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Murad Khan Bajaur: Mohmand District has two important trade routes with the neighboring Muslim country Afghanistan, namely Gorsal and Nawa Pass border points.  However, the major trade route was Gorsal, which has been closed since…

News Desk  Islamabad: Pakistan undertook more than 600 governance and institutional reforms during calendar year 2025, marking the most expansive reform effort documented to date, according to The Pakistan Reforms Report 2026. The…

APP Islamabad: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) closed on a bearish note on Thursday, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index shedding 1,113.48 points, or 0.61%, to settle at 181,456.34 points, compared to 182,569.82 points in the previous…

News Desk  Seoul: The United States has approved annual licences allowing Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix to ship chipmaking equipment to their manufacturing facilities in China through 2026, sources familiar with the matter said on…

News Desk  Ashgabat: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has reaffirmed Pakistan’s resolve to expand regional connectivity with Turkmenistan through both land and sea routes, underscoring that enhanced economic linkages are central to his…

News Desk  Islamabad: Saudi Arabia has rolled over its $3 billion deposit with Pakistan for another year, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) announced on Thursday, providing continued financial support to shore up the country’s economy.…

AFP/APP HONG KONG: Asian equities surged Monday as investors cheered a breakthrough in US-China trade talks that set the stage for leaders Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to finalise a deal, averting an escalation in the world’s biggest…

AFP/APP HONG KONG:  Asian markets rallied Friday after the White House confirmed President Donald Trump would meet China's Xi Jinping next week, stoking optimism for a cooling of trade tensions between the economic superpowers. The…

News Desk Putrajaya: Pakistan and Malaysia have reinforced their decades-long friendship with a series of high-level engagements culminating in the signing of six memoranda of understanding (MoUs), aimed at boosting bilateral cooperation…

Salim Raza  Bradford: It is not criminal to think ‘out of box’ to set in motion a visionary debate around Towards a Greater Eurasian Civic Integration that involves cross- border cooperation between Pakistan,  Afghanistan, Iran, and…