By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan repatriated the bodies of eight nationals on Thursday who were killed in Iran’s southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province last week, the military said.
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Opposition leaders, ex-PM Khan’s sisters briefly held after clash over jail visit
By Staff Reporter RAWALPINDI: Police on Thursday briefly detained senior opposition leaders, including sisters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, after a confrontation near
Current account surges to record $1.2bn surplus in March as remittances offset trade gap
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: The current account swung to a record monthly surplus of $1.2 billion in March 2025, its highest in at least 13 years, as worker remittances surged and lower oil prices eased import costs, bolstering efforts to stabilise the crisis-prone economy.
Pakistan relaunches PIA privatization with fresh bid call next week
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The government will invite fresh bids next week to privatize Pakistan International Airlines Corp. (PIA), the privatization ministry said on Thursday, doubling down on efforts to sell the debt-strapped flag carrier after a failed first attempt drained $4.3 million in public funds.
Pakistan eyes US cotton, soybean buys to avoid Trump tariffs
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Pakistan plans to sharply increase imports of cotton and soybean from the United States to cut its bilateral trade surplus in half and sidestep steep tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.
BNP-M ends Mastung sit-in, plans province-wide protests after stalemate
By Staff Reporter
MASTUNG: The Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) ended a 20-day sit-in protest in southwest Pakistan on Wednesday, its leader said, after clashes with authorities over detained activists, as the group vowed to escalate its campaign through province-wide rallies.
Severe hailstorm lashes Islamabad, damages property
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A severe hailstorm and torrential rain battered Islamabad and surrounding areas Wednesday, smashing vehicle windscreens, shattering windows, and uprooting trees as residents shared footage of golf ball-sized hail pelting the capital.
CCP slaps Hyundai distributor with fine over 2020 SUV launch ‘bait’ tactics
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ISLAMABAD: The antitrust regulator fined Nishat Hyundai Motors Rs25 million for misleading consumers during the 2020 launch of its Tucson SUV, accusing the automaker of using “bait advertising” to inflate demand before abruptly raising prices.
PM Sharif offers tax breaks, job quotas to Pakistani expatriates
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif unveiled incentives for overseas Pakistanis on Tuesday, including special courts, tax breaks, job quotas, and skill training, acknowledging their economic contributions.
LSM shrinks 1.9pc in July-February
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The large-scale manufacturing sector contracted by 1.9 percent year-on-year during the first eight months of the 2024-25 fiscal year (July-February), driven by steep declines in food, chemicals, and construction-linked industries, provisional data from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) showed on Tuesday.