Since July 22, many unauthorized exchange offices have been closed after military intelligence summoned foreign exchange traders to deal with the rising dollar exchange rate in the open market. photo: file ISLAMABAD: As Saudi Arabia extended a new $3 billion loan to plug a sudden hole in its reserves, the government decided to ask the […]
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Many users and journalists on social media platform However, the clip is old and dates from September 2025. Pakistan played the role of mediator in the US-Israel war against Iran, successfully brokering a critical ceasefire between the warring parties on April 8, 2026. The South Asian country also hosted the first round of talks between
The Pakistani army reacted immediately and destroyed the gun position by firing from across the border. An army soldier guards a deserted entry point at the Friendship Gate, following the exchange of fire between Pakistani and Afghan forces, at the border post between the two countries, in Chaman, Pakistan, February 27, 2026. Photo taken with
JD Vance and Bagher Ghalibaf expected to lead their respective delegations again Pakistan has begun preparations for a likely second round of talks between the United States and Iran in Islamabad to end a war that has crippled energy supplies and daily life in the Middle East region, two government sources familiar with the developments
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Interior Minister also holds talks with Sindh CM Murad on law and order amid regional tensions Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi at the Chinese Consulate in Karachi on April 15, 2026, welcomed by Chinese Consul General Yang Yundong. KARACHI: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met Chinese Consul General Yang Yundong at the Chinese Consulate on Wednesday,
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Farman Bashir Behrani was standing guard outside a house when gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on him. QUETTA: A police constable was martyred on Tuesday while guarding a polio vaccination team in T&T Colony area of Dera Murad Jamali in Balochistan. Nasirabad Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Asad Nasar said The Express PK Press Club
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The Committee reports irregularities from 2017 to 2022; FIR filed and new investigative body formed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chairs review meeting regarding FBR. Photo: GOP Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday ordered expedited legal action against all those involved in overcharging, calling it a “heinous practice” that went unchecked for years due to institutional
Envoy says veto powers should either be abolished or their use ‘severely restricted’ Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, speaking at the UN. PHOTO: Pakistan on Wednesday called for the abolition or severe curtailment of the veto power in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), while strongly opposing any expansion of
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CM asked the committee to avoid unnecessary appointments and focus on promoting quality education. Chief Minister of Balochistan, Mir Sarfraz Bugti. Photo: APP/File QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti stressed that universities should not be reduced to mere recruitment factories, but should serve as true centers of knowledge, research and innovation. He made the
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PESHAWAR: The government on Tuesday informed the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly that it would not transform the status of around 2,000 employees of the education department, initially hired as temporary or “flexible” teachers, to ad hoc posts. The KP Department of Higher Education hired the professors under an interim agreement to address the shortage of teachers in
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