ISLAMABAD: Hunger in Pakistan has worsened since 2018, leaving it ranked 106th of 122 countries on the 2026 Global Hunger Index and one of just two South Asian nations to lose ground.
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Senate panel says power utility sale needs provincial sign-off
By Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: A Senate panel said the planned sale of state-run power distribution companies requires fresh approval from the Council of Common Interests,
Petrol rises to 393.86 rupees a liter, diesel edges lower
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan raised petrol prices by 1.20 rupees a liter and cut diesel by 17 paise for Thursday, the latest swing under a daily pricing system the government adopted in July after hostilities between the US and Iran resumed.
World Bank flags substantial risk in Pakistan tax overhaul program
By Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: The World Bank rated implementation of its flagship fiscal-reform loan to Pakistan as moderately satisfactory, while classifying overall risk as substantial
PPP chairman offers to ask PM to end K-P emergency if PTI agrees to talks
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has offered to personally ask Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to end emergency rule in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) if the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) agrees to talks that make the measure unnecessary.
Emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa gets parliament’s backing; PTI walks out of Senate
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s parliament has endorsed the imposition of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, giving legal cover to the federal government’s removal of the opposition PTI party from power in the northwestern province.
Imran Khan’s party challenges emergency rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
PESHAWAR: The chairman of Pakistan’s largest opposition party has asked the Peshawar High Court to strike down the federal government’s imposition of emergency and governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, calling it unconstitutional and demanding the immediate reinstatement of the province’s detained chief minister.
Pakistan seeks 24 LNG spot cargoes at double Qatar’s price to cover winter gap
KARACHI: Pakistan is seeking at least 24 cargoes of liquefied natural gas for winter, including 10 on the spot market at about twice what it pays Qatar, according to a government document.
Petrol price cut for second day, diesel barely moves
ISLAMABAD: The government lowered petrol prices for a second straight day, cutting the rate by 2.71 rupees a liter to 392.66 rupees for Wednesday.
Govt offices torched in Khyber after protest against KP takeover turns violent
PESHAWAR: Supporters of Imran Khan’s party set fire to government offices and clashed with police in north-west Pakistan on Tuesday, two days after Islamabad suspended the elected provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.