US unleashes new wave of strikes on Iran after reinstating oil sanctions over attacks in Strait of Hormuz – World
The US military unleashed a new wave of strikes against Iran on Tuesday and revoked a licence allowing the country to sell oil after three tankers were hit by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz, putting pressure on an already fragile ceasefire. After a day in which huge crowds mourned Iran’s assassinated supreme leader Ayatollah […]
Gold prices in Pakistan Today
KARACHI: Gold prices continued to decline for the fourth consecutive day in global and local markets on Wednesday. In the international bullion market, the price of gold fell by $47 per ounce, reaching $4,078 per ounce. According to the All-Pakistan Gems and Jewellers Sarafa Association (APGJSA), the price of gold per tola in the local […]
Making every rupee compound – Business
PAKISTAN’S economic debate is trapped in a distracting quarrel — whether banks lend too much to government and too little to enterprise. Allocation matters, but it is not the binding constraint. On the State Bank’s consolidated estimates, with the share of development spending shrinking, a rupee of government spending now multiplies about 0.71 in output […]
PSX rattled by Middle East tensions
KSE-100 Index falls 1,833.99 points to 184,421.56 by midday as investors continue broad-based selling KARACHI: Fresh geopolitical uncertainty jolted investor confidence on Wednesday, unleashing a sharp sell-off at the Pakistan Stock Exchange that briefly pushed the benchmark KSE-100 Index down almost 2,500 points during the opening minutes of trading. The sell-off was triggered by heightened […]
Karachi ranked among ‘least liveable cities’ in the world – Pakistan
KARACHI has been ranked among the ‘least-liveable cities in the world’, ranking 170th among 173 cities on the Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual Global Liveability Index 2026. The only cities ranked below Karachi include Dhaka, Tripoli and Damascus, while war-torn Tehran (164) and Kyiv (166) scored slightly higher. According to EIU, issues such as congested roads […]
Systemic failure – Newspaper – DAWN.COM
THE spectacle of a number of cabinet ministers at an investment conference in Istanbul last week offers an insight into the current government’s perception of how to fix Pakistan’s problems. Of course, the inseparable duo of the prime minister and deputy PM was there too. The two may well have secured a place in the […]
Terrorism threat – Newspaper – DAWN.COM
THE surge in terrorist violence in Balochistan highlights the renewed threat confronting Pakistan. The martyrdom of at least nine policemen in Ziarat and the arrest of two alleged BLA operatives in Karachi on Tuesday, preceded by deadly violence near Quetta a day earlier, indicate that terrorist groups retain both the capability and intent to challenge […]
US unleashes new wave of strikes on Iran after reinstating oil sanctions over attacks in Strait of Hormuz – World
The US military unleashed a new wave of strikes against Iran on Tuesday and revoked a licence allowing the country to sell oil after three tankers were hit by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz, putting pressure on an already fragile ceasefire. After a day in which huge crowds mourned Iran’s assassinated supreme leader Ayatollah […]
17 killed as deadly storms buffet China; over 130,000 evacuated – World
BEIJING: The death toll from devastating storms in parts of China rose to 17 on Tuesday, with hundreds more injured and tens of thousands evacuated, as President Xi Jinping urged “all out” rescue efforts. Over 130,000 people were evacuated, but 11 are still missing, regional officials told a news conference, adding that the rain has […]
US, Japan, South Korea sign cooperation agreement for deployment of small modular reactors
MOC advances mutual security interests, helps partner countries meet energy security needs, says US State Department The United States, Japan and South Korea signed an agreement Tuesday on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Ankara, Türkiye to establish a framework for trilateral cooperation aimed at accelerating the deployment of small modular reactors (SMRs) in […]