Punjab to include Marka-i-Haq in textbooks
LAHORE: Punjab has decided to include the four-day war between Pakistan and India — Marka-i-Haq — in the national curriculum and make films on it. The decision was taken in…
Buying returns to bourse, KSE-100 up 1,000 points in early trade
Buying interest returned at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), with the benchmark KSE-100 Index gaining nearly 1,000 points during the opening minutes of trading on Thursday. At 9:35am, the benchmark…
Henley places Pakistani passport on 100th spot
ISLAMABAD: With visa-free access to 30 countries, Pakistan’s passport has been ranked at the 100th spot in the world by the Henley Passport Index. The Henley Passport Index compares 199…
IMF funds arrive as govt opens pre-budget talks
• Aurangzeb, mission discusses revenue targets, tax measures, reforms, fiscal strategy• Lender stresses need for fiscal discipline• Minister heads to China for Panda bond launch ISLAMABAD / KARACHI: Pakistan has…
Liaqat posthumously awarded for foiling suicide attack
(LEFT to right) President Asif Ali Zardari confers the Sitara-i-Shuja’at upon the mother of Liaqat Ali, a former railway employee who thwarted a suicide attack in Attock; the Hilal-i-Imtiaz upon…
Supreme Court settles controversy over drug test reports
• Holds that mentioning full forensic protocol in test reports is not mandatory, does not automatically invalidate lab report• Ruling settles inconsistencies created by diverging opinions in previous SC verdicts…
UAE ‘denies reports’ of secret Netanyahu visit
The United Arab Emirates said Thursday it “denies reports” that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secretly visited the country, after Netanyahu’s office said he had met with the UAE president…
Trump and Xi meet for high-stakes talks in Beijing
Chinese leader Xi Jinping welcomed US President Donald Trump with a handshake on Thursday in Beijing for a superpower summit on thorny issues including Iran, trade and Taiwan. Xi greeted…
Hepatitis-C elimination: Largest public health initiative worth Rs67bn launched
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has launched Pakistan’s largest public health initiative for the elimination of Hepatitis-C, costing Rs67 billion. The Prime Minister’s Programme for the elimination of Hepatitis-C was formally…
JazzWorld delivers strong Q1 2026 results
ISLAMABAD: JazzWorld delivered strong Q1 2026 results, with total revenue increasing 20.6 percent year-on-year (YoY) to over Rs 130 billion, driven by sustained growth across connectivity, digital financial services, entertainment,…