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,…
IPO launches digital transformation strategy
KARACHI: Director General, Intellectual Property Organisation of Pakistan Noman Aslam has said that IPO Pakistan has launched an aggressive six-month digital transformation strategy aimed at revolutionizing Pakistan’s intellectual property ecosystem…
easypaisa bank delivers record Q1 2026 results with PBT of Rs3.66bn
KARACHI: easypaisa digital bank delivered a record-breaking quarter, further strengthening its leadership as Pakistan’s first digital retail bank. For the quarter ended March 31, 2026, the Bank reported a profit…
Global moot on migration, labor affair begins at UAF: ‘Massive urbanisation, less agri land posing threat to food security’
FAISALABAD: “Unplanned migration and labor affairs are not only merely social phenomenon but also provoking economic, living and agricultural concerns whereas the massive urbanisation and diminishing agricultural land are posing…