Pakistan

Safe-haven asset surges over 1% globally; rupee edges up to 278.51/$

The Government of Sindh has decided to launch a province-wide anti-rabies campaign to strengthen prevention and public awareness efforts.

Officials say land acquisition will begin after approval from Punjab Assembly

Community leaders call for more balanced security arrangements

Authorities have temporarily closed all hiking trails as a precaution

Asian Study Group brings together diverse cultures at end-of-year event

Citizens term tax unprecedented; say no such fee exists at other cattle markets

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Cattle markets are expected to see surge in Eid-night buying

Bitcoin remained largely stable against the Pakistani Rupee on Monday, trading near Rs21.

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Multiple explosives dropped near inter-provincial check-posts along K-P border

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Labour leaders say employees unpaid for 56 days despite repeated assurances

Talal Chaudhry on Monday inaugurated the expansion of Ataturk Avenue while representing Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi.

The State Bank of Pakistan State Bank of Pakistan released the official foreign currency exchange rates for Monday, showing the Pakistani Rupee maintaining its recent stability against major global currencies.

World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday that there had been 220 suspected deaths in the current Ebola outbreak and that a delay in detecting cases meant responders were now “playing catch-up”. “We are urgently scaling up operations, but at the moment the epidemic is outpacing us,” Tedros said, adding that countries bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo — the epicentre of the outbreak — should take immediate action. The WHO has declared the outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola a public health emergency of international concern. Ebola is a deadly viral disease that spreads through direct contact with bodily fluids. It can cause severe bleeding and organ failure. The Bundibugyo strain has no approved vaccine or treatments. Tedros said he would travel to Congo on Tuesday and that addressing the fast-moving outbreak was complicated by the fact that Congo’s Ituri and North Kivu provinces were highly insecure and there were no approved vaccines for t...

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister (DPM/FM), Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, will depart for New York on Monday night to participate in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Open Debate on “Maintenance of International Peace and Security” following the conclusion of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s high-level engagements.