China, US find new trade ties in services
KARACHI: China built its economic power by manufacturing things – consumer electronics, machinery, just about everything – and shipping them abroad in huge quantities. For decades, that is what China did, and in doing so it became the factory of the world. Few imagined that within a few decades, it would be the world’s second-biggest […]
Rising remittances, falling exports
The June deficit of $649 million stood in contrast to the surplus of $500 million in May and reflected a combination of higher import payments and a seasonal softening in remittances. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is receiving more dollars from overseas Pakistanis while earning less at home, slowing momentum from its own productive economy. This […]
Sparks fly inside NICH nursery packed with newborns
Audit finds the hospital’s fire alarm system non-functional, while most smoke detectors are either faulty or inactive KARACHI: Sparks from a welding torch flew inside a nursery packed with newborns, some of them dependent on oxygen, at the National Institute of Child Health (NICH), raising fresh and serious questions about fire safety at the city […]
‘We will turn Islamabad into Somnath,’ PTI’s Junaid warns govt against use of force ahead of Sept 27 protest
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) president Junaid Akbar on Sunday warned the government against the use of power during the party’s planned protest on September 27, saying that the party knew the state would open fire during its planned Islamabad march, but warned that this time its workers would not simply collect bodies and return. […]
CTD registers terror case over deadly Kohat Police Lines attack
FIR includes terrorism, murder, attempted murder, and other charges over the Kohat Police Lines attack People gather at a damaged mosque following a blast at a police facility in Kohat on September 18, 2026. Photo: Reuters A case has been registered with the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) police station over the suicide attack on the old […]
Captain, lieutenant among six martyred as eight terrorists killed in Hangu exchange of fire: ISPR
Says sanitisation operations underway in the surrounding areas to clear any remaining terrorists Two officers were among six security personnel martyred while eight terrorists were killed in an exchange of fire in Hangu district, the military’s media wing said on Sunday. According to a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), an exchange of fire […]
Around 100 Israeli occupiers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, perform Talmudic rituals
The incident came a day after Netanyahu, ministers and thousands of Israelis entered the Western Wall plaza Palestinian men pray at Al-Aqsa mosque, also known to Jews as the Temple Mount, as Israeli security forces take position at the compound, while tension arises during clashes with Palestinians in Jerusalem’s Old City, April 5, 2023. REUTERS […]
Iran says Strait of Hormuz to remain closed until US fulfills commitments
Iran has conveyed its conditions to the opposing side through intermediaries, parliament speaker says Iran’s parliament speaker said on Sunday that the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed until the US fulfilled commitments made under a June agreement and met Tehran’s conditions. Addressing the parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Iran had “explicitly conveyed its conditions to […]
Nadeem’s treble gives Pakistan a blistering start
Pakistan opened their Pool B campaign with a commanding 9-0 victory over Thailand at Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium on Sunday, scoring in every quarter to underline their dominance. Pakistan led 2-0 after the first quarter before adding three goals in the second to take a 5-0 advantage into halftime. They continued to control the contest […]
Mural of rapper Macklemore painted in Gaza after Ed Sheeran tour furore
Macklemore pledges $1 million for Gaza, matched by children’s TV personality Ms Rachel Palestinians walk near a mural painted in honour of American rapper Macklemore, amid buildings destroyed during the war, in Gaza City, September 18, 2026. PHOTO: Reuters Artists in Gaza have painted a mural of Macklemore wrapped in a Palestinian flag on a […]