African governments will lean more on multilateral lenders and reform momentum in 2026 even as debt distress risks remain elevated across the continent, S&P Global Ratings’ head of national ratings and analytics for Africa Samira Mensah said on Monday. “We have so far, according to the IMF, more than 20 countries facing a high risk […]
The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) has launched a 70% matching grant under its SME Certification and International Accreditation Grant Programme to help businesses obtain internationally recognised certifications and improve export competitiveness. According to a statement issued on Tuesday, the programme has gained traction as entrepreneurs from several parts of the country have […]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel and the subsequent announcement by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu that Israel and India intend to establish a new regional strategic alliance to counter “radical” Muslims corroborates recent revelations from the Epstein Files regarding the close nexus between India and Israel. In the wake of the controversy created […]
History, when read through the official records of the British Raj, often appears neat and orderly. Files are precise, decisions seem reasoned, and responsibility appears evenly distributed. Yet the lives lived within those files were rarely so tidy. Many officers of the Indian Civil Service carried private doubts that never entered the written record. One […]
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi on Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting with parliamentarians from Hazara Division at Pakhtunkhwa House in Islamabad, unveiling ambitious development initiatives aimed at accelerating progress in the region and addressing long-standing public needs. The session, attended by the Speaker of the Assembly along with elected members of the National and […]
Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court, Justice SM Atiq Shah, on Tuesday voiced strong anger after no representative from the Finance Department appeared in court to address a contempt of court petition regarding the non-payment of outstanding dues to newspapers for government advertisements. The hearing concerned a contempt petition filed by the Council of […]
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday reserved its verdict in a case concerning the cancellation of the lease of the multi-storey Grand Hyatt building located in the Red Zone. The court reserved judgement after hearing arguments from all parties. During the proceedings, counsel for the Capital Development Authority (CDA) submitted that, to date, BNP […]
Mexico has deployed 10,000 troops to quell clashes sparked by the killing of the country’s most-wanted drug lord that have claimed dozens of lives, officials said on Monday. Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), was wounded on Sunday in a shootout with soldiers in the town of Tapalpa, in […]
Security forces responded immediately to stop unprovoked firing by the Afghan Taliban at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border on Tuesday amid intense friction between the two countries, according to the prime minister’s spokesperson. “The Afghan Taliban regime initiated unprovoked firing along the Pakistan-Afghanistan Border in Torkham and Tirah sub-sectors. Pakistan’s security forces responded immediately and effectively, silencing […]
The UK government said on Tuesday it supported the release of documents on ex-prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s past role as a trade envoy, hours after a veteran politician was quizzed by police in the widening Jeffrey Epstein scandal. US authorities last month published millions of files related to late sex offender Epstein, containing revelations which have […]