Listen to article PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has strongly opposed any military operation within the province, categorically rejecting the distinction between “good” and “bad” Taliban and denouncing the use of “drone strikes’ on its territory. The provincial government’s announcement came as K-P Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur addressed a media briefing after hosting an in-camera All Parties … Read more

[ Listen to article ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has decided to again try its luck in offshore drilling by forging new partnerships with countries like Turkiye and Russia. Earlier, domestic companies including Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) and Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) struggled to find hydrocarbon reserves in an offshore zone in Arabian Sea in association with … Read more

TEHRAN: Iran on Thursday reaffirmed its right to enrich uranium, saying it was “unshakable”, on the eve of key talks with European powers threatening to reimpose nuclear sanctions. Friday’s meeting, set to take place in Istanbul, will be the first since Israel’s mid-June attack targeting key nuclear and military sites in the Islamic republic sparked … Read more

[ Listen to article KARACHI: Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) declined by $69 million during the week ended July 18, 2025, which took the central bank’s reserves to $14.46 billion. The SBP attributed the decrease to scheduled external debt repayments. Despite the dip, the country’s total liquid foreign reserves remained … Read more

MOSCOW: An Antonov An-24 passenger plane carrying 48 people crashed in Russia’s far east on Thursday as it was preparing to land, killing everyone on board in an incident that spotlighted the continued use of old, Soviet-era aircraft. The burning fuselage of the plane, which was made in 1976, was spotted by a search helicopter … Read more

Listen to article RAWALPINDI/DI KHAN: An army major and a sepoy were martyred during an intelligence-based operation in Balochistan’s Mastung district, the military’s media wing said on Thursday, while two law-enforcement personnel also embraced martyrdom in separate terrorist attacks in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a news release that 31-year-old brave officer … Read more

[ Listen to article LAHORE: SM Tanveer, Patron-in-Chief of the United Business Group (UBG), has called on the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to cut the policy rate to 6%, citing a sharp drop in inflation. He noted that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) stands at 0.3%, while average inflation is around 4%, making the current 11% … Read more

DHAKA: Police in Bangladesh arrested the country’s former top judge on Thursday in connection with a murder-related case, authorities said. A court in Dhaka later sent the former chief justice, 81-year-old ABM Khairul Haque, to jail. Police officer Nasir Islam told AFP that “Haque is facing several other cases, but he was shown arrested for … Read more