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WASHINGTON: Pakistan has stepped up its economic diplomacy through a series of high-level meetings held by Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Mr. Muhammad Aurangzeb, on the sidelines of international engagements in Washington D.C.…

WASHINGTON: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb outlined a sweeping reform agenda during a conversation at the Atlantic Council, as the country receives high praise from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for stabilizing its economy but…

RAWALPINDI: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Muhammad Sohail Afridi, while talking to the media outside Adiala Jail, said that he had come to meet the party’s founding chairman Imran Khan for which the provincial government had formally…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has urged the Afghan leadership to take sincere and tangible actions to address Pakistan’s legitimate security concerns, warning that lasting peace hinges on Kabul’s response to Islamabad’s repeated…

KARACHI: Latest data from the State Bank of Pakistan showed that the country’s total reserves recorded an increase of $100,000, reaching a new level of $19.81 billion. Over the past week, the State Bank’s reserves rose by $20.7 million,…

LAHORE: Falak Javed has been granted bail by the Lahore Sessions Court in a high-profile case concerning a controversial tweet. Additional Sessions Judge Dr. Sajida Ahmed approved his bail application after hearing arguments from the…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has announced 5,000 fellowships for Palestinian students to study in its universities. The announcement was made by Federal Minister for Education Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui during the inauguration ceremony of the…

WASHINGTON: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb met with Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed Abdullah Al-Jadaan in Washington, where the two leaders held detailed discussions on bilateral trade relations and private sector investment…

KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a strong positive trend at the start of trading today, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index surging by 593 points to reach the level of 166,280 points. On the previous day, the KSE-100 Index…

LAHORE: The Punjab government has announced new winter timings for all public and private schools across the province. The revised schedule will be effective from October 16, 2025, to March 31, 2026, and has been introduced to protect…