KARACHI: Pakistan’s central bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged for a third straight meeting, judging that a stable policy stance can still steer inflation back toward its medium-term target even as a widening conflict in the Middle East threatens to push up energy costs and disrupt trade routes.
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Pakistan LNG warns K-Electric of supply cutoff amid pricing dispute
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan LNG Ltd. threatened to halt gas supplies to K-Electric Ltd., the utility that powers Karachi, unless the company settles 8.7 billion rupees in unpaid bills, escalating a dispute over how much the power producer owes for imported fuel.
Govt seeks ECC nod for Rs75 billion three-month fuel subsidy
ISLAMABAD: The government is preparing to seek approval for a three-month, Rs75 billion fuel subsidy to cushion motorcycle riders and small-car owners from a surge in pump prices triggered by turmoil in the Gulf.
Justice Ayesha Malik honoured with lifetime achievement award in Vienna
ISLAMABAD: Justice Ayesha Malik, the first woman to sit on Pakistan’s Supreme Court, has been given the International Leader/Lifetime Award at the Justitia Awards 2026 in Vienna, in recognition of a judicial career that has placed gender equality and women’s rights at the centre of the country’s legal system.
PTI, JI close ranks as govt bans public gatherings ahead of twin marches on Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Two major opposition forces moved into open alignment on Sunday, with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf declaring its support for Jamaat-e-Islami’s month-long campaign against a fuel levy, as authorities in Islamabad and Punjab responded to the prospect of simultaneous mass marches on the capital with a sweeping security clampdown.
India’s women follow men’s lead in refusing Asia Cup trophy from ACC chief Naqvi
India’s women cricketers refused to collect the Asia Cup trophy from the head of Asian cricket’s governing body on Sunday night, plunging the presentation ceremony in Dubai into confusion and repeating a snub delivered by their male counterparts a year earlier.
Methane blast kills four, injures five at Balochistan coal mine
A methane gas explosion collapsed a coal mine in southwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing four workers and injuring five others, the latest in a string of fatal accidents that has drawn attention to weak safety enforcement in the country’s coal-mining sector.
Sharif pledges solidarity with Saudi Arabia as Houthi strikes, pipeline attack rattle region
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif telephoned Saudi Arabia’s crown prince on Sunday to condemn a string of attacks that battered the kingdom’s energy sector over the preceding week, as Riyadh grappled with both a missile and drone barrage from Yemen’s Houthi rebels and a still-unclaimed drone strike on one of its most important oil pipelines.
Pakistan unveils fuel subsidy for bikers as Mideast war drives up pump prices
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif rolled out a targeted fuel subsidy for motorcyclists, rickshaw drivers and small-car owners on Sunday, moving to cushion low-income commuters as the widening conflict between the U.S. and Iran pushes global oil prices higher.
Pakistan’s whitewash in England lays bare a crisis years in the making
KARACHI: Pakistan’s cricketers left England on Saturday with the emphatic misery of a 3-0 series whitewash and, almost despite themselves, one image that will outlast the scoreline: a 21-year-old fast bowler from Mardan, on Test debut, launching nine sixes into the Edgbaston evening as his side’s innings defeat turned, however briefly, into hope.