ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has directed all entities under its regulatory ambit to adopt digital payment solutions — particularly Raast QR codes — by Oct 31, 2025. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the regulator said the directive applies to non-banking finance companies, insurance firms, […]
Day: August 26, 2025
Trump tariffs: 25 countries suspend postal services to US
WASHINGTON: A United Nations agency overseeing the global postal sector said on Tuesday that 25 of its member states have suspended goods consignments to the United States following Washington’s decision to scrap a customs tax exemption on small packages. The development underscores how tariff measures introduced by President Donald Trump’s […]
Imran Khan asks PTI leaders to quit parliamentary committees
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) founder and former prime minister Imran Khan has asked party leaders to resign from all parliamentary committees and directed the leadership not to participate in upcoming by-elections, as doing so would “legitimise” the polls, his sister Aleema Khan told reporters on Tuesday. Speaking outside Adiala Jail […]
Car snatched in Karachi by suspects in police uniforms
KARACHI: Armed men allegedly wearing police uniforms snatched a citizen’s car in Buffer Zone area near Nagan Chowrangi, officials said on Tuesday. According to the FIR registered at Taimuria Police Station of Karachi on the complaint of a citizen named Farhan, the suspects intercepted him near Nagan Chowrangi and took […]
Six booked for gang rape of woman in Muzaffargarh
MUZAFFARGARH: Police have registered a case against six men for allegedly gang-raping a woman in Mahmood Kot area of Muzaffargarh district after holding her two-year-old son at gunpoint, officials said on Wednesday. According to the FIR lodged on the complaint of the victim’s husband, the suspects committed the assault inside […]
Nine TTP militants killed in Upper Dir operation
PESHAWAR: At least nine militants of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), also referred to by officials as Fitna al-Khawarij, were killed in a three-day targeted operation jointly conducted by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) and police, the district police chief of Upper Dir said on Tuesday. Among those killed was a […]
ECC approves Rs3bn relief for GB flood victims
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Tuesday approved Rs3 billion in emergency relief for flood victims in Gilgit-Baltistan, while also sanctioning partial financial assistance for the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) and authorising a settlement framework for recovery of petroleum levy arrears. The meeting, presided over by Finance Minister Muhammad […]
Iran, Pakistan vow joint efforts to secure border, combat terrorism
TEHRAN: Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, has said that Iran is prepared to eradicate terrorism and secure its common border with Pakistan through joint measures. Speaking to Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, over the phone on Tuesday, Gen Mousavi […]
Israeli Strikes on Gaza Hospitals Kill 75, Including Six Journalists
GAZA: As the war in Gaza entered its 689th day, Israeli forces carried out fresh strikes on hospitals and aid distribution centres, killing at least 75 Palestinians and wounding 370 others in the past 24 hours, Arab media reported on Monday. Two separate attacks on Al-Nasr Hospital claimed 21 lives, […]
Dacoity at SSP’s bungalow in DHA; suspects, vehicle identified
KARACHI: Police investigators have identified suspects involved in a multi-million-rupee dacoity at the bungalow of a senior police officer in Defence Housing Authority (DHA), officials said on Monday. The Dacoity took place in the early hours of Saturday near Khayaban-i-Mujahid, where armed men stormed the residence of SSP Touheedur Rehman. […]