State-owned Qatar Airways has decided to sell its entire stake in Cathay Pacific Airways (0293.HK) for about $897 million (HK$6.97 billion), marking its complete exit from Hong Kong’s flagship airline after eight years. Cathay said late on Wednesday that the Doha-based carrier had approached it about selling its entire 9.7% stake, and it would repurchase…
In 2006-07, a 1 percent withholding tax was imposed on commercial imports of gold in the country. Photo: Express News After two consecutive days of decline, gold prices bounced back on Thursday in both international and local markets. In the international bullion market, the yellow metal gained $37 per ounce, pushing the global price to…
MDCAT examinations, Dow Univeristy, Karachi Sindh October 26 2025 Photo: Our Correspondent Education Testing Council, the testing entity of the Higher Education Commission, Pakistan, has postponed the Law Admission Test, which was scheduled for November 9, 2025, in Quetta, Balochistan in view of the prevailing law and order situation. The new date for LAT will…
Committee members criticised the NCCIA for failing to act despite multiple complaints Cyber fraud targeting parliamentarians and the ongoing data leak controversy dominated discussions during a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee, which met on Thursday. The panel, chaired by Senator Faisal Saleem Rehman, received a detailed briefing from the Director General of the National…
Meeting at PM House to finalize strategy ahead of National Assembly vote on November 14 A delegation of Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid led by Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Chaudhry Salik Hussain called on Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad today, to deliberate on the proposed 27th Constitutional Amendment PM Shehbaz,…
“Sustainability is not a cost, it’s an investment, and an intergenerational one,” said Faraz Khan, CEO and Managing Partner of Spectreco LLC USA, as he addressed a packed hall during the Future Summit session titled “Shaping the New Climate Economy” at Karachi’s Movenpick Hotel. Spectreco is an AI-driven ESG platform that performs data management and…
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), district police, and civilian intelligence agencies conducted a joint operation on Thursday in the Ambiri Kalla in the southern district of Karak, killing a most-wanted terrorist commander, Nisar Hakeem. According to officials, the terrorist commander was involved in multiple acts of terrorism and has long been on the list of…
KARACHI: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb emphasised that Pakistan must align competitiveness with sustainability and innovation with inclusion to secure its economic future, as he addressed the opening day of the 9th edition of The Future Summit (TFS) – a well-known thought leadership platform. Speaking at the event, co-hosted by Nutshell Group and the National Bank…
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has grilled power distribution companies (DISCOs) about the installation of four million Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) units without approval of the regulator. The installation of AMI meters requires the approval of Nepra under the multibillion-rupee investment programme. However, the electricity companies have started installing such advanced system…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has prepared a comprehensive market entry package for Malaysia to achieve the export target of $200 million. The action plan was submitted during a meeting of the Prime Minister’s Committee on Meat Exports to Malaysia. Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Industries and Production Haroon Akhtar Khan chaired the meeting. Four working…
