Analysis: The bitter reality driving sugar prices higher
The government’s efforts to ease pressure on sugar prices through floating a tender for the import of 300,000 tonnes of sugar have failed to bring down the consumer price in the domestic market. The...
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SMOKERS’ CORNER: DECODING PARTY POLITICS
The birth of modern political parties can be traced back to the late 18th century. They largely appeared in Europe and the United States. But most of these parties were ‘cadre parties’ — parties formed...
View ArticleGaza ceasefire talks held up by Israel’s plans against withdrawal
CAIRO: Talks aimed at securing a ceasefire in Gaza are stalling over the extent of Israeli forces’ withdrawal from the Palestinian enclave, Palestinian and Israeli sources familiar with the...
View ArticleNew authority established to oversee agri-trade infrastructure
ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Food Security and Research has merged two key departments — the Department of Plant Protection (DPP) and the Animal Quarantine Department (AQD) — to form the...
View ArticleAuto prices surge up to Rs600,000
KARACHI: Indus Motor Company (IMC) has increased the prices of various models by up to Rs600,000 following the imposition of the New Energy Vehicle (NEV) adoption levy in the FY26 budget. Additionally,...
View ArticleCall for affordability as NEV Policy unveiled
LAHORE: As Pakistan rolls out its long-awaited New Energy Vehicle (NEV) Policy 2025-30 — aimed at cutting emissions and reducing fuel dependency — industry voices are calling for a rethink on how new...
View ArticlePHC rules it can hear pleas against military court sentences
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has declared petitions of the convicts of military courts maintainable and ruled that those people could approach it under the Constitution for relief against...
View ArticleKP Assembly’s speaker questions move to disqualify Punjab lawmakers
PESHAWAR: Speaker of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Babar Saleem Swati has insisted that invoking Article 63(2) of the Constitution to disqualify opposition members of the Punjab Assembly has serious...
View ArticleShangla power project’s victims to be compensated
SHANGLA: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and Shangla national jirga after successful negotiations have signed an historic agreement to compensate the affected people of three union councils of...
View ArticlePunjab govt sets aside Rs35bn for NA speaker’s constituency
LAHORE: The Maryam Nawaz administration has allocated Rs35 billion development budget ‘exclusively’ for the Lahore constituency of National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq. “On the instructions of...
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Climbing season in disarray amid climate crisis
A DAMAGED car is parked on the road after being hit by a landslide as an excavator clears debris in Bargo Pari, Gilgit.—Dawn GILGIT: The climbing season on K2, Broad Peak, Gasherbrum I and Gasherbrum...
View ArticlePublic Accounts Committee takes notice of Rs32bn ‘irregularities’ in KP project
ISLAMABAD: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, led by PTI, faces another major controversy as the chairman of the provincial Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has taken notice of alleged irregularities...
View ArticlePM vows economic turnaround through reforms, meritocracy
• Says govt removed ‘corrupt FBR officials’ without yielding to pressure or favouritism • Notes investment in youth essential for Pakistan’s future success ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on...
View ArticlePakistan to send hockey teams to India after reviewing security threats, says...
KARACHI: Pakistan is set to review the security situation in India before taking a call on sending its hockey teams to the neighbouring country for the Asia Cup and Junior World Cup to be held later...
View ArticlePTI brass gathers in Lahore to kick-start Aug 5 movement
• Gandapur leads KP lawmakers to Punjab’s capital • Gohar says leadership will also take up suspension of 26 MPAs LAHORE: The PTI top leadership arrived in Lahore on Saturday to devise a strategy for...
View ArticleBannu police station ‘hit by quadcopter’ for fifth time
LAKKI MARWAT: Terrorists used a quadcopter to attack a police station in Miryan, Bannu, on Saturday, making it the fifth such attack at the installation in a month, police officials confirmed. Over...
View ArticleCloudburst flooding damages homes, blocks roads in GB
• 13 houses, waterways, crops destroyed in Ghizer, Gilgit • Orders issued for immediate restoration of irrigation channels amid drought threat GILGIT: Extremely high summer temperatures and erratic...
View ArticleIran to launch direct flights from Quetta to boost travel, trade
QUETTA: Iran Air plans to launch direct weekly passenger and cargo flights from Quetta to the Iranian cities of Zahidan and Mashhad in a move aimed at boosting trade and travel between the neighbouring...
View ArticleHundreds of Myanmar troops, civilians flee across Thai border
BANGKOK: More than 500 civilians and soldiers fled conflict in Myanmar and crossed into Thailand on Saturday after an assault by ethnic fighters on a military base, the Thai army said. Myanmar has been...
View ArticleUnderage driver in Lahore remanded in judicial custody
LAHORE: A judicial magistrate on Saturday denied police further physical remand of an underage car driver and sent him to jail on judicial remand in a case involving death of a young man and injuries...
View ArticlePTI’s five jailed leaders demand fresh election
LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s five senior leaders incarcerated in Kot Lakhpat Jail have demanded fresh, free and fair general elections in the country, while learning lessons from the 1970...
View ArticleMan presumed dead in Loralai bus attack found alive
DERA GHAZI KHAN: In a pleasantly surprising turn of events following the tragic incident near Loralai, Balochistan, one of the nine individuals initially declared dead has been confirmed to be alive....
View ArticlePTCL’s financial woes deepen
ISLAMABAD: Despite generating higher revenues, Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd (PTCL) — the only state-owned enterprise (SOE) managed by the private sector — continues to incur losses, raising...
View Article4 members of woman’s family killed by husband, his relatives in KP’s...
Four members of a woman’s family were shot dead a day ago in the Tatara area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Nowshera district, allegedly by her husband and in-laws over a domestic dispute, police said on...
View ArticleNorth Korea’s Kim offers Russia full support on Ukraine in Lavrov talks
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un offered Moscow his full support for its war in Ukraine during talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Pyongyang state media said on Sunday. Lavrov’s visit to...
View ArticleFarm worker dies after US immigration raid on cannabis farm in California
A farm worker has died after being injured during a raid by US immigration agents on a legal cannabis farm in California, his family said on Saturday. Raids on agricultural sites on Thursday resulted...
View ArticleIranian president lightly injured in Israeli strike during war last month:...
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sustained minor leg injuries during an Israeli strike that targeted a meeting of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council during the war between both countries last...
View ArticlePeople downstream Tarbela Dam warned of water release as spillways to be opened
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Provincial Disaster Management Authority ((PDMA) on Sunday issued a warning for people downstream to stay away from the banks of the Indus River ahead of the Tarbela Dam’s...
View ArticlePTI shows willingness to talk but demands ‘accountability’ from institutions
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur on Saturday called on state institutions to engage in dialogue with the PTI, but demanded that they hold themselves accountable. Gandapur and the...
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