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Digital payments up 38%, cash still rules

SBP review shows 9.1b digital transactions mark record year amid trust, connectivity challenges KARACHI: Pakistan’s digital payments landscape continues to expand at an impressive pace. Yet the State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) latest Annual Payment Systems Review (FY2024-25) warns that deep-seated structural, operational and regulatory challenges could slow the country’s transition to a fully digital … Read more

Three terrorists killed in NW, Tank ops

BANNU/ RAWALPINDI: Security forces on Monday killed three terrorists belonging to Fitna al-Khawarij in two separate operations in North Waziristan and Tank districts, as five police personnel were injured the same day in an armed attack on the North Waziristan district police officer’s (DPO) convoy near Bannu, officials said. The incidents come amid the continuing … Read more

Muslim bloc rejects ‘external tutelage’ over Palestine

ISTANBUL: Turkiye and six key Muslim allies have jointly declared that Gaza’s future must remain in Palestinian hands, rejecting any external system of tutelage and calling for an internationally supported framework for peace, security, and reconstruction. Following high-level talks in Istanbul, Turkiye Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said the group’s shared principle was clear – Palestinians … Read more