KARACHI: Overseas Pakistanis sent home $3.42 billion in October 2025, marking an 11.9% year-on-year increase, offering some relief to Pakistan’s fragile external account at a time when the trade deficit has ballooned to $12.6 billion, driven by a surge in imports. This rise reflects continued momentum in remittance inflows amid seasonal factors and stronger receipts…
Targets Rs3.6tr in treasury bills, Rs1.7tr in bonds, Rs275b in sukuk, plus Rs200b buyback State Bank of Pakistan. Photo: File KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has unveiled an extensive auction target calendar amounting to over Rs5.8 trillion for the sale and management of government securities between November 2025 and January 2026, reflecting its…
Brady HendersonNov 7, 2025, 06:28 PM ET Close Brady Henderson is a reporter for NFL Nation and covers the Seattle Seahawks for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2017 after covering the team for Seattle Sports 710-AM. RENTON, Wash. — The Seattle Seahawks had been eyeing Rashid Shaheed as a potential trade target long before a…
Kristen Wiig received the Icon Award at the annual WIF Honors gala on Thursday night, where the comedy legend got honest about some fears holding her back in her career. Wiig’s Palm Royale co-star Kaia Gerber was on hand to present the honor, as the Saturday Night Live alum admitted to the crowd inside the…
Rs134 billion has been made by sugar profiteers. PHOTO: PIXABAY KARACHI: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), which gauges short-term inflation trends based on essential commodities, recorded a year-on-year (YoY) increase of 4.18% for the week ended November 6, 2025, according to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Friday. On a week-on-week…
Six-month training programme will start in August. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: The federal government has offered funds and skill development programmes to enhance exports of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) operating in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Industries and Production Haroon Akhtar Khan met on Friday with representatives of K-P SME clusters….
ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday approved the issuance of a Letter of Comfort in favour of banks to meet the condition for disbursement of a loan of Rs1.23 trillion obtained for the settlement of circular debt, taking responsibility in case the cash-starved power sector fails to repay the debt. In another decision, the Economic Coordination…
He clocked a best lap in one minute and 9.243 in the final seconds of a tense session McLaren’s driver Lando Norris drives during the sprint qualifying of the Sao Paulo Formula One Grand Prix at the Jose Carlos Pace racetrack, aka Interlagos, in Sao Paulo, Brazil on November 7, 2025. PHOTO: AFP SAO PAULO:…
CB bench trades light remarks amid speculation over constitutional court’s location ISLAMABAD: Even before the approval of the 27th Constitutional Amendment, speculation has begun as to where the Federal Constitutional Court — proposed to be formed under the amendment package — will be established. Members of a five-member constitutional bench of the Supreme Court on…
Nick WagonerNov 7, 2025, 06:09 PM ET Close Nick Wagoner is an NFL reporter at ESPN. Nick has covered the San Francisco 49ers since 2016, having previously covered the St. Louis Rams for 12 years, including three years (2013 to 2015) at ESPN. In over a decade with the company, Nick has led ESPN’s coverage…
