The exchange rate between the Bahraini Dinar and Pakistani Rupee is determined by the foreign exchange market, where currencies are traded based on supply and demand. The Bahraini Dinar, pegged to the US Dollar at a fixed rate of 1 BHD = 2.65 USD, is relatively stable compared to free-floating currencies like the PKR. The […]
European farmers fear the move will increase prices as over a quarter of the 27-nation bloc’s imports of nitrogen-based fertilisers come from Russia, with more entering from Moscow’s ally Belarus. The European Parliament voted 411-100 for a bill that will enact duties in July and gradually increase them to a point where they would make […]
Net migration – an estimate of the number of people migrating to Britain minus those leaving – dropped to 431,000 from 860,000 in 2023, the Office for National Statistics said. The data will offer some relief to Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who earlier in May promised to reduce migration significantly over the next four […]
General Waker-Uz-Zaman was reported to have told officers on Wednesday that elections should be held by December this year — if not earlier, according to Bangladeshi newspapers. The South Asian nation of around 170 million people has been in political turmoil since the student-led revolt that ousted then-prime minister Sheikh Hasina in August, with parties […]
Police have pulled two bodies from floodwaters on the Mid North Coast, a river-braided region of rugged hills and fertile valleys about 400 kilometres (250 miles) north of Sydney. Authorities launched a major search and rescue mission as people clambered atop cars, houses and highway bridges to escape the tide of muddy water. The storms […]
The suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty, negotiated by the World Bank in 1960, was among a slew of measures announced by India against Pakistan last month after falsely accusing Pakistan of the April 22 attack in Pahalgam. New Delhi had claimed the attack was backed by Pakistan – an accusation Islamabad denied – and […]
The strong quake struck 82 kilometres (51 miles) northeast of Crete’s capital Heraklion, at a depth of 68 kilometres, the USGS said. The region popular with tourists has been rattled by multiple tremors in recent months, prompting schools in Santorini and neighbouring islands to close temporarily. Thousands of earthquakes, mainly of low magnitude, were recorded […]
Meanwhile, 48 Celsius temperatures were recorded at Sindh’s Dadu, Jacobabad, and southern Punjab’s Rahim Yar Khan and Bahawalpur districts today. Mercury soared to 42 °C in Lahore and Peshawar and 41 °C in Islamabad. Maximum temperature of 36 Celsius recorded in Karachi with a feel-like temperature of 38 degrees centigrade. Heatwave likely to continue in […]
According to the department’s spokesperson, all private guest houses and residential service providers must enter guest data into the system for digital verification of both domestic and foreign residents. The department has launched an online portal to facilitate this registration. The final deadline for registration is the 15th of next month. Earlier this year, the […]
During the meeting, Mustafa Kamal delivered a message of solidarity from Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and reaffirmed Pakistan’s unwavering support for the Palestinian cause. “The entire Pakistani nation stands firmly with the brave people of Palestine,” he stated. The two ministers explored practical ways to deliver aid and discussed mechanisms to ensure the provision of […]
