By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Pakistan’s stock market cratered on Monday, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index tumbling more than 6,000 points in early trading as President Donald Trump’s tariff decision stoked recession fears and oil prices sank.
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Balochistan govt offers limited march route to BNP-M, warns against red zone breach
By Staff Reporter
QUETTA: The Balochistan government on Saturday offered the Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) permission to march to Quetta’s Shahwani Stadium but warned of legal action if the party breaches the city’s Red Zone.
Pakistan plans crisis delegation for Washington to avert trade blow from 29pc US tariffs
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will dispatch a high-level delegation to Washington to contest a looming 29 percent US tariff on its goods, a policy threatening the nation’s fragile export-driven recovery, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Saturday.
Military pledges to thwart foreign proxies in restive Balochistan
By Staff Reporter
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan’s military’s top leadership pledged on Friday to counter foreign proxies and hostile internal actors destabilising the southwestern Balochistan province, a region plagued by a decades-long separatist insurgency, saying it would eradicate terrorism in all its forms, regardless of the cost.
A river divided: Ally Bhutto-Zardari leads charge against government’s Indus canals plan
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GARI KHUDA BAKHSH: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and a key government ally, demanded Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday abandon plans to build six canals on the Indus River, warning the project threatens national unity and risks inflaming inter-provincial water disputes.
Pakistan’s $6 billion US trade faces Trump tariff squeeze
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Pakistan’s exports to the US are poised to take a hit after President Donald Trump unleashed a 29 percent tariff on Pakistani imports, part of a broad salvo hitting dozens of countries as he ramps up a global trade war.
Govt cuts power tariffs by most in years to boost growth
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The government reduced electricity tariffs by as much as Rs7.69 per unit, the largest cut in years, as Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif seeks to boost the country’s struggling economic growth.
Inflation crashes to 0.7pc in March
Inflation rate slowed to 0.7 percent in March, the lowest in over three decades, driven by weak demand and economic reforms, with urban inflation falling to 1.2 percent and rural inflation remaining flat.
Pakistan starts Afghan deportations as Eid extension ends
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan began the second phase of its Afghan refugee repatriation programme on Thursday, targeting holders of Afghan Citizen Cards (ACC) after a government deadline expired, despite international pleas for leniency and conflicting reports over possible delays.
BNP to step up protest over detained Baloch rights activists after talks fail
By Staff Reporter
QUETTA: Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) chief Sardar Akhtar Mengal announced on Wednesday that he would unveil plans for new demonstrations on April 3, as his party’s sit-in protest against the arrests of Baloch rights activists entered its sixth day.