Washington: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, once considered key US allies, are not even mentioned in the US National Security Strategy 2022, which identifies China as “America’s most consequential geopolitical challenge”. Th...
Karachi: The stock market went through another range-bound session on Thursday even though the benchmark opened and closed in the green zone. Arif Habib Ltd said investors’ participation remained low, which caused the tra...
Islamabad: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has registered 2,434 new companies in September 2022, showing an increase of 9 percent as compared to corresponding period last month, a statement said on Thur...
Islamabad: Pakistan has decided to shelve a plan to set up an imported coal-fired power plant at Gwadar under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) due to the high cost of imported fuel and its preference for local resour...
Karachi: The foreign exchange reserves held by the central bank decreased by 3.83% on a weekly basis, according to data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday. On October 07, the foreign currency reserves he...
Karachi: The Pakistani currency maintained a downward trend for the second consecutive working day as it depressed by 0.23% (or Rs0.50) to close at Rs218.38 against US dollar in the interbank market on Thursday. The currency ...
Kabul (Agencies): Girls in Kabul on Thursday sat for the university entrance test for the first time under the interim Taliban government – after it was held in the rest of the country -, although the Islamists have banned sev...
Zabul (Agencies): The construction works of the Tori dam in Zabul started today, Thursday with the cost of 97 million Afghanis.The Tori dam can store 1.8 million cubic meters of water and can supply the required water for 600 he...
Kabul (Tolo News): The Islamic Emirate reacted to the new sanctions imposed by the US on the members of the Islamic Emirate, saying that such sanctions do not benefit Kabul and Washington.The US Department of State announced on ...
Kabul (Khaama Press): Qari Salahuddin Ayubi, an Uzbek commander of the Taliban, has severed ties with the Taliban group in objection to what he refers to as “ethnicist policies, and monopoly of power.”The disaffected Taliban...