By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: A fire swept through a multi-storey building in central Karachi on Wednesday, killing three people and injuring at least one, officials said, in the second such incident in the city in less than a week.
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PIA cancels hundreds of flights as fuel crisis deepens
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines Corp. canceled more than 300 flights in two weeks as it ran low on fuel amid a payment row with the state-owned oil company.
Pakistan secures local equity, Chinese partnership for Saudi refinery project
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has signed three memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with four state-owned enterprises to raise the local equity for a multibillion-dollar Saudi refinery project and inked an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract with a Chinese firm, a minister said on Thursday.
Pakistan crush India by 128 runs to win Emerging Asia Cup
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan clinched the Emerging Asia Cup title with a thumping 128-run victory over arch-rivals India in the final on Sunday, powered by a brilliant century from Tayyab Tahir.
Pakistan to host Asia Cup opener against Nepal in Multan
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will host the opening match of the 2023 Asia Cup cricket tournament against Nepal in Multan on August 30, a day earlier than originally planned, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Wednesday.
Lahore court blocks land deal between Punjab government and army
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A Lahore court on Wednesday canceled a decision by Punjab’s interim government to lease 45,000 acres of land in three districts to the army for 20 years, saying it exceeded the authority of both parties.
Illicit cigarettes make up half of Pakistan’s market, survey reveals
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Nearly half of Pakistan’s cigarette market is dominated by illicit brands that evade taxes and sell below the minimum legal price, a survey by market research firm IPSOS showed on Friday.
Monkeypox case in Pakistan not linked to local transmission: Ministry
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) said on Wednesday there was no evidence of localised transmission of monkeypox, a day after the country reported its first case of the viral zoonotic disease.
PM Sharif makes conditional talks offer to India
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has made a conditional offer to India to open ‘serious and sincere talks’ on all outstanding issues between the two countries, including Kashmir.
Governor Punjab Balighur Rehman (R); and Speaker Punjab Assembly Sibtain Khan (L). Images courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and Punjab Assembly.
Battle for Punjab in uncharted territory
The final round of a power tussle over Punjab between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and former Prime Minister Imran Khan is underway, and all that can be said with any certainty right now is that we have a bitter contest on our hands. By Staff Reporter.