The Supreme Court of India on Thursday granted bail to veteran Kashmiri leader Shabir Ahmed Shah after more than six years of pre-trial detention. Shah — a 74-year-old chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (JKDFP) — is a longstanding figure in the region’s separatist movement. The court cited excessive detention length, slow trial […]
A suspected gunman was arrested after an apparent assassination attempt on senior Kashmiri politician Farooq Abdullah during a wedding ceremony in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), according to Indian media reports on Thursday. Abdullah, a former chief minister of India-occupied Kashmir, was attending the event in the Greater Kailash area when the attacker […]
The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) on Thursday released a new “policy viewpoint”, cautioning that escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East could trigger a sharp increase in global oil prices, which would pose serious risks to Pakistan’s inflation outlook, external balance and overall economic stability. The study, authored by Dr Abida Naurin, Assistant […]
Pakistan’s stock market extended losses on Thursday as persistent selling pressure and cautious investor sentiment pushed the benchmark KSE-100 index sharply lower amid geopolitical uncertainties and profit-taking. The market dropped nearly 1,440 points, erasing early-session gains over investors’ reaction to volatility in international oil prices and concerns stemming from the ongoing Middle East conflict. Arif […]
Federal Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan held a virtual meeting with Minister of State for Foreign Trade Affairs of Qatar Dr Ahmad bin Mohammed Al-Sayed to discuss ways to further strengthen bilateral cooperation, food security coordination and investment opportunities. Both sides expressed satisfaction over the positive trajectory of Pakistan-Qatar relations and agreed to further […]