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The government on Thursday raised the price of petrol by Rs2.31 per litre, and that of high-speed diesel (HSD) by Re0.78 per litre. Following the revision, petrol will retail at Rs398.96 per litre, while HSD will cost Rs395.72 per litre. The government continues to levy Rs114 per litre in taxes and ...
ISLAMABAD: The World Trade Organisation on Thursday sharply raised its global trade growth forecast for 2026 — with merchandise trade riding the AI boom — and concluded that some nations, including Pakistan, were actually benefiting from trade disruptions amid the ongoing Middle East conflict in som...
ISLAMABAD: The World Trade Organisation on Thursday sharply raised its global trade growth forecast for 2026 — with merchandise trade riding the AI boom — and concluded that some nations, including Pakistan, were actually benefiting from trade disruptions amid the ongoing Middle East conflict in som...
The Trump administration on Thursday froze some green-card filings by Microsoft, Adobe and major IT outsourcers and opened probes into nine elite universities, widening a visa crackdown it says targets fraud and American job losses. The twin actions mark the broadest strike yet against skilled-worke...
The US government is suspending Microsoft, Adobe and several other large IT firms from a programme that allows skilled foreign workers to gain permanent residency, senior US officials announced on Thursday, citing alleged fraud and as part of an effort to push companies to hire more Americans. “Our ...
Indian opposition groups demonstrated for a third day on Thursday, protesting police action against Congress party leaders and demanding the resignation of the chief election commissioner over a controversial revision of voter lists. Opposition parties, their student units, and the “Cockroach” yout...
British police on Thursday said that search warrants it secured to search properties linked to King Charles’ younger brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor had been incorrectly granted and must be quashed. King Charles’ younger brother was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office in Februa...
Sahibzada Farhan begins his tenure as Pakistan’s T20I captain with a clear-eyed view of the task ahead — to move the side away from dependence on star names and towards a more aggressive, adaptable unit. The three-match series against Sri Lanka, which begins under lights at the Rawalpindi Cricket St...
PESHAWAR: A PTI convoy led by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi entered Peshawar on Thursday evening. The route plan for the march, being carried out to demand the release of jailed PTI founder Imran Khan, has undergone multiple changes. While the party initially vowed to march towards...
The Ministry of Information dismissed on Thursday a news report claiming that Pakistan Air Force (PAF) aircraft were being used against the Yemen’s Houthis as “fake and fabricated”. A New York Times report published on Oct 7, a screenshot of which the ministry shared in an X post, cited an unnamed s...
The Ministry of Information dismissed on Thursday a news report claiming that Pakistan Air Force (PAF) aircraft were being used against the Yemen’s Houthis as “fake and fabricated”. A New York Times report published on Oct 7, a screenshot of which the ministry shared in an X post, cited an unnamed s...
The Ministry of Information dismissed on Thursday a news report claiming that Pakistan Air Force (PAF) aircraft were being used against the Houthis as “fake and fabricated”. The New York Times report, a screenshot of which the ministry shared in an X post, cited an unnamed source as saying that PAF ...
