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[ ISLAMABAD: For much of Pakistan’s recent economic history, stability has been treated as a finish line rather than a starting point. In 2025, after years of volatility marked by sudden inflation spikes, high interest rates that followed, unstable exchange rates, and repeated IMF programmes, the country finally appeared to catch its breath. Since the … Read more
. Displaced Sudanese gather and sit in makeshift tents after fleeing Al-Fashir city in Darfur, in Tawila, Sudan, October 29, 2025, in this still image taken from a Reuters’ video. PHOTO: REUTERS PORT SUDAN: Violence in western and southern Sudan displaced more than 10,000 people within a three-day period this week, according to figures released … Read more
Actor Saba Qamar has responded to a brewing controversy over her appearance in a Punjab Police uniform, after a petition was filed in the Lahore sessions court seeking the registration of a criminal case against her. In an Instagram story, she shared a screenshot of the news about the petition alongside a letter dated September … Read more
. RAWALPINDI: The Rawalpindi Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (RBISE) on Saturday formally announced the results of the Intermediate Second Annual (Supplementary) Examination 2025, with an overall pass percentage of 31.9 per cent. Controller of Examinations Tanveer Asghar Awan, while declaring the results, stated that a total of 19,992 candidates were registered for the … Read more
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RAWALPINDI: The outgoing year, 2025, proved to be an inflationary tsunami, devastating household budgets as prices of food and essential commodities surged to record levels and spilt over into the incoming year, 2026. Pulses, vegetables, fruits, meat, chicken, milk, yoghurt, flour, bread, and even a cup of tea became crushingly expensive, eroding the purchasing power … Read more
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LAHORE: Consumers endured another punishing week as food inflation tightened its grip, with sharp increases in poultry prices overshadowing modest, largely ineffective relief in a handful of vegetables. Market surveys showed that official price notifications once again failed to translate into relief at the retail level, as shopkeepers continued to charge well above government-fixed rates. … Read more
Paya, Iran’s 150kg AI imaging satellite, leads trio; Zafar-2 academic-built, Kowsar 1.5 private Iranian satellites were launched via Russian Soyuz rocket. PHOTO: SPACE FLIGHT NOW Iran has launched three domestically developed observation satellites into orbit aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket, marking another milestone in Tehran’s expanding space programme, state media reported on Sunday. The satellites … Read more