Pakistan

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir has issued a stern warning to India’s military leadership, stating that “there is no space for war in a nuclearised environment,” while reaffirming Pakistan’s resolve to safeguard its sovereignty and regional stability.

The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) predicted that dry weather is expected to prevail over most parts of the country during the next 24 hours.

Emergency services said they completed overnight search and rescue operations at the Sterlitamak plant

Strikes followed multiple cross-border terror attempts during 48-hour ceasefire, says Attaullah Tarar

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb met with World Bank (WB) President Ajay Banga in Washington and briefed him on the government’s flood response efforts, the finance ministry said on Saturday. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the plenary meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) in Washington, DC, where Aurangzeb had arrived on Sunday on a six-day trip from Oct 13 to 18. In a statement issued today, the ministry said that Aurangzeb briefed Banga on the government’s comprehensive flood response efforts and appreciated the Bank’s timely support following the completion of the post-flood damage assessment. The minister also endorsed the proposal of leveraging technology platforms and cooperatives to “effectively reach small farmers and enhance agricultural resilience”, the statement read. Aurangzeb also thanked the WB for “its technical assistance” in developing Pakistan’s tariff policy, it added. The statement said that Aurangzeb informed Banga about the memorandums of unde...

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Only 269 to 290 adult Indian wolves remain in Pakistan, including 42 breeding pairs

IAEA and Russian cooperation ensure safety amid the ongoing conflict

China and the United States agreed on Saturday to conduct another round of trade negotiations in the coming week, as the world’s two biggest economies seek to avoid another damaging tit-for-tat tariff battle. Beijing last week announced sweeping controls on the critical rare earths industry, prompting US President Donald Trump to threaten 100 percent tariffs on imports from China in retaliation. Trump had also threatened to cancel his expected meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in South Korea later this month on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. In the latest indication of efforts to resolve their dispute, Chinese state media reported that Vice Premier He Lifeng and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had “candid, in-depth and constructive exchanges” during a Saturday morning call, and that both sides agreed to hold a new round of trade talks “as soon as possible”. On social media, Bessent described the call as “frank and detailed”, and said they would meet “in-per...

LAHORE/islamabad - Punjab Minister for Information and Culture Azma Bokhari said on Friday that the provincial cabinet had approved a ban on Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), and the summary had been forwarded to the federal government for final approval.

Olympic body expresses disappointment after failed bid to secure visas for the nation’s athletes

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PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mohammad Sohail Afridi on Friday declined to attend a top-level huddle chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to chalk out a course of action regarding the future of Afghan refugees. However, Mr Afridi was represented by Muzzamil Aslam, former adviser to the chief minister on finance, in the meeting. In a statement on X, the chief minister said that he had declined to attend a federal government’s meeting about agriculture and Afghan refugees on the ground that attending such meetings without policy guidelines from detained PTI founder Imran Khan would be an insult to people’s mandate. He hoped that the federal government would resolve the issue of his meeting with Mr Khan and direct relevant authorities to arrange his regular meetings with the party’s founder. Mr Afridi said that his legal team was approaching the Islamabad High Court and other forums on the matter. Hopes Centre will ensure his meeting with Imran in jail Earlier in the day, he was denied a meetin...

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Sources say next round of talks will continue on Sunday (today) to deliberate on cross-border coordination mechanisms

Luis Enrique’s injury-hit side showed spirit to avoid defeat in a tense clash at home

PMD warns of gusty, dust-laden winds affecting Karachi, surrounding areas intermittently

New tunnelling tech by The Boring Company cuts cost to $8bn, completion under eight years

QUETTA: The Federal Ministry of Commerce has exempted 57 items from the requirement of a Certificate of Origin (COO) for trade with Iran, a move hailed by the business community as a major breakthrough in strengthening bilateral trade. The decision was announced during a Zoom meeting between the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) and the private sector, chaired by Member Customs Policy Ashhad Jawad and participated by Quetta Chamber of Commerce and Industry (QCCI) President Muhammad Ayub Mariani, Chief Collector Customs Irfan Javed, Collector Customs Jameel Baloch, State Bank representative Muhammad Yasir, commerce ministry official Zubair Khan, and other stakeholders. The meeting focused on addressing long-standing hurdles in Pakistan-Iran trade, particularly issues related to the Electronic Import Form (EIF) and COO. Speaking on the occasion, Ashhad Jawad said the government was taking all possible steps to promote legal and formal trade with Iran, and that the exemption of 57 items from the COO...