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[ Ceremony marks Pakistan’s first-ever Panda Bond issuance, giving access to China’s capital market, ministry says Pakistan Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb speaks during an interview at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group’s annual spring meetings in Washington DC, US, April 13, 2026, PHOTO: REUTERS Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb departed for China on Thursday … Read more
His talks with Xi Jinping in Beijing could decide whether the United States and China maintain their uneasy truce on trade.
Attorney General argues jail superintendent has authority to decide which facilities a prisoner be given and not Bushra Bibi addresses PTI supporters alongside K-P CM Ali Amin Gandapur and Opposition Leader Omar Ayub. PHOTO: ONLINE ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday reserved its verdict on a petition seeking family meetings with former prime … Read more
[ KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has received $1.3 billion under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF) from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF Executive Board completed the third review under the EFF in its meeting held on May 8 and approved the disbursement of SDR … Read more
US and Chinese national flags flutter next to the portrait of late Chinese chairman Mao Zedong as people visit Tiananmen Square, ahead of US President Donald Trump’s visit to China, in Beijing. Photo: REUTERS BEIJING: US President Donald Trump landed in Beijing on Wednesday for a high-stakes summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping aimed at … Read more
[ Brokerage house said HMB qualified for inclusion after meeting the required liquidity threshold KARACHI: The latest review by MSCI has shown a decline in Pakistan’s overall weight in the MSCI Frontier Markets Index. Pakistan’s share dropped to 4.8%, down from 5.8% in the previous review. Topline Securities attributed the decline primarily to a nearly … Read more
Trump’s 2017 visit to Beijing offers clues for this year’s summit.
[Honda posted its first loss since 1957 as it took a multibillion-dollar hit from scaling back its electric-vehicle plans.
‘Lord of the Rings’ filmmaker reveals work on long-awaited follow-up to Spielberg film New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson attends handprints ceremony on the ‘Walk of Fame’ of the Croisette in Cannes, France. Photo: REUTERS CANNES, FRANCE: Peter Jackson returned to the Cannes spotlight this week not only as one of cinema’s most celebrated fantasy filmmakers, … Read more
. When Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced four Daanish schools for Gilgit-Baltistan during his 7 May visit to Gilgit, the news travelled through the region’s parents and teachers faster than any other line in his address. Free education, free meals, free uniforms, smart boards and e libraries, all on federal account, in a region where … Read more