ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has warned that planned marches and sit-ins could cause losses of up to Rs120 billion a day to Pakistan’s economy, saying prolonged disruption could undermine the country’s efforts to move from economic stability towards sustainable growth. His remarks came as opposition parties, including Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf […]
RIYADH: Saudi air defences intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi movement towards Riyadh at dawn on Saturday, the Saudi-led coalition said, as a fire broke out at a fuel depot near King Khalid International Airport. Coalition spokesman Major General Turki Al-Malki said the missile was intercepted […]
ISLAMABAD: The government has removed the requirement to purchase at least five litres of fuel in a single transaction under the Prime Minister’s Special Relief Scheme, allowing eligible beneficiaries to redeem their weekly Rs500 fuel token for any quantity. The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Steering […]
BAGHDAD: Iraq has returned restricted airspace in the western part of the country to civilian authorities, ending limitations imposed for military operations since 2016, the Transport Ministry said on Friday. The ministry said all previously reserved airspace zones stretching across western Iraq from north to south had been handed over […]
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Friday warned that organisers of any protest in Islamabad would be held responsible if anyone lost their life during the planned demonstrations, urging political leaders to reconsider attempts to march on the federal capital in light of the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) detailed judgment. […]
PESHAWAR: At least 21 people were martyred and 103 injured on Friday when a suicide bomber and armed militants attacked a mosque inside the Police Lines compound in Kohat during Friday prayers, officials said. The explosion occurred during Friday prayers when worshippers, including police personnel and their families, were present […]
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has ruled that no political party, leader, provincial government or public office holder has the lawful right to occupy public roads, highways, interchanges, toll plazas or buildings in connection with political activities. The detailed 37-page verdict was issued on Friday by a larger bench […]
Pakistan’s Abdul Rehman has won the men’s Magic Skill Award at the FIH Hockey World Cup 2026 after his spectacular goal against Wales was voted the best skill moment of the tournament. Abdul Rehman produced an impressive display of three-dimensional skills during Pakistan’s 3-3 draw against Wales, beating four defenders […]
MANILA: Three students were killed in a school shooting in the southern Philippines on Friday, including a 16-year-old student suspected of carrying out the attack before turning the gun on himself, provincial officials said. Eight other students were injured in the shooting in Banga town in South Cotabato, with four […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the immediate inclusion of 20-year-old motorcycles, rickshaws and Qingqi rickshaws in the Prime Minister Fuel Relief Scheme, expanding the government’s petrol subsidy to users of older two- and three-wheeled vehicles. According to a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office, motorcycles, rickshaws and […]