A 50-day-long protest sit-in intensified on Monday as traders in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) shut down a customs and immigration office in Sost, blocking the Karakoram Highway and stranding thousands of travellers headed to China via the Khunjerab Pass. Traders have suspended all trade and travel activities, demanding the implementation of a two-point agenda related to taxation and stuck import consi
Bulls extended their run on Friday as the benchmark KSE-100 index closed at yet another all-time high, marking the sixth consecutive session of gains on the back of strong institutional interest in banking and cement stocks. The index surged 1,612 points, or 1.06pc, to settle at 154,277.19, comfortably above the 154,000 barrier. During the session, it touched an intraday peak of 154,511 points
The federal government is considering imposing new taxes in Islamabad to contribute to the operational costs of Jinnah Medical Complex and Research Centre, which will be built at H-16. The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is executing the mega project of the Ministry of Health of the federal government. Sources said that recently Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif while chairing a meeting dire
Beyond the thousands directly affected by the devastating floods, countless struggling Pakistanis, still waiting for promised relief from improved macroeconomic indicators, now fear the wider impact of the crisis on their already difficult lives. If flooding persists and recovery and reconstruction efforts remain slow, the fallout on food security, livelihoods, and household resilience could in
In mid-August in Washington, DC, the spotlight was on soybeans, a humble crop with a big impact on global food security. At Soy Connext 2025, organised by the US Soybean Export Council, more than 700 participants from 59 countries came together to discuss how soy can help feed a growing world. Trade teams from 34 countries, including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and others, toured Ame