The prices were changed to meet a condition of the International Monetary Fund to biannually adjust the gas prices ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday increased the fixed charges on gas bills by 50% and also jacked up gas tariffs for non-residential consumers but deferred a decision on import of up to 500,000 metric tons of…
He highlighted the crucial role of a transparent and efficient civil bureaucracy in national developme Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Asim Munir. Photo: ISP ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir said on Friday that Islamabad sought peaceful and cooperative relations with Afghanistan and warned Kabul against permitting Indian-sponsored terrorist proxies…
It deemed a leak from Wuhan’s virology laboratorie Photo: Reuters GENEVA: All hypotheses on how the Covid-19 pandemic began remain open, the World Health Organization said Friday, following an inconclusive four-year investigation that was hamstrung by crucial information being withheld. The global catastrophe killed an estimated 20 million people, according to the WHO, while shredding…
Many among the Tamil minority lost their land title deeds during the years of displacement PHOTO: REUTERS COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s top court halted Friday a government move to acquire land in northern regions still reeling from the consequences 16 years after the end of a decades-long civil war. Sri Lanka’s north bore the brunt of…
Araqchi signals Iran may block UN visits to N-sites US President Donald Trump walks on the day of a “One Big Beautiful” event at the White House in Washington, DC., US, June 26, 2025. PHOTO: REUTERS WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: President Donald Trump said on Friday he would consider bombing Iran again if Tehran was enriching uranium…
China and the European Union will also host a summit next month marking 50 year Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. PHOTO: REUTERS BEIJING: China’s top diplomat Wang Yi will head to Europe next week for talks with counterparts from the European Union, Germany and France, Beijing said on Friday as it seeks to shore up…
US top court limits judges’ power to block birthright citizenship order In a 5-4 unsigned opinion the top US court said that some of New York’s restrictions violated the First Amendment’s protection of the free exercise of religion. PHOTO: AFP WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a major victory on Friday by…
Guterres said UN-led humanitarian efforts are being “strangle UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks at the ReutersNEXT Newsmaker event in New York City, New York, US, November United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday that a US-backed aid operation in Gaza is “inherently unsafe,” giving a blunt assessment: “It is killing people”. Israel and the…
Another three people were killed by a strike while waiting for aid southwest of Gaza City, Bassal said Injured Palestinian girls attend the funeral of their father, who was killed in an Israeli air strike, at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. Photo: REUTERS GAZA CITY: Gaza’s civil defence agency said that Israeli forces killed at least…
The Millat Express bound for Lala Musa departed at around 6:30pm instead KARACHI: Train arrivals and departures from Karachi to other parts of the country have been delayed by one to two hours due to ongoing monsoon rains and adverse weather conditions. The Pakistan Express, departing from Karachi to Rawalpindi, left 45 minutes late at…
