Meet demands or face budget boycott, Achakzai tells govt – Newspaper
• Opposition seeks medical treatment, visitation rights for Imran Khan• Treasury benches criticised for poor attendance in lower house• Barrister Gohar alleges suppression of dissent, police excesses ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Mehmood Khan Achakzai on Friday warned the government to meet their demands or be ready to face a complete […]
Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee to meet in Karachi for Zilhaj moon sighting today
Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Chairperson Maulana Muhammad Abdul Khabeer Azad looks through telescope for the new moon. Photo: AFP The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee will meet in Karachi on Sunday to sight the moon of Zilhajj 1447 AH. According to the Ministry of Religious Affairs, the meeting of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee on 29 Zilhajj, May 17, at […]
Iran war and oil dominate BRICS meet in India
India, the world’s third-largest oil buyer, normally sources about half of its crude through the Strait of Hormuz India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar addresses the BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, India May 14, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS BRICS foreign ministers, including Iran’s Abbas Araghchi and Russia’s Sergei Lavrov, met in New […]
Trump and Xi meet for high-stakes talks in Beijing – World
Chinese leader Xi Jinping welcomed US President Donald Trump with a handshake on Thursday in Beijing for a superpower summit on thorny issues including Iran, trade and Taiwan. Xi greeted Trump at the opulent Great Hall of the People at just past 10:00am (0200 GMT), a grand reception that belies the deep tensions between the […]
Rubio to meet Pope Leo as Trump keeps up attacks on pontiff
Closed-door meeting is expected to last about a half-hour, after which Rubio will also meet Vatican’s top diplomat US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Pope Leo at the Vatican on Thursday, in a potentially fraught encounter as President Donald Trump has continued a series of disparaging attacks on the Catholic leader over the Iran war. Rubio, who also serves […]
IMF executive board to meet on May 8 to approve disbursement of over $1.2bn to Pakistan – Business
ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called a meeting of its executive board on May 8 to approve the disbursement of more than $1.2 billion to Pakistan under two concurrent programmes — $7bn Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF), IMF officials told Dawn. Pakistan has qualified for the disbursement of […]
Lebanese, Israeli envoys to meet at White House, Trump to greet: Official
Official says ambassador-level talks between Israel and Lebanon will now take place at the White House The ambassadors of Lebanon and Israel will meet at the White House, and will be greeted on arrival by President Donald Trump, a US official confirmed Thursday. “The ambassador-level talks between Israel and Lebanon will now take place at […]
Lebanon, Israel to meet today as truce hangs by a thread – Newspaper
• Envoys’ meeting in Washington aims to extend ceasefire, halt Israel’s demolitions• Beirut sees extension as first step to talks on forces’ withdrawal, return of detainees• Israeli strikes kill five in Lebanon, including a journalist WASHINGTON: Lebanese and Israeli envoys are set to meet in Washington on Thursday for a second round of talks aimed […]
Putin can meet Zelenskiy: Kremlin
. MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin can only meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for the purpose of finalising agreements on the conflict, Russian news agencies quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Wednesday. Peskov’s comments on state television, reported by Russian news agencies, came after Ukraine’s Foreign Minister, Andrii Sybiha said Ukraine asked Turkey […]
Health minister says medicine stocks sufficient to meet demand for next 5 to 6 months – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Health Minister Mustafa Kamal said on Tuesday that Pakistan had sufficient medicine stocks to meet demand for the next five to six months. “Despite ongoing international challenges, the health ministry and the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap), in close coordination with the pharmaceutical industry, have taken timely and effective measures to safeguard medicine […]