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RAWALPINDI: Police briefly detained former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s sisters and arrested dozens of his party supporters on Tuesday during a clash outside Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, where authorities barred the incarcerated leader’s family from meeting him for the third consecutive week, officials and party leaders said.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The United States has discontinued its Global Undergraduate Exchange (Global UGRAD) Pakistan Programme after 15 years, the United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP) announced on Tuesday, ending a US-funded initiative that allowed Pakistani students to study at American universities.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: The United Arab Emirates will offer five-year visas to Pakistani nationals, its envoy to Islamabad said on Tuesday, ending months of heightened entry restrictions imposed over concerns about crime and social media misconduct.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Barrick Gold Corp. is in advanced talks to secure over $2 billion from international lenders for its Reko Diq copper-gold mine in Pakistan, a pivotal project poised to transform the South Asian nation into a top-tier mining hub.
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday issued a sweeping invitation to global investors, including Saudi Arabia, China, the US, and the European Union, to tap into the country’s $6 trillion mineral reserves, as Islamabad races to unlock an underdeveloped sector critical to stabilising its debt-strapped economy.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the United States pledged on Monday to expand cooperation on trade, counterterrorism, and regional security during the first phone call between Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Foreign Office (FO) said.
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KARACHI: Pakistan stocks cratered to an intraday low of 8,687 points on Monday—its biggest point drop ever—before closing 3.3 percent lower, reeling from a global sell-off sparked by China’s retaliatory tariffs on the U.S.
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ISLAMABAD: Changpeng Zhao, the billionaire founder of Binance Holdings Ltd., will advise Pakistan’s government on building a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies as the cash-strapped nation seeks to attract foreign investment and position itself as a hub for blockchain innovation.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: The provincial Sindh High Court on Monday suspended a water allocation permit issued by federal regulators to Punjab province for constructing irrigation canals in the Cholistan region, apparently intensifying a water rights clash between the two provinces.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Pakistan’s stock market suffered a historic 8,000-point collapse in an intraday trade on Monday, battered by global fallout from China’s retaliatory tariffs on the US.
