Archive
News, and everything we have ever archived.
50,170 stories from Pakistani and global sources, going back to 2 May 2002. Nothing is deleted, so old stories stay findable.
50,170 results
-
New PIA aircraft: No govt financing, sovereign-guaranteed loans announced: Schehzad
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Finance Minister Khurram Schehzad said on Sunday that Pakistan had discussed potential financing from the US Export-Import Bank (US Exim Bank) for Boeing aircraft for privatised Pakistan International Airlines (PIA...
-
Nuristan violence: Pakistan rejects Afghan Taliban allegations
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday rejected allegations by the Afghan Taliban regime that Pakistani security forces and intelligence agencies were involved in violence in Afghanistan’s Nuristan province, describing the claims as “frivolous, base...
-
Riyadh schools adopt remote learning for a week
RIYADH: Parents across Riyadh received messages from schools on Sunday announcing a last-minute plan to shift to remote learning for a week, according to messages seen by AFP. “We have just been informed by Saudi authorities that schools mu...
-
UK police arrest five men at US air base in major incident
FAIRFORD, (England): British police arrested five men on suspicion of explosives and terrorism offences on Sunday near an air base that has been used by the US to strike Iran, after a tip-off that three vans had been seen heading to the mil...
-
Trump expects new Iran talks
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Sunday that he expects talks with Iran to resume in the coming week, despite his rejection of a truce proposal put forward by Tehran. Iranian officials brought with them to the UN General Assembly ...
-
US claims successes in isolating Iran
WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Saturday that he had sent envoys around the world to pressure countries to economically isolate Iran, hailing new restrictions targeting the country’s airlines and banks. “At my direct...
-
First SCO national coordinators meeting today in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: National coordinators of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) are set to meet today (Monday) and continue their deliberations until September 30 to finalise the programme of activities under Pakistan’s chairmanship and pre...
-
Netanyahu meets Sheikh Mohammed in Abu Dhabi
ABU DHABI: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Abu Dhabi and met with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Sunday, a senior Israeli official told Reuters. There was no immediate comment from Netanyahu’s office ...
-
Iran insists on diplomatic solution after Trump rejects peace plan
WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS/DUBAI: Iran insisted on Sunday that only diplomacy can solve its conflict with the United States and Israel after US President Donald Trump said he rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and en...
-
Money laundering cases can proceed without awaiting tax cases: LHC
ISLAMABAD: The Lahore High Court has ruled that money laundering is a separate crime in its own right. The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) does not have to wait for a person’s income tax case to be fully decided before it starts a money laun...
-
Dutch diplomats in Ramallah: Israel revokes diplomatic status
TEL AVIV: Israel’s foreign ministry said on Sunday that it revoked the diplomatic status of Dutch diplomats at the Netherlands’ Represen-tative Office in Ramallah in response to the Dutch government’s ban on imports of products originating ...
-
FBR chief urged to extend IT return deadline
ISLAMABAD: Almost all tax bar associations, chambers/ federations and trade bodies have requested the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Rashid Mahmood Langrial to extend the deadline for filing of income tax return forms by one month ...
-
UK PM urges ‘calm’ as thousands block flashpoint N Ireland parade
PORTADOWN, (United Kingdom): UK Prime Minister Andy Burnam urged “calm” Sunday as thousands of people rallied to block a pro-British Protestant march from passing through a mainly Catholic area for the first time in 28 years, triggering an ...
-
PCGA demands govt launch drive to save cotton economy
MULTAN: Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) has demanded the government should launch a nationwide “Grow Cotton, Save the Economy” campaign, while considering its recommendations be made part of national policy. At its general body m...
-
Mali gold mine: Barrick Mining reaches deal with unions
TORONTO: Canada’s Barrick Mining has signed a new collective bargaining agreement with unions representing workers at its Loulo-Gounkoto gold mine in western Mali, a company spokesperson and a union official said on Sunday, easing the threa...
-
Interview with Adil Salahuddin, CEO and Head of Coverage – Standard Chartered Pakistan
Adil Salahuddin is Chief Executive Officer and Head of Coverage at Standard Chartered Pakistan. A seasoned banker with more than three decades of experience, including over 25 years with Standard Chartered, he has worked across corporate an...
-
LSM finds a higher base
Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) growth may have slowed to 3 percent YoY in July, but the headline understates the more important development. The July LSM index climbed to 119.13, the highest reading ever recorded for the month and comforta...
-
KP cabinet approves Police Act 2026
PESHAWAR: Provincial Cabinet has approved the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Act 2026. The proposed legislation would introduce a comprehensive institutional framework aimed at making the police more accountable to the public while strengthening...
-
Checkpost attack: KP CM visits D I Khan, inquires after health of injured
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Muhammad Sohail Afridi visited Dera Ismail Khan, where he visited the hospital and inquired after the health of those injured in the terrorist attack on Aman Mela Check Post. Former Chief Minister...
-
Govt committed to providing people accurate information: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif said the government of Pakistan was committed to ensuring the provision of accurate and authentic information to citizens, promoting transparency, and safeguarding the right to access inform...
Get it by email instead
A daily briefing every morning, a longer one on Saturday. Pakistan, global, or both.
Subscribe