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[ 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.
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif chairs video link meeting to finalise cleanliness arrangements across province for Eidul Azha, May 23, 2026. SCREENGRAB LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Sunday said making the province clean and green and ensuring a healthy population was the government’s top priority. In her message on World Cleanup … Read more
CM orders province-wide enrolment drive as newly built, upgraded schools near completion Students perform a theatrical adaption of Sur Marvi, a folk tale about a powerful ruler and a peasant woman penned by Sufi Saint Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai. PHOTO: APP KARACHI: Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Sunday ordered a province-wide enrolment campaign to … Read more
RAWALPINDI: The people of Punjab may “face” flour shortages after Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) on Sunday announced that flour mills across Punjab would go on strike and suspend operations in protest against, what they called, anti-industry policies. The Association strongly condemned the suspension of wheat and flour quota permits, alleged heavy bribery by the … Read more