By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The finance minister on Monday pitched the country’s lucrative IT and agriculture sectors to Mashreq Bank, as the country seeks to revive ties with the UAE lender and tap into its investment potential to bolster a fragile economy.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security forces thwarted an infiltration attempt from Afghanistan, killing five militants in a border clash that also claimed the lives of three soldiers, the military said on Monday.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday set aside Islamabad High Court orders in a case involving leaked audio recordings, citing lack of authority, and restrained the lower court from further action.
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: The current account deficit shrank 78 percent to $162 million in July from a year earlier, as exports and remittances surged, data from the State Bank of Pakistan showed on Monday.
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reported a new suspected case of mpox virus on Monday, but said the recently identified African strain, which has sparked global concern, was not involved.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s economy is stuck in a “poverty trap” due to decades of poor governance and policy mistakes, according to Atif Mian, a noted Pakistani-American economist, who warned that only a fundamental shift in policy can help the country escape its current economic woes.
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ISLAMABAD: YouTuber and comedian Aun Ali Khosa, whose satirical song “Bill Bill Pakistan” criticized soaring electricity rates and parodied the famous “Dil Dil Pakistan”, has been released after being taken from his home by police and plainclothes officers last week, his lawyers said on Monday.
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ISLAMABAD: Three security personnel were killed and six others wounded in two separate attacks in Pakistan’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday, officials said.
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ISLAMABAD: Torrential rains have killed at least 195 people and wounded 362 across Pakistan since July 1, with the death toll rising by seven in the past 24 hours, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Sunday.
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ISLAMABAD: A Russian mountaineer went missing and two others were critically wounded on 26,000-foot Gasherbrum IV mountain in norther Pakistan, officials said on Sunday, as a rescue operation was hampered by treacherous weather.
