Situationer: How the US stabilisation fund could help Pakistan – Newspaper
PAKISTAN’S request for a $10 billion Exchange Stabilisation Support Facility from the US Treasury involves one of Washington’s most powerful, but least understood financial tools. Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb requested the facility, with a maturity period of up to five years, during a visit to Washington earlier this month. The request comes as Pakistan continues […]
Parts of Punjab, Sindh face urban flooding risk – Pakistan
• Tarbela, Mangla levels continue to rise amid monsoon rains• Medium-flood at Guddu and Sukkur barrages; Chenab may reach high-flood at Marala• PDMA says 45 killed in Punjab LAHORE: As the River Indus continues to flow at a medium flood level at Guddu and Sukkur barrages, water levels in the country’s major reservoirs — Tarbela […]
Naqvi’s remarks ignite fresh debate in political circles – Newspaper
ISLAMABAD / HYDERABAD / LAHORE: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi’s call for an overhaul of the country’s governance structure and the carving out of new administrative units has ignited an animated debate across the country, with the PPP referring the question to its top decision-making forum, the Sindh chief minister flatly rejecting it, Lahore’s lawyers terming […]
India’s Modi says punishing student protesters will not resolve situation
Authorities file cases against hundreds of demonstrators after some clash with forces, shouted abusive slogans at PM The Cockroach Janta Party protests have emerged as one of the biggest challenges to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. PHOTO:AFP Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he wanted to forgive students who hurled expletives at him during protests […]
US-backed Venezuela talks to begin without opposition leader Machado
Jorge Rodriguez, Dinorah Figuera will lead negotiations to remake country’s political system amid eventual elections Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado speaks during a visit at the National Assembly in Panama City, Panama, May 25, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS United States-backed negotiations between Venezuela’s interim government and a faction of the opposition will begin in the coming days, with the country’s most […]
Yemen’s Houthis deny plans to impose fees on ships sailing through Red Sea
Container ships sail across the Gulf of Suez towards the Red Sea before entering the Suez Canal, in El Ain El Sokhna in Suez, east of Cairo, Egypt, March 17, 2018. Picture taken March 17, 2018. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh/File Photo Yemen’s Houthi-run maritime coordination body denied on Saturday that it planned to impose fees on […]
Police unravel killings of foreign woman, kids
LAHORE: Police claimed on Friday to have solved the case of the deaths of a United States national and her three children, alleging that the woman had meticulously planned the incident by purchasing poison online and administering it to the children and consuming it herself. Addressing a news conference, DIG Investigation Zeeshan Raza said the […]
Capital delimitation begins on Aug 1
. People commute on a road near Faisal Mosque, as Pakistan prepares to host the US and Iran for peace talks, in Islamabad. PHOTO: REUTERS ISLAMABAD: The delimitation process for local government elections in the federal capital will formally commence on August 1 and is scheduled to conclude on October 13, 2026. The Election Commission […]
Bugti vows relentless fight against terrorism
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti on Friday reaffirmed the provincial government’s unwavering resolve to eradicate terrorism, declaring that peace would prevail in Balochistan under all circumstances and that the state would never bow before extremist violence or allow any ideology to be imposed through the barrel of a gun. Addressing the passing-out parade […]
Search operation for climbers missing after Broad Peak avalanche suspended due to bad weather – Pakistan
GILGIT: The search and rescue operation for foreign climbers missing after an avalanche at Broad Peak was suspended late Friday due to adverse weather conditions in the region. Three bodies of missing climbers — one each from the United States, Nepal and Oman — were airlifted from Broad Peak to Skardu by Pakistan Army helicopters. […]