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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said as a result of staff level agreement and a $3 billion standby arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the trust of investors and business community was rapidly reviving.…

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has given approval to the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Amendment Bill 2023. The federal cabinet approved the HEC Amendment Bill and the prime minister has been given the controlling authority of the…

ISLAMABAD: The federal government introduced further amendments to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) law through an ordinance signed by acting president and Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani, allowing the accountability watchdog to…

JENIN, West Bank: Israel on Monday launched its most intense military operation in the occupied West Bank in nearly two decades, carrying out a series of drone strikes and sending hundreds of troops on an open-ended mission into a militant…

Saudi Arabia and Russia, the world’s biggest oil exporters, deepened oil cuts, sending prices higher despite concerns over a global economic slowdown and possible further interest rate hikes from the U.S. Federal Reserve. Saudi Arabia said…

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Authority (FIA) has frozen the bank accounts of 41 human smugglers, arrested in connection with the Greece Boat tragedy.  As per details, FIA has decided to take action against human smugglers under the…

ISLAMABAD: The National Economic Council (NEC) held a meeting where the development budget of a staggering Rs2,709 billion was approved. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chaired the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting where the council…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has congratulated the nation and the business community on the start of business activities at Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) with an extraordinary surge of 2,231 points on the opening day of the…

Pope Francis said the desecration of the Holy Quran has made him angry and disgusted, and that he condemned and rejected permitting the act as a form of freedom of speech. The pope’s comments come after a man desecrated the Holy Quran in…

CHILAS: A Spanish climber lost his life during an attempt to scale the world’s ninth-highest peak, Nanga Parbat, local police said. A group of climbers was attempting to scale the Nanga Parbat, which at 8,125 metres (26,660 feet), the…