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…
Iran’s Islamic Consultative Assembly Speaker Dr Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf presents a memento to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Photo: NNI ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday emphasized that Pakistan was eager to foster cooperation with Iran in the fields of mutual interest including economic development and bilateral trade. He was talking to Speaker of Iranian…
Fazl vows to resist rollback of provincial powers, says 27th Amend draft yet to surface ISLAMABAD: JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Friday warned that attempts to “manufacture” a two-thirds parliamentary majority for the proposed 27th Constitutional Amendment would harm democracy, asserting that his party would strongly resist any move to curtail provincial autonomy. Speaking…
‘No patriotic person could utter such words about the gallant officers and soldiers’ ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi’s remarks about the security forces prompted a wave of criticism on Friday from the federal government and the provincial governor, who termed them “inappropriate and inflammatory”. In a strongly worded statement, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi…
Federal Ombudsperson for Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplace Fauzia Viqar KARACHI: Federal Ombudsperson for Protection Against Harassment, Fauzia Viqar, has expressed concern over the growing number of workplace harassment complaints, calling the trend alarming. Speaking at a media talk on workplace harassment held at the Karachi Press Club, she emphasised that efforts…
SUP’s president Syed Zain Shah. Photo: (file) HYDERABAD: The nationalist parties have announced a protest movement against the proposed 27th constitutional amendment, calling the workers to take to the streets from November 11. A meeting, hosted at GM Syed Edifice in Jamshoro district on Friday by Sindh United Party (SUP), also decided to call a…
