Energy, economics and old ties: Why Marco Rubio's Modi meeting mattersUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. Discussions focused on energy security amid a global crisi...
23 May, 2026, 05.22 PM IST
India finalising agreement to supply oil, gas to Mauritius amid West Asia crisis, says EAM JaishankarIndia is set to finalize a government-to-government agreement to supply oil and gas to Mauritius. This move aims to strengthen Mauritius' e...
10 Apr, 2026, 11.35 AM IST
Pakistan's Punjab announces fuel curbs; educational institutions to remain closed in MarchWith Pakistan facing the impact of the crisis in West Asia, the Chief Minister of the country's Punjab province, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, has a...
10 Mar, 2026, 01.34 PM IST
Pakistan's education crisis deepens as teachers, schools' bodies reject patchwork policiesPakistani teachers and private schools condemn the government's education strategy. They highlight declining student numbers and reduced sc...
25 Jan, 2026, 04.38 PM IST
Pakistan's population crisis deepens as experts warn of national collapsePakistan is on the brink of a demographic disaster, experts cautioned at the conclusion of the Pakistan Population Summit on Tuesday, warni...
03 Dec, 2025, 03.33 PM IST
Malala Yousafzai 'overwhelmed and happy' to be back in PakistanMalala Yousafzai, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and education activist, expressed her joy at being back in Pakistan for a global summit on...
11 Jan, 2025, 11.28 AM IST
'Education apartheid': schooling in crisis in PakistanPakistan faces a severe education crisis, with over 26 million children out of school, mainly in rural areas. Economic hardships, inadequat...
11 Jan, 2025, 08.11 AM IST
ADB asks Pakistan to adopt Indian plan on educationThe Asian Development Bank has suggested Pakistan adopt India's ULLAS scheme to improve its education system. The recommendation follows Pa...
15 Sep, 2024, 11.47 AM IST
Pakistan debt unsustainable, headed towards inevitable default, says reportPakistan's debt crisis is more severe than anticipated, with the possibility of an inevitable default and a devastating economic spiral. Th...
19 Feb, 2024, 08.23 PM IST
Pak, China sign agreements to further strengthen 'iron-clad friendship'Qureshi and Wang reaffirmed the resolve to sustain and build upon the current momentum of bilateral relations, the Foreign Office said in a...
22 Mar, 2022, 05.20 PM IST
Pakistan NSA to visit Kabul on Tuesday; to discuss border fencing issue, humanitarian crisis with Taliban regimePakistani officials said they were planning to relocate Afghan refugees who have been educated and trained in Pakistan to Afghanistan.
17 Jan, 2022, 04.00 PM IST
Criticising Pak in 1971 would have destroyed US-China talks: Henry KissingerThen Nixon administration considered the opening to China as essential to a potential diplomatic recasting towards the Soviet Union and the...
12 Jul, 2018, 09.17 PM IST
The ‘dysfunctional’ nation of 2017: PakistanBacked by the army, terror masterminds led by Hafiz Saeed are making plans to enter Parliament, undermining global efforts to legally punis...
25 Dec, 2017, 08.46 AM IST
The cleric from Canada: Muhammad Tahir Ul QadriA Sufi cleric has returned with a call to ‘cleanse the system’, triggering a political crisis in Pakistan.
16 Jan, 2013, 01.42 AM IST
- Pak to get $6.2 bn aid from World Bank
Pakistan will get a whopping $6.2 billion aid from the World Bank in the next three years to come out of the current economic crisis, reduc...
09 Jul, 2010, 11.51 AM IST
- Pakistan to take over all madrasas: Zardari
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said that all madrasas in the countries would be taken over by the government to separate the stude...
11 May, 2009, 07.40 AM IST
- Past records show US aid cut unlikely to hit Pakistan
Last November, the IMF announced a loan of $7.6 billion to Pakistan, which was on the brink of defaulting on debt repayments.
29 Jan, 2009, 06.53 AM IST