THE State Bank’s decision to pause its monetary easing cycle, after six consecutive cuts of 1,000bps in its key policy interest rate since June to 12pc, in spite of a bigger than expected drop in inflation last month, reflects its efforts to achieve a balance between emerging strains on the economy and the fragile macro…
• PPP chairperson endorses Green Pakistan initiative; urges govt to review project to ensure ‘no harm’ to any federating unit• Proposes smart irrigation and collective farming as alternative solutions ISLAMABAD: A day after President Asif Ali Zardari expressed concerns over a proposed canal project on the Indus River in Punjab, PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on…
• Nearly dozen, including security personnel, lose their lives in gun battle with terrorists near Mashkaf Tunnel• Around 104, including women and children, rescued; dozens still held by assailants hiding in the hills• Minister says attackers using civilians as ‘human shields’; president and PM promise no quarter for ‘beastly terrorists’ QUETTA: An unprecedented hostage situation…
LAHORE: Pakistan Railways (PR) on Tuesday temporarily suspended its entire operations from Punjab and Sindh to Balochistan and vice versa, following the terrorist attack on the Jaffar Express. PR Chief Executive Officer Amir Ali Baloch told Dawn that passenger and freight trains would remain suspended until security and law enforcement agencies notified them that the…
• Nearly dozen, including security personnel, lose their lives in gun battle with terrorists near Mashkaf Tunnel• Around 104, including women and children, rescued; dozens still held by assailants hiding in the hills• Minister says attackers using civilians as ‘human shields’; president and PM promise no quarter for ‘beastly terrorists’ QUETTA: An unprecedented hostage situation…
President Donald Trump on Tuesday backed off a 50% tariff on imports of Canadian steel and aluminum, ratcheting down a threat against a major U.S. trading partner on another day of whiplash for U.S. stocks.
The United States agreed on Tuesday to resume military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine after talks where Kyiv said it would accept a US proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in its conflict with Russia, the countries said in a joint statement. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US would now take the…
Security forces are conducting a rescue operation for passengers taken hostage after terrorists opened fire on a Peshawar-bound passenger train from Quetta near Balochistan’s Bolan district on Tuesday, state media reported. State-owned media outlets Radio Pakistan and PTV News earlier reported citing “security sources” that terrorists attacked Jaffar Express in the Dhadar area of Bolan…
Security forces are conducting a rescue operation for passengers taken hostage after terrorists opened fire on a Peshawar-bound passenger train from Quetta near Bolan district in Balochistan on Tuesday, state media reported. State-owned media outlets Radio Pakistan and PTV News earlier reported citing “security sources” that terrorists attacked Jaffar Express in the Dhadar area of…
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PM-N) Senator Talal Chaudhry addresses a press conference in this undated image. — PID/File Strongly condemning the attack on a Peshawar-bound passenger train from Quetta near Bolan district in Balochistan, Minister of State for Interior and Narcotics Control Talal Chaudhry on Tuesday said that the attackers moved some passengers to the…