bilateral cooperation

Updated 25 Jan, 2023 05:10pm

Markets

In Bloomberg interview, Imran says will back continued role of IMF if he wins election

Says will reappoint Shaukat Tarin as finance minister

Updated 25 Jan, 2023 04:55pm

Pakistan

ECP recommends Punjab, KP governments hold elections in April

Urges Punjab to hold elections between April 9-13 and KP to do so between April 15-17

Updated 25 Jan, 2023 04:41pm

Markets

AKD Group also looks to acquire majority stake in EFG Hermes Pakistan

AKD Group Holdings (Pvt.) Limited has expressed its intention to acquire at least 51% of the issued and outstanding...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 12:53pm

Pakistan

India invites Bilawal, CJP to SCO meet

ISLAMABAD: India has invited the Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Atta...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 06:25am

Pakistan

Supply of electricity to Karachi restored, finally

KARACHI: Power supply to Karachi including residential, commercial and industrial zones, KWSB’s water pumping...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 06:25am

Govt still clueless about cause of power outage

ISLAMABAD: Admitting that the teams have not yet been able to determine exact source of fault in the system even...

Updated 25 Jan, 2023 08:52am

LHC has held that Section 8(2) (b) of Finance Act is valid

ISLAMABAD: The Lahore High Court (LHC) held that Section 8(2) (b) of the Finance Act, 2022, is valid, ...

Updated 25 Jan, 2023 08:53am

Business & Finance

Dar, Qatari minister discuss avenues to enhance cooperation

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar and Minister of Finance, State of...

Updated 25 Jan, 2023 08:55am

World

Pompeo says US averted nuclear war between India, Pakistan

WASHINGTON: Former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo wrote in a book published Tuesday that India and Pakistan came...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 06:25am

Markets

Exchange companies set to remove ‘self-imposed price cap’ on open-market dollars

Association says it will sell the foreign currency in accordance with demand-supply dynamics

Published 24 Jan, 2023 07:46pm

Pakistan

IRWA distributes braille books to commemorate international day of education

A large number of Braille books, prepared at the publication department of Ida Rieu Welfare Association (IRWA), were...

Published 24 Jan, 2023 07:01pm

Pakistan

US says dialogue between India, Pakistan 'a matter for those two countries'

Statement comes after PM Shehbaz Sharif had asked Indian PM Narendra Modi to hold talks to resolve issues

Updated 24 Jan, 2023 05:10pm

Pakistan

Religious scholars describe armed campaign as open rebellion, forbidden

ISLAMABAD: Renowned religious scholars from different schools of thought from across the country on Monday issued a...

Published 24 Jan, 2023 08:20am

Pakistan

Critical Covid cases drop to 9

ISLAMABAD: The number of critical Covid-19 cases in Pakistan dropped to nine, the lowest in over two years, the...

Published 24 Jan, 2023 08:07am

Pakistan

Bilawal reaches Tashkent

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari arrived in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Monday, to attend the 26th...

Published 24 Jan, 2023 08:03am

Pakistan

Naqeebullah Mehsud case: Rao Anwar and other police officers acquitted

KARACHI: A court on Monday cleared more than a dozen police officers of the 2018 killing of a Karachi shopkeeper, ...

Published 24 Jan, 2023 06:06am

Country hit by major power outage

ISLAMABAD: The country on Monday witnessed another prolonged power breakdown due to wide frequency, voltage and load...

Updated 24 Jan, 2023 09:05am

Pakistan begins restoring power

ISLAMABAD: Government began restoring power to millions of people on Monday after a breakdown in the grid triggered...

Updated 24 Jan, 2023 08:55am

Life & Style

Outrage over outage: Twitter erupts as Pakistan experiences another major power breakdown

Pakistan last experienced a massive power disruption in October last year

Published 23 Jan, 2023 06:22pm

World

Billions still exposed to toxic trans fat: WHO

GENEVA: Efforts to eliminate industrially-produced fat have a long way to go with five billion people exposed to...

Published 23 Jan, 2023 03:17pm

Pakistan

Anti-Terrorism Court acquits former SSP Rao Anwar in Naqeebullah Mehsud murder case

Mehsud was an aspiring model, killed by Anwar in an alleged encounter in 2018

Updated 23 Jan, 2023 08:41pm

Pakistan

Power restoration remains underway as outage lasts nearly 18 hours

Energy minister Khurram Dastgir had earlier given a deadline of 10pm for complete restoration of power supply

Updated 24 Jan, 2023 12:28am

Pakistan

Kashmiris have formed global alliance to push for their freedom: Dr Shah

MIRPUR (AJK): The International Kashmiri diaspora, currently functioning under various names and flags, will now...

Published 23 Jan, 2023 06:51am

Pakistan

Seven Pak soldiers among 32 peacekeepers killed in 2022: UN body

NEW YORK: At least 32 UN peacekeeping personnel, including seven from Pakistan, were killed in deliberate attacks...