Pricing delay raises shortage of medicine, counterfeiting risks – Pakistan
• Federal cabinet yet to decide on proposals despite Drap recommending price revisions for 105 hardship-category medicines over two years ago• Prolonged shortages creating opportunities for illegal suppliers to fill the gap, chemists’ body warns KARACHI: The prolonged shortage of more than 100 essential medicines, including life-saving drugs for cancer, heart disease and other serious […]
Banking inertia – Newspaper – DAWN.COM
PRIME Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s latest call to banks to expand lending to SMEs is nothing new. Every government over the last three decades has made a similar appeal. Ambitious targets are announced, committees are formed and banks are urged to finance sectors that generate employment and exports. However, little changes. No doubt, raising SME lending’s […]
Five labourers shot dead near Pakistan-Iran border – Pakistan
• Workers hailing from Punjab killed after terrorists opened fire on shops in Washuk• PM flays India-backed terror outfits, slams killing as ‘barbaric, cowardly’ act• Seven more terrorists killed in Operation Shaban• CM Bugti reviews operation, visits Hanna Urak• 108 suspects held across Balochistan QUETTA: Five workers hailing from Punjab were gunned down in Mashkel […]
Stakeholders blamed for Tarbela-5 cofferdam collapse – Business
ISLAMABAD: A government-constituted inquiry committee has held all three key stakeholders — the contractor, consultant and employer (Wapda) — responsible for the cofferdam collapse at the 1,530MW Tarbela-5 Extension Hydropower Project, citing post-contract unauthorised design changes as one of the main reasons for the incident. The collapse has contributed to at least a two-year delay […]
Bangkok pub fire kills 27, police investigating possible negligence
Blocked emergency exits, flammable materials under scrutiny as 63 hurt, 22 critically Forensic police officials inspect the site of a deadly fire at a pub in Bangkok, Thailand, July 13, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS An explosive fire at a pub in Thailand’s capital Bangkok killed 27 people and injured dozens, officials said on Monday, with police investigating possible negligence including obstructed emergency exits as people scrambled to flee the burning […]
Iran expands attacks on Gulf states after US strikes, says Strait of Hormuz closed
Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, July 8, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS US and Iranian forces have exchanged heavy missile and drone assaults, with Tehran targeting US facilities in states across the Gulf on Sunday and saying it had again closed the vital Strait of Hormuz. The renewed violence casts further doubt on […]
Sinner fends off Zverev in power battle to retain Wimbledon crown – Sport
Italian top seed Jannik Sinner resisted an all-out onslaught by an inspired Alexander Zverev to retain his Wimbledon crown in a thunderous final and claim a fifth Grand Slam title on Sunday. Zverev, in his first Wimbledon final hot on the heels of winning the French Open, threatened an upset after taking an intense opening […]
Tehran says Strait of Hormuz shut as US launches fresh strikes on Iran; Gulf states hit – World
The US military launched fresh strikes on Iran after the latter struck a container ship on Sunday, while Tehran said it had again closed the Strait of Hormuz and escalated attacks on US facilities in states across the Gulf. The strikes were the latest in a cycle of attacks and counter-attacks as Iran seeks to […]
Former Qatari emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani dies at 74; Pakistan to observe day of mourning on Monday – World
Qatar’s government on Sunday announced the death of former leader Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who led the country from 1995 to 2013. He was 74, according to a government website. “With hearts steadfast in faith in God’s decree and destiny, the Bureau of the Emir mourns the great loss to the nation of […]
‘We will not give up Indus’: PPP holds Sindh-wide rallies condemning India’s threats to Pakistan’s water share – Pakistan
HYDERABAD/KARACHI: PPP on Sunday staged rallies across Sindh to condemn India’s unilateral attempt to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) and its plans to divert Pakistani waters in the Indus river system. Water and the IWT remain a contentious issue between India and Pakistan, following New Delhi’s unilateral abeyance of the accord last year — […]