India is not “profiteering” from Russian oil imports, and its purchases have stabilised markets while keeping prices from rising to as much as $200 a barrel, Hardeep Singh Puri, country’s oil minister, said in the Hindu newspaper on Monday. The US has targeted India for its Russian oil purchases, with President Donald Trump imposing tariffs […]
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that India has offered to reduce its tariffs on US goods to zero, even as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was making public shows of solidarity with Chinese and Russian leaders in the face of trade pressure from Washington. While calling the US relationship with India “one sided,” […]
A brief spell of heavy rain on Monday evening turned streets in Islamabad and Rawalpindi into streams, prompting authorities to issue an evacuation alert for residents along Nullah Leh. Murree and Azad Kashmir also experienced torrential downpours. According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), the twin cities and the Potohar region were placed on alert […]
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Barrister Gohar said on Monday that the party would boycott National Assembly sessions in protest against what it called unfair treatment of its lawmakers. “From now on, we will not attend National Assembly sittings. We will protest and boycott instead,” said Gohar while speaking to reporters alongside other PTI members. In […]
Ever noticed how a ten-minute walk in nature fixes a lot of problems circling around in your head? This is not a coincidence, it is backed by science. “Disconnection with nature increases the stress levels and in the long term can be one of the causes of anxiety and depression,” said Dua Batool Khan, an […]
Investors resorted to robust buying of attractive shares at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday as the benchmark KSE-100 index soared around 1,350 points and closed just a few points short of the 150,000 mark. The market exhibited a sustained momentum throughout the session, during which the index climbed to the intra-day peak of […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday proposed the Global Governance Initiative (GGI) at the largest-ever summit of “Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Plus” in the Chinese port city of Tianjin. “I look forward to working with all countries for a more just and equitable global governance system and advancing toward a community with a shared future for […]
Israel pushed tanks deeper into Gaza City on Monday, detonating explosives-laden vehicles in one suburb as airstrikes killed at least 19 people, Palestinian officials and witnesses said. The president of the International Association of Genocide Scholars said the body had passed a resolution declaring that Israel’s actions in Gaza meet the legal criteria for genocide. […]
Pakistan is set to host one of the biggest international sporting events in its history as the World Masters Weightlifting Championship will be staged in Islamabad in February next year. More than 500 athletes from across all seven continents are expected to participate in the competition. According to a press release issued by the Pakistan […]
On Monday, Punjab Senior Minister Maryam Aurangzeb sounded the alarm as unprecedented flooding in the Chenab, Jhelum, and Ravi rivers threatened 11 districts, including Jhang, Sahiwal, Toba Tek Singh, Okara, Multan, Pakpattan, Bahawalnagar, Vehari, and Bahawalpur. By late tonight, the Chenab River is expected to witness its largest historic flood of 900,000 cusecs. Additionally, floodwaters […]