KARACHI – Gold prices continued their record-breaking spree on Thursday as one-tola hits an all-time high of 195,500 after gaining Rs4,900. According to All-Pakistan Sarafa Gems and Jewellers Association (APSGJA), the price of 10 grams witnessed an increase of Rs4,201 to settle ...

KARACHI – The rupee continued to depreciate on Friday in the interbank market, trading at Rs266.6 per dollar at 10:32am. As per the data shared by the Exchange Companies Association of Pakistan (Ecap), the local currency is down by Rs11.17 from the yesterday’s close. The currency witnessed ...

ISLAMABAD – A special court on Friday granted bail to three Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) officials in the case pertaining to the "illegal and unwarranted" leak of former army chief General (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa and his family members' tax information. Special Judge Azam Khan directed the ...

ISLAMABAD – Tensions remain unabated between nuclear-armed neighbors in South Asia despite the Pakistani premier’s goodwill gesture of calling on his Indian counterpart for sincere talks. In a recent development, Pakistan intelligence agencies once again exposed Modi-led Indian government’s ...

ISLAMABAD – The cash-strapped country sought Washington's support in reviving the crucial International Monetary Fund programme. Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US Department of the Treasury for Asia Robert Kaproth called on Federal Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar on Wednesday and Pakistan’s ...

KARACHI – Pakistani rupee plunged drastically to approach an all-time low, days after currency exchangers lifted a cap on the rupee-dollar rate. Earlier during the day, the currency was trading at 231 while the greenback increased by Rs 24 and was being quoted at 254.75 during intra-day ...

ISLAMABAD – The Foreign Office (FO) on Thursday ruled out any backdoor diplomacy brokered by the United Arab Emirates between Pakistan and India. At a weekly news briefing in Islamabad, Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch dismissed any such development taking place. “At this ...

The government of India is introducing a new family ID in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIoJK) which has caused confusion and irritation among many residents, with rights campaigners fearing that the program may lead to increased surveillance and data hacks in the ...

Pakistan has strongly condemned the despicable act of desecration of the Holy Quran in the Netherlands. In a statement, Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said it is undoubtedly a provocative Islamophobic hate crime committed under the guise of freedom of expression. Such offensive ...

WASHINGTON – Former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo recalled a series of armed clashes consisting of cross-border airstrikes between nuclear-armed Pakistan and India back in 2019. The close aide of former US president Donald Trump mentioned the 2019 tensions in his latest book *Never Give an ...