Sarfaraz named Pakistan’s Test coach for Bangladesh series in May – Sport
Former captain Sarfaraz Ahmed has been appointed as head coach for the two-match Test series in Bangladesh next month, the Pakistan Sports Board (PCB) said on Saturday. The first of the two matches – part of the ICC World Test Championship — will be played at Sher-i-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka from May 8 […]
Iran says no date set for next round of negotiations with US
Trump says more direct talks likely this weekend, but diplomats doubt Islamabad logistics will allow it No date has been set for the next round of negotiations between Iran and the United States, Iran’s deputy foreign minister said on Saturday, adding that a framework of understanding must be agreed on first. The highest-level US-Iran talks […]
Aurangzeb holds ‘productive’ meeting with US Treasury officials, discusses avenues for energy, mineral cooperation – World
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb held a “productive” meeting with officials of the United States Department of the Treasury, with both sides discussing avenues for cooperation in the mineral and energy sectors, the finance ministry said on Saturday. Aurangzeb arrived in the United States on Monday to participate in the World Bank Group and International Monetary […]
Finance minister meets US Treasury officials, other leaders on sidelines of WB-IMF Spring Meetings – World
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb held a meeting on economic cooperation with officials of the United States Department of the Treasury on the sidelines of the World Bank-International Monetary Fund (WB-IMF) Spring Meetings 2026 in Washington, DC, the finance ministry said on Saturday. Aurangzeb arrived in the United States on Monday to participate in the World […]
CDF Munir concludes 3-day Iran visit, discusses sustainable regional peace: ISPR – Pakistan
Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Chief of Army Staff (Coas) Field Marshal Asim Munir and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi have concluded a three-day official visit to Iran, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Saturday. The discussions focused on “bringing sustainable peace to the region, with particular emphasis on the evolving regional security environment, […]
Govt cuts jet fuel price by Rs23 per litre amid easing Middle East tensions
A Lufthansa Airbus 380 refuelling at Frankfurt airport on July 12, 2013. PHOTO: REUTERS The government on Saturday reduced the price of jet fuel by Rs23 per litre following easing tensions in the Middle East. A day earlier, the government had slashed the price of high-speed diesel (HSD) by up to Rs32.12 per litre. Prime Minister […]
Lebanese lives torn apart as Israel ceasefire loomed – World
Khodr Sahmarani stood dazed beside the rubble of his south Lebanon home, his forehead in a white bandage, staring at the wreckage where his brother, nephew and two neighbours died. “I was upstairs, then I was underground. I screamed ‘Where are you, where are you?’, but there was no one,” he said after surviving an […]
The Iran war has revealed Trump’s pressure point: the economy – World
Seven weeks of war have failed to topple Iran’s theocratic rulers or force them to meet all of President Donald Trump’s demands, but for US adversaries and allies it has cast a spotlight on one of his central vulnerabilities: economic pressure. Even with Iran’s announcement on Friday that it was reopening the Strait of Hormuz […]
Turkey says Iran gas pipeline contract nearing expiry, no talks yet on extension
Agreement provides for delivery of 9.6 billion cubic metres of gas a year, but actual flows have often fallen short Turkey’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar speaks during the conference ‘Energy Security in the World and Turkey: Risks and Solutions in Critical Minerals’ at the Sabanci University Istanbul International Center for Energy and Climate […]
Trump says US blockade of Iranian ports will ‘remain’ if no deal reached – World
President Donald Trump said late Friday he planned to maintain a US blockade of Iranian ports if a peace deal with Tehran is not reached, adding that he may not extend the ceasefire after its expiration. Iran reopened the Strait of Hormuz on Friday in the wake of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Lebanon, […]