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Pakistan’s auto policies have repeatedly promised greater localisation, competitive exports and substantial employment. Those ambitions have often exceeded the foundations needed to realise them: production scale, affordable energy, competitively priced materials and preferential access to overseas ...
PROF ANWER Roomaan (1924-2013) in his book Balochistan Mein Urdu Zaria-i-Ta’leem, or Urdu as medium of instruction in Balochistan, has described the early history of Urdu in Balochistan. According to him, Balochistan’s first real and impactful introduction to Urdu occurred in 18th century when Khan ...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s nuclear electricity production increased by 3.7 per cent to a record 22.5 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2025, while solar power generation expanded even faster amid unaffordable overall energy prices. Pakistan’s “nuclear electricity production has increased from 21.7TWh net in 2024 t...
WHILE the PTI focuses on political mobilisation to secure Imran Khan’s release, the province it is charged with governing continues to face acute security pressures. At present, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa remains the bastion of PTI’s political power. With the provincial government in its hands, the party en...
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Sunday called on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi to discuss the political and security situation amid speculations of ‘imminent’ governor’s rule in the province. According to a statement issued by Governor House, both leaders expressed con...
CAIRO: Omar al-Hassayna fled Gaza for Cairo after an Israeli airstrike wiped out much of his large family. Three years on, he remains there waiting for enough stability, security and reconstruction in his still devastated homeland to return. Hassayna is one of more than 100,000 Gazans who left the e...
TEHRAN: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi declared on Sunday that there was no military solution to the US’ war against the Islamic Republic and that only negotiations based on “justice and fairness” could end the conflict, as talks between Washington and Tehran appeared to be at an impasse. “...
Pakistan faces a less forgiving global financial environment just as its sovereign risk has declined and foreign-exchange reserves have recovered. The yield on the 10-year US Treasury rose above five per cent in late September, touching 5.29pc on September 29, its highest level since 2007. The obvio...
• Pakistan, Turkiye, S. Arabia to hold strategic political, defence talks today• Yemen’s govt says offensive intended to retake all areas recently captured by Houthis ISTANBUL: Yemen’s internationally-recognised Saudi-backed government on Sunday launched a major military campaign to recapture territ...
QUETTA: The engine of the newly launched Jinnah Peoples Train, operating between Kuchlak and Sariab, derailed near Kuchlak Railway Station on Sunday while leaving for its next destination towards Quetta. No casualties were reported and all passengers remained safe. Railway authorities immediately ar...
Protests by teenagers outside their schools have shaken France in recent days, with students blockading entrances to their institutions and security forces on occasion responding with tear gas. The government has said that while the grievances may be legitimate, violence is not and has accused the h...
