Pakistan has shared a framework with the United States and Iran to end hostilities that could come into effect on Monday and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a source aware of the proposals said on Monday. The framework was exchanged with Iran and the US overnight, the source said, outlining a two-tier approach with an […]
War-driven uncertainty kept the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) under sustained pressure during Monday’s morning session, as trading opened in a tense environment. By 11:34am, the index had fallen to 148,027.32, down 2,371.39 points (1.58%) from the previous close of 150,398.71. So far in the session, the market touched a high of 151,453.80 and a low […]
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will formally announce its candidate and covering candidate for the vacant Senate seat today, party leader Junaid Akbar said in a statement on X on Monday. In his post, Akbar wrote: “The parliamentary committee will formally announce its candidate and covering candidate for the vacant Senate seat tomorrow (Monday). Therefore, all […]
US President Donald Trump on Monday endorsed former British government aide and Fox News host Steve Hilton in the upcoming California governor’s race. Hilton, who has dual nationality, served as former British Prime Minister David Cameron’s director of strategy and was one of his closest advisers before leaving Downing Street in 2012 and moving to […]
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday expressed concern after a missile was intercepted at Khor Fakkan port in the United Arab Emirates, injuring four civilians, including three Pakistani nationals. In a post on X, the premier said, “Deeply concerned at the incident at Khor Fakkan port in the UAE, where an intercepted projectile caused injuries […]
Pakistan on Sunday questioned the position of United Nations human rights experts regarding the lack of “credible evidence” linking the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attacks to Afghan soil, pointing to multiple UN and international reports that documented the presence and activities of terrorist groups operating from Afghanistan. Last month, the UN experts had urged Pakistan […]
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed on Sunday that its forces had destroyed two American C-130 military transport planes and two Black Hawk helicopters in southern Isfahan province following a US rescue operation. The announcements came amid mounting threats from the United States. President Donald Trump, in a series of expletive-laden social media posts, […]
Security forces repulsed a terrorist attack launched from Afghanistan on a Pakistani border post in North Waziristan district, killing 37 terrorists belonging to the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Sunday. In a post on X, the minister said that under the ongoing Operation Ghazab Lil Haq, nearly 800 Afghan Taliban […]
In response to the ongoing global energy crisis triggered by the conflict in the Middle East, the governments of Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) announced strict energy conservation measures, while Sindh moved to freeze transport fares to provide relief to the public. Both Balochistan and K-P governments set early market closing times to conserve energy, control […]
Pakistan has conveyed three core demands to the Afghan Taliban during the talks that have been under way in Urumqi, as China, which brokered the latest round, is trying to convince both sides to agree on a five-point framework to resolve issues. The three demands put forward by Islamabad at the outset, include Kabul formally […]