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The 128-kilometre Lillah-Jhelum Road project has been completed five years after its launch in 2021, improving connectivity for residents of Jhelum and Pind Dadan Khan in Punjab.

The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is upgrading 35 traffic signal intersections and installing modern pedestrian crossing systems at 18 locations across Islamabad, with the entire project scheduled for completion by the end of this year.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday called for Pakistan's mineral resources to be developed alongside environmental protection, stressing that mining projects must follow international standards and use modern technology to safeguard water resources and workers' health and safety.

LAHORE: In a major step towards urban resource management and digital transformation, the Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) Lahore has formally launched a state-of-the-art smart water metering system.

The Rawalpindi Ring Road Authority has postponed the project’s inauguration for the ninth time and decided not to announce another date for the ceremony.

Islamabad International Airport is expected to become easier to access through the Margalla Avenue Extension project, which has achieved 36 percent overall progress, while the Capital Development Authority (CDA) has completed the structural work of the Sangjani Interchange underpass.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday called for Pakistan's mineral resources to be developed alongside environmental protection, stressing that mining projects must follow international standards and use modern technology to safeguard water resources and workers' health and safety.

Pakistan on Friday announced over a dozen mineral cooperation agreements with foreign companies and countries, declaring that it would move away from exporting raw materials and unprocessed minerals as it seeks to reshape its economic and development priorities.

The delegation from the Barrick Mining Corporation on Friday expressed strong interest in investing in the establishment of mineral processing industries in Karachi and Gwadar.

Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir said on Friday that Pakistan was aiming to become a competitive destination for long-term mineral investment.

Pakistan will offer investors clear and uniform fiscal terms for mining projects, without requiring "case-by-case" negotiations, Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik said on Friday, as the government sought to attract long-term investment in the country's mineral sector.

Canadian mining company Ivanhoe Mines has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Pakistan’s Mari Energies, marking its entry into South Asia as the country steps up efforts to attract foreign investment in its mineral sector.

Pakistan has attracted more than 5,000 attendees from over 60 countries to its international minerals investment forum in Islamabad which could help bring foreign investment into the country’s mining sector.

Pakistani startups using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve people’s finances can now apply for grants of up to £250,000 under a new GSMA Innovation Fund for AI-Enabled Financial Health .

Punjab and Sindh are facing a projected 22 per cent irrigation-water shortfall during the ongoing Rabi season, raising concerns over the availability of water for wheat and other winter crops as the country's three major reservoirs currently hold a combined 6.167 million acre-feet of usable water.

Political leadership of Pakistan's two mineral rich provinces on Thursday extended security guarantees to foreign investors, as the federal government is also expected to announce new promissory deals with an international mining firm to extract critical minerals.

The European Space Agency has released its first big collection of data from the orbiting Euclid telescope’s mission to map the universe’s large-scale structure, including observations of more than 900 million galaxies, as scientists investigate the puzzling cosmic components dark matter and dark...

HARIPUR: The civil work, meant to plug the crater caused by the collapse of a weak rock mass in the intake pit area of the Tarbela Dam 5th Extension Hydropower Project (T-5), is in full swing.

In a historic upset, Democrat Scott Colom has won his US Senate race in traditionally conservative Mississippi, networks projected Wednesday, making him the first African American elected to the chamber from the southern state in more than 140 years.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday highlighted Pakistan’s solar power boom at the COP31 in Turkiye, where world leaders gathered to discuss joint solutions to combat climate change.

The country’s Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) spending in the first four months of the current fiscal year struggled at only 10 per cent of the annual allocation.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has emphasised that Chashma-5 (C-5) Nuclear Power Plant represents clean electricity and energy security for the people of Pakistan.

PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday called for a “political reset”, wherein all political parties must unite for the sake of the country, while also urging the prime minister to take measures to build trust with the government’s allies and the opposition.

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The federal government spent only Rs 103.87 billion, or 10.39 percent, of its Rs 1 trillion development budget during the first four months of fiscal year 2026-27, according to official documents.

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The State Bank of Pakistan's decision to lower its benchmark policy rate by 250 basis points to 15 percent has delivered the largest single-meeting reduction in the current easing cycle, recalibrating borrowing costs for both federal debt servicing and industrial working capital.

Pakistan's technology services sector continues to post one of the few bright spots in the country's services trade ledger, with State Bank of Pakistan balance-of-payments data confirming steady year-on-year gains in computer and information services receipts.