Pakistan

President Donald Trump said Israel would lose its crucial backing from the United States if it annexes the occupied West Bank, in a Time magazine interview published on Thursday. Trump’s comments, which Time said were made by telephone on October 15, were published as both Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned against any annexation. “It won’t happen. It won’t happen because I gave my word to the Arab countries. And you can’t do that now. We’ve had great Arab support,” Trump said when asked what the consequences would be for Israel if it did so. “Israel would lose all of its support from the United States if that happened.” Trump also told Time that he believed Saudi Arabia would join the Abraham Accords, which normalise relations between Israel and Arab states, by the end of the year. “Yes, I do. I do,” he said when asked if he thought Riyadh would join in that timeframe. “See they had a problem. They had a Gaza problem and they had an Iran problem. Now they don’t have those two p...

Federal govt endorses Punjab's request Forum declares party as banned organisation Right-wing party has a histo

Rs23 per unit set under three-year subsidy-neutral package

CM Afridi denied meeting with Imran

Pakistan, Poland deepen trade ties

Justice Minallah opposes leniency for security officials over rights violations

Around 300 vehicles stranded at various points for around two weeks

US President Donald Trump has pardoned convicted Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, a White House official said on Thursday. In a statement, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump had “exercised his constitutional authority by issuing a pardon for Mr. Zhao, who was prosecuted by the Biden Administration in their war on cryptocurrency.“ Binance did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Zhao, one of the most powerful people in the crypto world, had to step down as chief of Binance when the company agreed to a $4.3 billion settlement with the US government to end a years-long probe into misconduct at the world’s largest crypto exchange. Trump’s pardon of Zhao paves the way for the crypto mogul to return to the business he helped found in 2017. He has already served his time in prison after a judge sentenced him to four months. Zhao’s pardon is the latest in a series Trump has doled out to executives convicted of white collar crimes. Earlier in April, he was appointed as a strategic advi...

Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan on Thursday remarked that ignoring Article 191A through which the Supreme Court’s Constitutional Bench (CB) was formed under the 26th Amendment would amount to granting the petitioners “final relief”. Justice Hassan’s observation came as an eight-member CB heard over three dozen petitions against the 26th Constitutional Amendment, which was passed by Parliament during an overnight session in October last year. The PTI claimed seven of its lawmakers were abducted to gain their favour as the party opposed the legislation. The Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) also alleged its two senators were being pressured, with both later defying party line to vote in the tweaks’ favour. The legislation, which altered judicial authority and tenure, has been a lightning rod for debate, with both opposition parties and legal experts questioning its impact on the judiciary’s independence. The tweaks took away the SC’s suo motu powers, set the chief justice of Pakistan’s (CJP) term at three y...

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Move follows group's plans for further divestments on lower profit outlook

Index dives 1,963 points on bank stock selling and ahead of futures rollover

Developer says cost of land has skyrocketed; subsidised loans can't cover it

Gold drops locally despite global surge; rupee steady vs dollar

Tomatoes now cost five times more in Pakistan; both sides lose around $1m per day

Experts urge reskilling in automation, AI, and IoT to tap outsourcing, JV opportunities

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Envoy eyes agri, IT & textile ventures as economy shifts to export-led growth

Company faces Rs79b annual shortfall after multi-year tariff cut

Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Sardar Muhammad Yousuf on Thursday said the government is taking steps to improve land and sea routes for pilgrims, mulling to introduce new system of ferry service for pilgrims.