Pakistan

ISLAMABAD - As part of mandatory exposure visits to state institutions, a delegation of 136 Probationary Officers, currently undergoing 53rd Common Training Program (CTP) at Civil Services Academy (CSA), Lahore, Friday called on the Chief Justice of Pakistan at the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

Peshawar - Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Faisal Karim Kundi, on Friday held a meeting with a delegation of Youth Leadership of Pakistan led by Junaid Sehar Afridi at the Governor House.

Exports drop further; imports increase at faster pace

PBS data shows short-term relief from food and fuel prices, but cost pressures persist

Business group warns lack of regulation fuels smuggling

Injects Rs13tr via OMOs, unveils '26 auction calendar; gold jumps Rs5,700/tola

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Index jumps 1.52% as banks, fertiliser stocks lead gains despite foreign selling

Smart glasshouse inaugurated to support controlled-environment research

Minister says high energy prices impacting production, eroding competitiveness

Dispatches, however, increase marginally by 1.47% in December

With the political impasse continuing among the country’s main stakeholders, Prime Minister’s Adviser on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah said on Friday that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had not imposed any “minus Imran” condition on political engagement. A day earlier, the premier’s adviser had proposed “confidence-building measures” between the leadership of the PML-N, the PTI, and the PPP could bring down political temperatures. “Prime Minister Shehbaz has not set any condition of minus Imran Khan [from politics]. We neither seek to minus anyone nor consider it politically viable. Similar efforts were made to sideline us in the past,” Sanaullah said while speaking on Geo News programme Naya Pakistan. As the leader of the House, PM Shehbaz has offered negotiations to the opposition, saying they [PTI] should sit with him as dialogue is key to parliamentary democracy, Sanaullah added. Maintaining that the opposition PTI had to take a step forward, the senior PML-N leader said that dialogue on behalf of the p...

Police and rescue services recovered four decomposed bodies from a ditch on Karachi’s Mai Kolachi Road on Friday night. South Deputy Inspector General Syed Asad Raza said four bodies were found in a deep ditch covered with bushes on the “jungle side” of the road in the limits of Docks police station. Police rushed to the scene after receiving information from a scavenger about the presence of the bodies. Upon recovery, it was found that they were 10-15 days old and had decomposed. Two of the bodies were male and the other two female. An Edhi Foundation spokesperson in a statement said one of the deceased appeared to be a boy. “The bodies have been sent to a hospital for legal formalities and the police are investigating the case from all aspects,” DIG Raza added. Earlier this week, the body of an employee of the University of Karachi, stuffed in a gunny bag, was found at a desolate place in Safoora Town. The police said that it appeared that the victim was bludgeoned to death. A police officer elaborated that...

The Motorway M-3 has been closed between Jaranwala and Dukhana due to heavy fog, authorities confirmed.

Thirty-one members of the Levies Force from Chagai district have been dismissed from their duties, according to an official notification.

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Reaffirms resolve to introduce reforms in judiciary

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