RIO DE JANEIRO: The BRICS nations will convene for a summit in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday and Monday, with members hoping to ...

ROME: A huge explosion at a petrol station in a Rome suburb on Friday left 45 people hurt, two of them seriously, ...

Is microfinance truly a beacon of hope for the penurious class, or merely a macro-trap further pauperising an already ...

KARACHI: The Pakis­tan Stock Exchange (PSX) extended its record-setting rally for the sixth consecutive session ...

Although official data reflects limited trade, Indian research institutions claim actual trade is far higher. The India-based ...

The GHF began its operations at the end of May after an 11-week total blockade of Gaza by Israel, during which no food entered the territory. Since it started, Israeli forces have killed more than 400 ...

ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday made important decisions to facilitate pilgrims travelling to Iran and Iraq, including a new travel management system to be implemented from Jan 1, 2026, and an ...

KARACHI: Microsoft has decided to close its office in Pakistan and laid off five employees, Dawn has learnt. Earlier, media reports suggested that the global tech giant had moved its operations out of ...

ISLAMABAD: As a demand-side intervention, the government is cautiously considering lifting the ban on new gas connections to ease pressure from a persistent surplus in the gas supply chain that ...

Prime Minister Indira Gandhi today [July 4] banned 26 political organisations. The ban applies to several extreme Left-wing groups plus some Right-wing parties. Among the latter is the Rashtriya ...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Mi­­nister Shehbaz Sharif met with leaders from Iran, Turkiye, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan on Friday, hol­ding a series of bilateral discussions on the sideli­nes of the 17th Economic ...

DAMASCUS: Syria said on Friday it was willing to cooperate with the United States to re-implement the 1974 disengagement agreement with Israel, which created a UN-patrolled buffer zone separating the ...