Interior Minister and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi on Thursday unveiled the owners of the two newly auctioned HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchises, announcing that the successful bidders are based in the United States and Australia. Addressing a press conference following the bidding ceremony, alongside the US Chargé d’Affaires and the new […]
Seven Pakistani banking stocks ranked among the top performers in the Asia-Pacific region in 2025, supported by a combination of low base valuations, improving profitability, a relatively high interest-rate environment, balance-sheet clean-up, and renewed investor confidence in Pakistan’s macroeconomic outlook during the year. Pakistani banking stocks were led by the Bank of Punjab (BOP), the […]
The foreign ministers of Pakistan and more than 20 other Muslim-majority countries on Thursday strongly condemned the recent visit by Israel’s foreign minister to the ‘Somaliland’ region of the Federal Republic of Somalia, calling it a clear violation of the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, the Foreign Office said. On Dec 26 last year, Israel […]
If anyone was thinking that global matters were improving in terms of peace or prosperity, it’s time to take the shocker — humanity is creeping down moral decrepitude and extreme political instability, by the minute! The geopolitical cauldron is bubbling with wars, and international laws are been broken every day! The kidnapping of democratically elected, popular […]
President Donald Trump is withdrawing the United States from a foundational climate treaty as part of a sweeping exit from collective global action, the White House announced Wednesday. A total of 66 global organizations and treaties — roughly half affiliated with the United Nations — were listed in a White House memorandum as “contrary to […]
An employee of Japan’s nuclear regulator lost a smartphone, possibly in China, containing a confidential list of contacts, an official and local media reports said. The case became public this week as China continues to raise pressure on Tokyo after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi suggested in November that Japan may react militarily if Taiwan were […]
An employee of Japan’s nuclear regulator lost a smartphone, possibly in China, containing a confidential list of contacts, an official and local media reports said. The case became public this week as China continues to raise pressure on Tokyo after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi suggested in November that Japan may react militarily if Taiwan were […]
President Donald Trump is withdrawing the United States from a foundational climate treaty as part of a sweeping exit from collective global action, the White House announced Wednesday. A total of 66 global organizations and treaties — roughly half affiliated with the United Nations — were listed in a White House memorandum as “contrary to […]
The federal government has filed a review petition with the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA), challenging its decision to increase the average base electricity tariff by Rs1.79 per unit with effect from January 1, 2026. In its petition, the government has also urged NEPRA to implement a single tariff structure for both government-owned distribution […]
The federal government has filed a review petition with the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA), challenging its decision to increase the average base electricity tariff by Rs1.79 per unit with effect from January 1, 2026. In its petition, the government has also urged NEPRA to implement a single tariff structure for both government-owned distribution […]