IMF’s report shows current account deficit at 0.4% of GDP for current fiscal year Pakistan faces over $8 billion in external debt maturities in FY25 (excluding $13 billion in routinely rolled-over bilateral loans) and any delay in debt rollovers can put the IMF programme at risk. photo: file ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on…
Senior bankers will be able to pocket bonuses more quickly under a relaxation of rules brought in after the financial crisis of 2007/2008. Senior bankers have had to wait up to eight years to collect their bonus in full to make sure the deals they were being rewarded for turned out to be profitable longer…
The UK’s largest undeveloped oil field has revealed the full scale of its environmental impact, should it gain approval by the government. Developers of the Rosebank oil field said nearly 250 million tonnes of planet warming gas would be released from using oil products from the field. The amount would vary each year, but by…
Allison Murray/ZDNET Follow ZDNET:Add us as a preferred sourceon Google. Like many people, I have a hard time falling asleep at night and waking up in the mornings. The combination of poor bedtime habits like using my phone before bed and not turning off bright lights, along with snoozing my alarms in the morning, adds…
Kyle BonaguraOct 15, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers college football. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. ON THE SIDELINE at Notre Dame Stadium, USC coach Pete Carroll frantically waved for quarterback Matt Leinart to spike the ball. The Trojans trailed 31-28, inches from the goal line with seven seconds left. “[Leinart] was…
For a moment, the 50-yard line at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, was the media capital of the world. As the San Francisco 49ers were warming up for a Sept. 21 game against the Arizona Cardinals, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell caught the eye of Neal Mohan. The YouTube CEO, flanked by a handful of…
Three-time breast cancer survivor Hui Wai-yee has become a pillar of Hong Kong’s breast cancer support community. Through her volunteer work with the Hong Kong Breast Cancer Foundation (HKBCF), she provides comfort, practical help, and encouragement to other patients, earning her a place as a finalist in this year’s Spirit of Hong Kong Awards in…
Jessica ParkerBerlin correspondent NurPhoto via Getty Images Under the plans, it will be compulsory for men to fill out a questionnaire at the age of 18, but optional for women Plans to re-introduce military service in Germany have been thrown into chaos because of an 11th hour row amongst the governing parties. A compromise, which…
Pakistan’s support for their cause rooted in principles of justice, international law Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday reaffirmed that the establishment of a strong and viable Palestinian state with pre-1967 borders and Al Quds Al Sharif as its capital remained the bedrock of Pakistan’s Middle East policy…
He said no other country had such an efficient system to help citizens during crises KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that Sindh is not competing with any city or province in Pakistan but with the developed nations of the world, asserting that the province’s progress represents a collective national…
