Amid fear & hope, life in J&K returning to normalcyGuns fell silent along the borders of Jammu and Kashmir after weeks of tension. Residents are returning to their damaged homes. India and P...
12 May, 2025, 12.54 AM IST
Kashmir's Pahalgam sparks Karachi's nightmare: Pakistan’s economic lifeline vulnerable again?Karachi, a vital economic center for Pakistan, is under threat. Tensions escalate with India following recent attacks. India's navy maintai...
11 May, 2025, 10.37 PM IST
Pakistan's Parsi community dwindles as young migrateFrom a gated community for her Zoroastrian faith in Pakistan's megacity Karachi, 22-year-old Elisha Amra has waved goodbye to many friends ...
27 Mar, 2025, 10.12 AM IST
Pakistan's inflation rises to 31.4% y/y amid high energy pricesWorsening economic conditions, along with rising political tensions in the run-up to a national election scheduled for November, triggered ...
02 Oct, 2023, 04.00 PM IST
As crisis deepens, Pakistan's public assets are up for salePakistan's source funds from friendly countries which were flowing in are dried up. At present, the crisis stuck Pakistan is not getting ea...
01 Jul, 2023, 09.11 AM IST
Cyclone Biparjoy: Evacuations and precautionary measures in Gujarat and PakistanWith the anticipation of cyclone Biparjoy approaching from the Arabian Sea and projected to make landfall by Thursday evening, authorities ...
15 Jun, 2023, 12.52 PM IST
Factor in 'calamity' in infra developmentRBI estimates ₹85.6 lakh crore investment required in climate adaption by 2030 to help avoid increasing that amount. The upfront costs are ...
12 Jun, 2023, 11.10 PM IST
Uber exits five Pakistani cities, to continue services via unit CareemThe change, effective immediately, also covers the cities of Multan, Faisalabad and Peshawar, but the Uber app will continue operations in ...
11 Oct, 2022, 05.39 PM IST
Pakistan emulates ‘Chinese model’ of social distancingHowever, videos of people violating the social distancing measures have gone viral, according to media reports in Pakistan. In this situati...
03 Apr, 2020, 08.50 AM IST
China-Pakistan Gwadar Port runs into rough weatherChinese co terminates container liner services to Gwadar; inadequate cargo & lack of use of port for transit to Afghanistan cited as reasons
10 Sep, 2019, 12.54 PM IST
Pakistan not approaching IMF for new bailout programme: Pak FMCash-strapped Pakistan is negotiating a USD 8 billion bailout package from the IMF to overcome a severe balance-of-payments crisis that thr...
12 Jan, 2019, 05.24 PM IST
India's 'expansionist' maritime security strategy pose threat to peace in Indian Ocean: Sartaj azizHe said that with 95 per cent of Pakistan's trade taking place through sea, Pakistan was heavily dependent on a tension-free Indian Ocean.
12 Jul, 2018, 10.39 PM IST
Heroin trade strained India-UK relations in 1980s: UK filesIndia's reluctance to allow Britain to position British officers in New Delhi and Mumbai to monitor illegal heroin trade in the 1980s strai...
30 Dec, 2015, 11.07 PM IST
China-Pakistan rail link should be through Islamabad-Karachi: ExpertsChinese experts waded into the debate by suggesting that the proposed railway route be built through Karachi and Islamabad for commercial v...
24 Apr, 2015, 10.27 PM IST
Bangalore, Karachi -- cheapest cities to live in: SurveyLondon, comes in as 11th-most expensive place, and is now as pricey as Tokyo, which was replaced by Singapore as the most expensive city la...
03 Mar, 2015, 10.11 PM IST
- Facebook divides civil society in Pakistan
There are many in this conservative Muslim country who oppose the decision of banning Facebook and Youtube. Google's Buzz to compete with F...
23 May, 2010, 03.00 PM IST
- Pak banks on interest rates to manage demand pressure
Pakistan’s central bank governor Shamshad Akhtar said higher consumption spurred by salary increases and food subsidies in the June 9 budge...
15 Jun, 2007, 04.08 AM IST