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[ Region has limited fiscal space to build infrastructure, productive capacity to expand its economic, revenue base KARACHI: The Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) government presented a delayed full-year budget of Rs218.845 billion for fiscal year 2026-27 on Tuesday. The budget carries a deficit of more than Rs52 billion and the government is seeking additional funds from the … Read more
United States Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz speaks during a Security Council meeting to discuss ‘ongoing US aggression’ against Venezuela, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., December 23, 2025. Reuters US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz said on Sunday that the “door is open” for Iran to return to negotiations … Read more
Party says founder’s family members placed in armoured vehicle, taken to undisclosed location Sisters of PTI founder Imran Khan sit outside Adiala Jail after a meeting was denied on Tuesday. Photo: X/PTI PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) early Monday morning alleged that two more sisters of party founder Imran Khan, along with their children, were arrested … Read more
[ The June deficit of $649 million stood in contrast to the surplus of $500 million in May and reflected a combination of higher import payments and a seasonal softening in remittances. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is receiving more dollars from overseas Pakistanis while earning less at home, slowing momentum from its own productive economy. … Read more
[ KARACHI: China built its economic power by manufacturing things – consumer electronics, machinery, just about everything – and shipping them abroad in huge quantities. For decades, that is what China did, and in doing so it became the factory of the world. Few imagined that within a few decades, it would be the world’s … Read more
. Special Assistant to the KP Chief Minister on Information and Public Relations Shafi Jan. Photo: APP (file) PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Information and Science and Information Technology Minister Shafi Jan has strongly condemned the arrest of Aleema Khan, sister of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, describing it as evidence of the “fear and panic” of … Read more
As Beijing presses President Trump to freeze a proposed $14 billion weapons sale to the island, Taiwan is trying to show that its security is in U.S. interests.
The fishing town of Nemuro depends on Russia for trade. But it’s also leading a fight to win back islands seized by Moscow in World War II.
. MOP-UP: Pakistan Army commandos clear the CTD and Special Branch buildings at the old Police Lines premises in Kohat. PHOTO: NNI DI KHAN: A case has been registered with the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) police station over the suicide attack on the old Police Lines in Kohat, police said. The FIR was registered on the … Read more
Patients and workers in one of the country’s largest hospitals sweltered in a heat wave last month. Experts say the whole country must urgently adapt.