According to the charge sheet, the suicide bombing near Karachi airport resulted in the deaths of two Chinese nationals and one local citizen, while six others, including a woman, sustained injuries. The report identified Javed and Gul Nisa as arrested suspects, while Shah Fahad was the suicide bomber. The masterminds of the attack, Bashir Baloch […]
Pakistan and the IMF have commenced policy-level talks for the disbursement of a $1 billion loan tranche under the ongoing loan package. The officials held a lengthy session of talks with the IMF team to cut the electricity tariff by 1.5 to two rupees per unit, according to sources. “Final decision to slash basic tariff […]
Addressing the UN Security Council briefing on Afghanistan, Munir Akram said that the Afghan interim government has failed to address the menace of Afghanistan-based terrorist outfits, including Al-Qaida, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA). Munir Akram said that the TTP, a terrorist organization operating from Afghanistan and comprising around 6,000 militants, has been […]
Chad and Bangladesh were the world’s most polluted countries in 2024, with average smog levels more than 15 times higher than WHO guidelines, according to figures compiled by Swiss air quality monitoring firm IQAir. Only Australia, New Zealand, the Bahamas, Barbados, Grenada, Estonia and Iceland made the grade, IQAir said. Significant data gaps, especially in […]
Brent futures fell 6 cents, or 0.1%, to $69.22 a barrel at 0402 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate crude futures lost 13 cents, or 0.2%, to $65.90 a barrel. US President Donald Trump’s protectionist policies have roiled markets across the world, with Trump imposing and then delaying tariffs on his country’s biggest oil suppliers, […]
“The Defense Ministry’s air defense continues to repel a massive attack by enemy drones on Moscow,” Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram. “As of now, the Defense Ministry’s air defense forces have shot down 69 enemy drones flying toward Moscow,” he added in a separate post. At least one person was killed and three more wounded […]
The 79-year-old faces a charge of “the crime against humanity of murder”, according to the ICC, for a crackdown that rights groups estimate killed tens of thousands of mostly poor men, often without proof they were linked to drugs. “Early in the morning, Interpol Manila received the official copy of the warrant of the arrest […]
Photos showed interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa and SDF commander Mazloum Abdi shaking hands in Damascus on the agreement that provides for SDF-controlled civilian and military institutions in northeast Syria to be integrated with the state. The accord came at a critical moment as Sharaa grapples with the fallout from mass killings of Alawite minority members […]
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 […]
The SBP policy rate, after being slashed from 22pc in June 2024, now stands at 12pc. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the SBP met today to decide the Monetary Policy rate unchanged, while analysts were expecting a 50 to 100 basis points cut in the interest rate. The decision was announced after the Monetary […]
