04 March 2026
Kart-e-Char, Kabul, Afghanistan

The Newspaper's Staff Reporter

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Pakistan Navy takes over command of combined task force

NewsJanuary 30, 2026

KARACHI: Pakistan Navy took over the command of Combined Task Force-150 (CTF-150) during a change of command ceremony held at the Headquarters of Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), Bahrain. Commodore Muh...

Social spending drops despite IMF pledge

BusinessJanuary 28, 2026

ISLAMABAD: Despite higher allocations under the International Mon­etary Fund (IMF) compulsions, the government on Tuesday reported an actual 7.5 per cent decline in social protection spending but proj...

Pakistan’s macroeconomic outlook to strengthen: S&P

BusinessJanuary 28, 2026

ISLAMABAD: S&P Global Market Intelligence has projected a strengthening of Pakistan’s macroeconomic outlook in the current and next fiscal years, endorsing the State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) proje...

BYD launches two electric SUVs

BusinessJanuary 27, 2026

KARACHI: Mega Motor Company (MMC), in partnership with the world’s leading new energy vehicle (NEV) manufacturer BYD, has recently unveiled two electric sport utility vehicles (SUVs), the BYD Sealion ...

Railways minister announces formation of ‘Rawalpindi Tigers’ cricket team

SportsJanuary 25, 2026

RAWALPINDI: Federal Minister for Railways Hanif Abbasi on Saturday announced the formation of a cricket team named Rawalpindi Tigers, comprising youth from Rawalpindi, with trials scheduled to be held...

‘Safe-haven’ demand pushes gold, silver prices up

BusinessJanuary 25, 2026

KARACHI: A jump of $65 per ounce to $4,988 has pushed domestic 10-gram and one-tola gold (24kt) rates to new all-time highs of Rs446,812 and Rs524,162, respectively, reflecting an increase of Rs5,573 ...

Gold surges to Rs514,662/tola

BusinessJanuary 24, 2026

KARACHI: Amid a continuous rally in world prices, the local 10-gram and one-tola gold rates (24kt) hit a new peak of Rs441,239 and Rs514,662, respectively, showing a jump of Rs7,802 and Rs9,100. Inte...

National Assembly body ‘unlawfully’ regularised contractual workers

NewsJanuary 22, 2026

ISLAMABAD: The Isla­mabad High Court (IHC) has ruled that a parliame­ntary committee unlawfully assumed the role of the executive and the judiciary by issuing directions for the regularisation of hund...

Gold surges to Rs493,662 per tola

BusinessJanuary 21, 2026

KARACHI: The yellow metal continued to shine in the world market, pushing domestic 10-gram and one-tola rates to a new all-time high of Rs423,235 and Rs493,662 on Tuesday, up by Rs3,686 and Rs4,300, r...

Tirah operation sparks debate in Senate

NewsJanuary 20, 2026

ISLAMABAD: Alarm bells were rung in the Senate on Monday over the recently launched military operation in the Tirah area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Khyber tribal district. Speaking on a point of public i...