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Sindh Senior Minister for Information, Transport, and Mass Transit, Sharjeel Inam Memon, announced that the provincial government has removed fixed closing timings for businesses across the province.

Litton Das struck a century to rescue Bangladesh from a top-order collapse, as the hosts posted 278 in their first innings of the second and final Test against Pakistan on Saturday. Pakistan reached 21-0 at stumps in reply with Azan Awais on 13 and Abdullah Fazal on 8 in Sylhet. Batting at number six, Litton struck 16 fours and two sixes in his 159-ball 126, his sixth Test century, after Bangladesh had been reduced to 116-6 after lunch. Pakistan, trailing 1-0 in the two-match series after a 104-run defeat in Mirpur, opted to bowl and the decision immediately paid off. Opener Mahmudul Hasan Joy fell for a duck, edging Mohammad Abbas to second slip off the second ball of the match. Pakistan’s Mohammad Abbas (3R) celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Bangladesh’s captain Najmul Hossain Shanto during the first day of the second Test cricket match between Bangladesh and Pakistan at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium in Sylhet on May 16, 2026. —Photo by Munir UZ ZAMAN / AFP Debutant Tanzid Hasa...

Markets reopen for late hours, yet inflation dampens festive cheer

100-acre seafood processing zone planned at Korangi to enhance blue economy

2.5% rate lowest ever for country; follow-up issuance possible in 3-6 months

IMF to review proposals as Pakistan seeks to reduce salaried, corporate rates and raise Rs50b

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CPEC-II moves farming to centre stage where each side brings what other lacks

Both sides agree to explore tariff cuts, address non-tariff barriers, expand trade

CPEC second phase shifts to B2B cooperation as one?quarter of bilateral trade settles in renminbi

Geopolitical uncertainty weighs on KSE-100 index despite domestic developments

New council set up to ramp up trade, investment, private-sector linkages

Shops, malls, restaurants, wedding halls allowed to operate without time limits

Three swam ashore while fishermen saved a fourth

Says 'we are drowning, darling, we will drown everyone with us'

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Transporters continue to operate despite repeated court orders

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