Trading floors were overcome by a wave of selling as investors fled to the hills on the worst day for equities since the pandemic, with Hong Kong shedding 10 percent, Tokyo briefly diving eight percent, and Taipei more than nine percent. Futures for Wall Street’s markets were also taking another drubbing, while concerns about the […]
The death toll from the powerful quake that hit on March 28 rose to 3,471, state media reported, with 4,671 people injured and another 214 still missing. Aid agencies have warned the combination of the unseasonable rains and extreme heat could cause outbreaks of disease, including cholera, among quake survivors who are camping in the […]
Brent futures declined $2.28, or 3.5%, to $63.30 a barrel at 0049 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures lost $2.20, or 3.6%, to $59.79. At the session low, both benchmarks hit their lowest since April 2021. Oil plunged 7% on Friday as China ramped up tariffs on US goods, escalating a trade war […]
Israel’s military said about ten projectiles were fired, but most were successfully intercepted. Israel’s Channel 12 reported a direct hit in the southern city of Ashkelon. Israeli emergency services said they were treating one person for shrapnel injuries, and teams were en route to locations of fallen rockets. Smashed car windows and debris lay strewn […]
Sources reveal that Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has left for Dubai on a personal visit. He is expected to stay abroad for around ten days. On April 4, Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari demanded that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif roll back the controversial canal project on the Indus River. Addressing […]
According to the Interior Ministry, 3,268 illegal and undocumented Afghans were also repatriated via the Torkham border crossing. Since April 1, 2025, at least 3,053 Afghan refugees with Afghan Citizen Cards have been deported. Of these, 160 were deported from Islamabad, 1,980 from Punjab, and one from Gilgit-Baltistan. In total, since September 2023, 484,975 Afghan […]
According to trade leaders, the city’s major markets, including Sarafa Bazaar, Medicine Market, Jodia Bazaar, and other wholesale markets, will remain closed today. President of the Karachi Electronic Dealers Association, Rizwan Irfan, urged all traders to close their businesses as a show of support. Karachi Tajir Ittehad leader Jamil Paracha also affirmed that Karachi’s business […]
Pakistan Navy-led CTF-151 is taking proactive measures to enhance its presence in the region, remaining vigilant of the piracy threat in the Gulf of Aden, the vicinity of Socotra Gap, and off the east coast of Somalia, said a news release issued by Directorate General Public Relations (Pak Navy) here Saturday. These efforts aim to […]
The altercation erupted when the truck collided with the woman’s car. After the crash, the truck driver fled his vehicle and hid behind police officers to escape the woman’s gunfire. Police later apprehended both drivers and took them to a police station, where a case was registered against them on a police officer’s behalf. According […]
A Pakistani diplomat has called for concerted efforts to intercept clandestine flows of modern and sophisticated weapons that support UN-sanctioned armed groups, including TTP, BLA, and its Majeed Brigade, who use safe havens in Afghanistan to launch deadly cross-border attacks inside Pakistan. “Terrorist armed groups have billions worth of illicit arms abandoned in Afghanistan,” Syed […]
