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The UK economy grew by 0.7% in the three months to September, according to official figures.

The Tamil Nadu government has ordered an internal audit of library collections across the state.

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.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday blamed the Commerce Department for failing to blacklist Megaspeed, the Singapore company at the centre of a scandal that prompted Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang to resign .

The number of third party motor insurance policies in Sindh has increased by approximately 3,940 percent in eight months, reaching 452,515, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP).

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.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards navy said a tanker carrying liquefied natural gas struck a naval mine and suffered an explosion in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday while using what they described was an "unauthorised and dangerous route", state media reported.

Pakistan's JF-17 Thunder garnered significant attention at the Dubai Airshow 2025, leading to the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a friendly country for its procurement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Thursday.

The Sindh government has decided to launch a large-scale operation to remove encroachments from major roads and public transport routes across Karachi.

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has paid Rs 1.932 trillion in profits to the federal government, nearly Rs 500 billion above the revenue target set for the entire FY27 fiscal year.

Petroleum Minister Ali Pervaiz Malik said on Friday that Pakistan’s exploration efforts were increasingly focused on minerals that were of strategic importance to global investors.

The federal government has decided to decrease the prices of motor spirit (MS) petrol and High-speed diesel (HSD) for the next 24 hours, according to the latest notification issued by the federal government.

Mobilink Bank, one of the largest microfinance Banks in Pakistan, has signed a Sale Purchase Agreement (SPA) to acquire 82.51% shareholding in Apna Microfinance Bank Limited (Apna Bank), subject to applicable legal and regulatory approvals.

A crash and fire involving a truck and several other vehicles in the United Arab Emirates’ Fujairah emirate killed 14 people and injured 30 others, police said on Thursday, in one of the UAE’s deadliest road crashes.

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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.

Incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan wants his party leaders to “stick firmly to the ideology” of the party, PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja said on Thursday.

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz said on Thursday that there was “significant evidence” of “sufficient quantities” of placer gold flowing in the province’s five rivers.

President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday expressed grief over the martyrdom of 10 police personnel in a terrorist attack on a police team in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kohat district.

Families dealing with inheritance can now get the exact process and list of documents for their case from an automated chatbot, introduced on the revamped succession website of the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra).

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The Pub­lic Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday propo­sed deferring the privatisation of power companies, expected to take place in January, until their assets, machinery, land and other properties are properly assessed and revalued to prevent potential losses to the national exchequer.

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.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhry on Tuesday defended the medical treatment being provided to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, insisting that the government had neither "neglected" his healthcare needs in the past nor would it allow any negligence in the future.

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.

The lawyer representing Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Tuesday that the senior PTI leader, who is currently incarcerated at Kot Lakhpat jail, was taken to the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) days after suffering a fall.

Dr Uzma Khan, sister of incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan, on Tuesday again approached the Supreme Court (SC) seeking an early fixation of the contempt plea against the federal government over alleged flouting of the court’s order to shift the ex-premier to Shifa International Hospital (SIH)...

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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.

LONDON / SINGAPORE — Financial markets and trade ministries across Europe and Asia are recalibrating economic forecasts as the combination of a shifting US trade posture and a measured Federal Reserve easing cycle alters global capital flows.

When breaking tickers prioritize unverified social screenshots over primary documents, public trust erodes. Building a transparent verification trail is the only durable path forward.

Across industrial estates in Karachi, Lahore, and Sialkot as well as residential sectors in Islamabad and Rawalpindi, the rapid installation of rooftop solar photovoltaic systems is fundamentally altering daytime electricity consumption on Pakistan's national grid.