Shares at PSX soar 800 points in intraday trade after rate cut, IMF meeting date – Business
Shares at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) rallied more than 800 points on Friday, a day after the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) cut its key policy rate by 200 basis points. The benchmark KSE-100 index climbed 868.08, or 1.1 per cent, to stand at 79,857.77 points from the previous close of 79,017.61 points. Awais […]
Shah Mahmood Qureshi warns of major crisis if policies not reconsidered – Pakistan
LAHORE: Former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday urged the government to reconsider its policies, warning that failure to do so could plunge the country into a major crisis. Talking to reporters in an anti-terrorism court, the PTI leader alleged that the government was obstructing the implementation of the Constitution, laws, and court orders, […]
Dialogue urged with dissidents to defuse Balochistan crisis – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: As the security situation in Balochistan continues to deteriorate, experts gathered at a roundtable discussion on the province’s escalating crisis warned that the government’s failure to engage in meaningful dialogue with Baloch dissidents is exacerbating the conflict, with one analyst cautioning that the prolonged “deadlock” is driving insurgents towards increasingly extreme forms of violence, […]
Attack on ‘prestige of parliament’ unites senators – Pakistan
• Govt, opposition members condemn NA raid, seek action against those involved• ANP, JUI-F members raise issue of cops’ protest in KP ISLAMABAD: The raid by plainclothesmen inside the National Assembly to arrest PTI members united the government and opposition lawmakers in the upper house on Thursday as they sought action against those responsible for […]
Afghanistan-New Zealand Test faces complete washout after day four called off – Sport
GREATER NOIDA: Television crew is pictured on the field while it rains at the start of the one-off Test cricket match between Afghanistan and New Zealand at the Greater Noida Sports Complex on Thursday.—AFP GREATER NOIDA: Rain forced the fourth successive day of the only Test between Afghanistan and New Zealand to be called off […]
Privatisation myth – Business – DAWN.COM
BEYOND sensational late-night arrests of opposition MNAs, impunity for abductors and unending intrigue, there is a remarkable degree of continuity and consistency in how the Pakistani ruling class rules. Working people and ethnic peripheries are of secondary importance to all who occupy the corridors of power; their primary concern is to appease big creditors and […]
Trump rules out another debate with Kamala – World
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump said on Thursday he would not participate in another televised debate with his Democratic rival Vice President Kamala Harris. “THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE!” the Republican candidate wrote on his Truth Social platform, including in his tally the earlier debate with US President Joe Biden in June and his Tuesday showdown […]
Sweden offers immigrants $34,000 to leave country – World
STOCKHOLM: Sweden plans to boost payments to up to $34,000 to immigrants who leave the nation that has been a haven for the war-weary and persecuted, the right-wing government said on Thursday. The Scandinavian country was for decades seen as a “humanitarian superpower”, but over the years has struggled to integrate many of its newcomers. […]
FIA books KP chief minister’s aide, others for scandalising judge – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has registered a First Information Report (FIR) against an adviser to the chief minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), an official of the KP Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) and a vlogger for scandalising the special judge (central) Islamabad in connection with a land dispute case. The ACE KP on Sept 9 registered […]
Over 3,000 Kissan cards to be distributed in Hazro – Pakistan
TAXILA: Member district monitoring committee and former provincial Minister Jahangir Khanzada announced that as many as 3,077 farmers from Hazro would be facilitated under the Punjab Chief Minister’s Agriculture Transformation Programme. He made these remarks while addressing a Kissan card distribution ceremony, held to assist local farmers and peasants in Hazro and adjoining areas. The […]