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[ Traders in Gul Plaza face financial devastation, with losses of up to Rs2.5 billion; experts highlight systemic flaws Fire fighters and rescue workers perform a cooling operation amid the debris after a massive fire at a shopping mall in Karachi on January 19, 2026.AFP KARACHI: On the night of January 17, 2026, a catastrophic … Read more
Many of the closed beaches were in Sydney, the site of three of the attacks.
PM will engage in bilateral talks with global leaders, participate in roundtable to explore investment opportunities PM Shehbaz leaving for Davos. SCREENGRAB Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday departed for an official visit to Davos, Switzerland, to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Conference 2026 from January 19 to 23. Read: Gul Plaza economic … Read more
[ SAPM says SMEDA to expand targeted support as women-led firms face finance, market gaps Women working at a factory. PHOTO: REUTERS ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Industries and Production, Haroon Akhtar Khan, addressed the Joint Pakistan-Azerbaijan Women Entrepreneurship Dialogue as the chief guest, highlighting the role of women entrepreneurs in … Read more
Deportations from Iran and Pakistan have left millions of Afghans homeless, hungry, aid falling short to meet needs Afghan refugees wait in a queue to cross the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Torkham on October 27, 2023. PHOTO: AFP KABUL: In the dull glow of a single bulb lighting their tent on the outskirts of Kabul, Samiullah … Read more
[ Tells Saudi counterpart Pakistan’s reserves improving, investor confidence growing Trade barriers placed on foreign products are mistakenly considered a benefit by many politicians, when in fact they hurt their own citizens and economy and in turn make exports more difficult. photo: file ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb has said that Pakistan’s … Read more
Intended as China’s version of Dubai’s palm-shaped artificial island, Ocean Flower Island is a $12 billion monument to debt-fueled economic excess.
[ Reaches $244m in Dec, reversing last year’s surplus; FDI records outflow of $135m KARACHI: Pakistan’s current account deficit reached $1.174 billion during the first half of FY26, marking a sharp reversal from a surplus of $957 million recorded in the same period of last year, as rising imports, weaker capital inflows and persistent structural … Read more
Daily-wage workers, salesmen stunned by ruins of Gul Plaza, fear loss of livelihoods Smoke rises as firefighters spray water to extinguish a massive fire that broke out in the Gul Plaza Shopping Centre building, in Karachi, Pakistan, January 18, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS KARACHI: Gul Plaza may have been reduced to ashes, but the deeper tragedy … Read more
Leaders from more than 60 countries have been invited to serve on the Peace Council. PHOTO: REUTERS NUUK: Donald Trump no longer needs to think “purely of peace” after being snubbed for a Nobel, the US president said in comments published on Monday, adding the world will not be safe until Washington controls Greenland. Trump … Read more