Secretary TDAP, Mr. Sheryar Taj received Mr. Kwibuka Esdras, Head of Trade & Finance at the High Commission of Rwanda on 11 August 2025 at TDAP HQ, Karachi.The two sides reaffirmed their commitment to expanding trade volumes and diversifying export portfolios. The meeting explored avenues of enhancing bilateral trade in pharmaceuticals, textiles, engineering goods, agro […]
Due to its advanced treatment facilities, Karachi is known to attract patients from across Sindh and Balochistan. However, with only 6,500 beds, 250 ventilators and a shortage of doctors and medical staff, major hospitals in the city are ill-equipped to handle even the local influx of patients. Sadia Khatun, who came to the Jinnah Hospital […]
The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday issued contempt notices to senior Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) officials in a case filed by fashion designer Nomi Ansari, directing the advocate general and prosecutor general of Sindh to prosecute them. A two-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Muhammad Junaid Ghaffar, fixed August 20 for framing charges […]
Apart from drenching rooftops, streets, and alleyways, rainfall serves the crucial purpose of nourishing the parched layers of earth beneath the ground. Unfortunately, however, in a large city like Lahore, millions of gallons of valuable rainwater are wasted every year, due to the absence of adequate storage facilities. Every day, Lahore extracts 70 to 80 […]
The Sindh government has launched a renewed drive to slow the province’s rapid population growth, which increases annually by about 1.4 million, equivalent to the population of an entire district, by promoting male sterilisation through vasectomy and self-administered contraceptives for women. Sindh Population Welfare Secretary Hafeezullah Abbasi told The Express Tribune that the department, in […]
Iran could hold direct nuclear talks with the United States if conditions are suitable, First Vice President Mohammadreza Aref said on Tuesday, according to state media. However, he dismissed US demands for Tehran to drop uranium enrichment entirely as “a joke.” Also Read: Iran threatens planned Trump corridor envisaged by Azerbaijan-Armenia peace deal A sixth round […]
In response to a recent order, the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) issued a ‘warrant of release’ addressed to the superintendent of Central Jail Kot Lakhpat for the release of PTI’s Shah Mehmood Qureshi. The release pertains to two cases in which the court had acquitted him. ATC Judge Manzer Ali Gill issued two separate ‘warrants of […]
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed marginally higher on Tuesday as it entered a consolidation phase, with the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 75.48 points, or 0.05%, to settle at 147,005.32. Analysts noted that investors adopted a cautious stance amid mixed sentiment, selective buying, and profit-taking. Trading volumes recorded an uptick, supported by gains in banking […]
Gold prices continued to decline in both international and domestic markets on Tuesday. According to market data, the international bullion rate fell by $5 to $3,356 per ounce. In line with the global trend, the domestic price of gold per tola dropped by Rs500 to Rs358,300. Meanwhile, the rate for 10 grams declined by Rs429 […]