“An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team, led by Nathan Porter, visited Islamabad and Karachi from February 24 to March 14, 2025, to hold discussions on the first review of Pakistan’s economic program supported by the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and on a possible new arrangement under the IMF’s Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF),” the IMF […]
The back-to-back rulings were the most significant blow yet to the effort by Trump and top adviser Elon Musk to drastically shrink the federal bureaucracy. Government agencies face a Thursday deadline to submit plans for a second wave of mass layoffs and to slash their budgets. Get weekly news and analysis on US politics and […]
A group of terrorists launched the attack on the Peshawar-Quetta Jaffar Express, leaving the driver with severe injuries in the Bolan Pass area of Balochistan, targeting innocent civilians. The militants detonated a bomb on the railway track, bringing the train to a halt, and then took around 400 passengers hostage, including women and children. The […]
Washington, Ukraine’s main ally before Trump’s inauguration in January, has upended its policy on the conflict to pursue a rapid end to the fighting. Trump has engaged directly with Moscow, stopped military assistance to Kyiv, and paused intelligence sharing with Ukraine, which Russian troops invaded at scale in 2022. A stunning White House clash last […]
According to sources, today’s discussions focus on the National Finance Commission (NFC) and agricultural income tax, with officials briefing the IMF that there is a revenue potential of Rs300 billion from agricultural taxation. A special session on the circular debt management plan is also scheduled. Pakistan has reportedly proposed a Rs1,250 billion reduction in circular […]
The United States, once Ukraine’s main ally, has upended its wartime policies in its stated pursuit of a rapid end to the fighting, engaging directly with Moscow while cutting off military assistance and intelligence sharing for Kyiv. Zelenskiy is expected to meet Mohammed bin Salman, whose Saudi Arabia has played various mediating roles since Russia’s […]
The decision by the 57-member grouping came at an emergency meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, three days after the Arab League ratified the plan at a summit in Cairo. The Egyptian-crafted alternative to Trump’s widely condemned takeover proposes to rebuild the Gaza Strip under the future administration of the Palestinian Authority. “The emergency ministerial meeting […]
President Donald Trump, on Wednesday, expressed gratitude to the Pakistani government for its assistance in capturing a key terrorist linked to the 2021 Kabul airport bombing. “Three and a half years ago, a [Daesh] terrorist killed 13 American service members and countless others in the Abbey Gate bombing,” Trump said during his address to a […]
During a review meeting on Thursday, PM Sharif approved the plan to provide youth with training programs tailored to market and industry demands. The meeting outlined an action plan to offer training and employment opportunities through various institutions over the next four years. The meeting was briefed on the action plan to provide training and […]
An official with Gyeonggi-do Bukbu Fire Services said out of the eight people wounded, two were seriously hurt. Pocheon is about 40 kilometers (25 miles) northeast of Seoul, near the heavily militarized border with North Korea. South Korea’s Air Force said eight 500-pound (225kg) Mk82 bombs from a KF-16 jet fell outside the shooting range […]
