ISLAMABAD: Internet services across Pakistan returned to normal on Friday after engineers repaired a fault in an international submarine cable system that had disrupted connectivity for users nationwide over the preceding two days, the country’s telecommunications regulator said.
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Pakistan stocks jump over two percent to open new fiscal year on inflation relief
KARACHI: Pakistani stocks extended a record-breaking rally on Wednesday, with the benchmark KSE-100 index jumping more than 3,700 points to open the new fiscal year, as investors bet that easing inflation will pave the way for interest rate cuts and cheaper oil bolsters the outlook for the import-dependent economy.
Pakistan inflation eases to 11.1 percent in June as fuel, food costs soften
KARACHI: Pakistan’s annual consumer inflation slowed to 11.1% in June from 11.7% in May, official data showed on Wednesday, as lower fuel and transport costs offered households some relief even as food prices remained volatile and overall price growth stayed well above the central bank’s target range.
Over 100 civil society figures from India, Pakistan press Modi, Sharif to revive bilateral engagement
ISLAMABAD: More than 100 civil society figures from India and Pakistan issued a joint appeal on Tuesday urging Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Shehbaz Sharif to pursue sustained dialogue and rebuild ties between the nuclear-armed neighbours, arguing that prolonged hostility is costing both nations opportunity and stability.
Pakistan’s Arslan Ash wins record eighth Evo title in Las Vegas
LAHORE: Pakistani esports star Arslan Siddique, known to fans worldwide as “Arslan Ash,” claimed his eighth Evolution Championship Series title on Monday, defeating South Korean rival Rangchu in the Tekken 8 final to extend his command of the world’s most prestigious fighting game tournament.
Pakistan orders mass arrest of undocumented Afghans from July 10, demands daily deportation tallies
ISLAMABAD: The interior ministry has ordered the immediate arrest of any Afghan national found in the country without a valid visa from July 10, in the most explicit enforcement directive yet issued under a deportation campaign that has already displaced more than a million people in the past year alone.
Cloudburst devastates Diamer district as Pakistan warns of glacial lake catastrophe
GILGIT: A cloudburst tore through Thore Valley in Pakistan’s northern Diamer district on Saturday, destroying homes, severing roads and leaving dozens of families homeless, as a concurrent heatwave accelerated glacial melt across Gilgit-Baltistan and federal authorities warned of a sharply elevated risk of glacial lake outburst floods through early July.
GLOF threat looms over Pakistan’s north as heatwave accelerates glacier melt, authorities order evacuations
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s disaster management authority on Saturday warned of an acute risk of glacial lake outburst floods sweeping through the country’s mountainous north into the first week of July, directing provincial administrations to ready evacuation sites, place rescue teams on standby and restrict civilian movement near glaciers as an intense heatwave shows little sign of relenting.
FIA busts human placenta smuggling network bound for Vietnam, arrests three Chinese nationals
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency said on Friday it had dismantled an alleged network smuggling processed human placenta out of the country, arresting five suspects, including three Chinese nationals, following raids on two properties in the capital.
Minor girl, 3, found raped and killed in sack outside family home; relatives among suspects
KARACHI: Police have taken DNA samples from 12 suspects, including relatives of the victim, as they investigate the rape and murder of a three-year-old girl whose body was found stuffed in a sack outside her home in Karachi, officials said on Thursday.