Labourers unload rice bags from a supply truck at India’s main rice port at Kakinada Anchorage in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, India, on September 2, 2021. Photo: Reuters (file) MUMBAI: About 400,000 metric tonnes of Indian basmati rice are backed up at ports and in transit, and export deals have dried up as … Read more

Finance ministry opts for biannual reporting as Fund presses for quarterly updates IMF reforms. Design: Mohsin Alam ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has again refused to accept a technical assistance mission by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the effective implementation of 142 actions aimed at addressing glaring weaknesses in the country’s governance and anti-corruption frameworks. The IMF … Read more

Markets bustle after iftar as shoppers rush to buy stitched and ready-made garments RAWALPINDI: With the disbursement of salaries to public and private sector employees, Eidul Fitr shopping has gathered momentum across the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. All major commercial centres, bazaars, shopping plazas and markets are witnessing a surge of customers after … Read more

. ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday issued a notice to the Secretary of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Home Department in a petition seeking the repatriation of two murder suspects from Saudi Arabia in connection with a Swat killing case, directing that the complete record be provided. Hearing the matter, Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani ordered … Read more

Most people wheeled bulky luggage over the frontier’s foot crossing, while freight lorries formed a long line Pakistanis walk across the Taftan border as they return from Iran, in Balochistan province on March 3, 2026 amid ongoing US-Israel strikes on Iran. PHOTO: AFP Pakistanis hauled suitcases across the border from Iran, describing missiles being launched … Read more

Blasts India’s ‘disturbing silence’ over Khamenei’s killing as abdication of principle Sonia Gandhi, leader of India’s main opposition Congress party, shows her ink-marked finger after casting her vote at a polling station during the sixth phase of general election in New Delhi, India, May 12, 2019.PHOTO: REUTERS Senior Indian Congress leader and former party president … Read more

The medical board performed comprehensive tests, including optical coherence tomography on both of Imran’s eyes Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan. Photo: File The Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) said on Tuesday that former prime minister and PTI founder Imran Khan has shown significant improvement in his vision following his second dose of intravitreal anti-VEGF … Read more

Both leaders agree to remain in close contact while continuing their efforts to bring peace, stability to the region Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday urged maximum restraint on part of all stakeholders to prevent further escalation in the raging crisis in the Middle East. Last week, the United States … Read more

Iranian drones hit US embassy in Saudi Arabia, causing minor fire damage, after earlier striking Kuwait mission Debris lies on a street in the aftermath of an Israeli and US strike on a police station, amid the US-Israel attack on Iran, in Tehran on March 2, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS Explosions tore through Tehran and Beirut … Read more

Law minister says politics should be set aside as Pakistan has relations with Iran, defence pact with Saudi Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addresses the special of the federal cabinet in Islamabad, Pakistan, on March 4, 2025. Photo: PID Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has invited parliamentary leaders and party heads to an in-camera briefing tomorrow to … Read more