Gold prices in Pakistan have jumped Rs23,500 per tola in two days, reaching Rs435,636 for 24-karat gold on Thursday as global bullion rallied after the US midterm elections. The rise reverses a slide that had taken local prices to Rs412,136 on Tuesday, and it comes at a time when household budgets are already stretched by...
Pakistan has said it has repatriated more than 2.8 million Afghans since it launched a nationwide deportation campaign three years ago, a day after a US federal judge temporarily blocked plans to deport detained Afghan nationals through Pakistan. The two developments are separate, but together they show how Pakistan has become a central point in...
Pakistan is exploring blockchain-based payment systems that its virtual assets regulator says could cut the cost of sending money home from abroad and unlock close to $1 billion in additional benefits. The proposal, outlined by Minister of State and Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) Chairman Bilal Bin Saqib, includes regulated stablecoins and a pilot...
Pakistan’s annual inflation slowed to 9.61% in October from 10.26% in September, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), but the figure masks a sharp monthly rise in food prices and a four-month average that has more than doubled compared with last year. The data, released on Monday, offers some relief on the direction...
Dananeer Mobeen’s 2026 has been defined by two roles that look strikingly alike on paper. In May, she made her film debut in Mera Lyari as Afsana Baloch, a girl from Karachi’s Lyari who dreams of playing professional football while her father stands in her way. In October, she returned to prime-time television in HUM...
Pakistan and Sri Lanka will meet in the final of the ODI tri-series at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Saturday, October 31, after a week in which the hosts swung from one of their most dramatic wins in years to one of their most chastening defeats. How Shaheen Shah Afridi’s side responds to being bowled...
Pakistan has taken two significant steps in its defence diplomacy within the space of three days. On Wednesday, it signed the “Badr” defence cooperation memorandum with Qatar, Turkiye and Indonesia in Doha, and on Friday the Foreign Office confirmed that Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have completed ratification of the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement. The two...
Pakistan’s annual inflation, as measured by the weekly Sensitive Price Indicator, rose to 11.85% in the week ended October 22, even as the country’s two biggest multilateral lenders praised its economic stabilisation and urged it to move on to growth. The numbers capture a gap that is becoming hard to ignore: macroeconomic indicators are improving,...
Pakistan have dropped Shan Masood, until recently their Test captain, from the squad for the two-match home series against Sri Lanka, as selectors turn to youth and domestic form in a revamped 14-man group announced by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Saturday. Babar Azam continues as captain, and three uncapped batters, Sameer Minhas, Mohammad...
Pakistan’s military spokesman has said the collective deterrence mechanism of the Makkah defence pact is already in effect and that Islamabad is giving Saudi Arabia the support it needs to defend itself against Houthi attacks. The remarks, made in an interview with Independent Arabia and widely reported in Pakistani media in recent days, are among...