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Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi visited the Chinese Embassy on Friday and hold a meeting with Chinese Ambassador Jiang Zedong to discuss security cooperation and regional developments. During the meeting, both sides held detailed discussions on counterterrorism, security cooperation, police exchange programmes, and the overall regional situation. To further strengthen economic ties, it was decided to organize a business conference aimed at addressing security concerns faced by Chinese investors in Pakistan. In the first phase, engagements will be held with the Chinese business community already present in the country, followed by outreach to potential new investors. Speaking on the occasion,…

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has provided Pakistani authorities with the Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies (MEFP) after finalising key outlines of the 2026–27 budget, while also urging more frequent revisions in oil prices. Pakistan and the IMF have exchanged drafts of the MEFP to reach a staff-level agreement for the third review and the release of the fourth tranche under the $7 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and $1.4bn under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF), The News reported. The IMF has sought a budgetary and fiscal framework for the 2026-27 budget, envisaging the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)’s…

Sarfraz Bugti, Chief Minister of Balochistan, has said that Afghanistan is a brotherly neighboring country and Pakistan has served Afghan people for the past four decades, but has not received an appropriate response. Addressing a public gathering of Pakistan Peoples Party in Pishin, he appealed to Afghan nationals to stop violence in Pakistan and stated that under the leadership of Asim Munir, no one would be allowed to harm the country. Referring to the killing of people by Israel in Iran, he condemned the actions and said Pakistan comes first for them. He also expressed happiness over declaring Pishin as…

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has reconstituted the bench set to hear the review petition filed by the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf regarding his right of defense in a defamation case filed by Shahbaz Sharif. A new three-member bench, headed by Justice Hashim Khan Kakak, has been formed to hear the case on March 31. Justice Gul Hasan Aurangzeb and Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim will also serve on the bench. Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb replaces Justice Ayesha Malik, who previously led the three-member bench. Earlier, the PTI founder had approached the Supreme Court after the trial court curtailed his right…

Short-term inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), increased by 0.97 percent for the current week ended on March 26, 2026, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). It said major increase was observed in the prices of Onions (18.10%), Tomatoes (11.38%), LPG (10.05%), Chicken (8.70%), Potatoes (8.11%), Electricity Charges for Q1 (6.11%), Eggs (3.54%), Garlic (3.23%), Mutton (2.55%), Beef (1.52%), Georgette (0.38%) and Firewood (0.34%). On the other hand, decrease was observed in the prices of Bananas (4.50%), Wheat Flour (1.00%), Sugar (0.29%), Gur (0.20%) and Pulse Moong & Rice IRRI-6/9 (0.17%) each. During the week, out…

Fakhar Zaman, opener of Lahore Qalandars, achieved another milestone in the opening match of PSL 11 by scoring a half-century against debutant side Hyderabad Kingsmen. Fakhar Zaman played an innings of 53 runs off 39 balls, smashing 10 fours, and was also declared Player of the Match. With this half-century, Fakhar became the second batter in PSL history to reach 3,000 runs. He has scored 3,017 runs in 98 matches at an average of 31.10 and a strike rate of 141.90, including two centuries and 24 half-centuries. He also became the first batter in PSL history to score 3,000 runs…

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri powered to the fastest time in Friday’s second practice for the Japanese Grand Prix, usurping the dominant Mercedes of Kimi Antonelli and George Russell. Piastri is yet to start a grand prix this season but the Australian gave a reminder of his talent with a lap of 1min 30.133sec in dry, sunny conditions at Suzuka. The 19-year-old Italian Antonelli, who won the first grand prix of his career in China two weeks ago, was second, 0.092sec behind Piastri. Early championship leader Russell, who was fastest in the morning practice ahead of Antonelli, was third. Oscar Piastri Piastri…

 Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Thursday strongly condemned what he described as a joint United States-Israeli attack on a school in southern Iran, telling an emergency session of the United Nations Human Rights Council that the incident amounted to a grave violation of international law. The emergency session was convened at the request of Iran, China and Cuba following reports of an attack on a school in Minab that allegedly killed at least 175 students and teachers, reported Al Jazeera. Addressing the council, Araghchi said Iran was facing an “illegal war imposed by two bullying nuclear-armed regimes,” referring to the…

Ukraine and Saudi Arabia signed an agreement on defence cooperation that lays the foundation for future contracts, technological cooperation and investments, President ⁠Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday. Zelenskiy, who is visiting Saudi Arabia, said the agreement was signed ahead of a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed ⁠bin Salman. “We are ready to share our expertise and systems with Saudi ⁠Arabia and to work together to strengthen the protection ⁠of lives,” Zelenskiy said on the ⁠Telegram app.

The U.N. Security Council will hold closed-door consultations on Friday to discuss strikes on Iran at Moscow’s request, Russian state media reported, as the Middle East war nears its second month. Iran has come under daily bombardment since U.S.-Israeli strikes on Feb. 28 triggered the war, which has since widened to large parts of the region. “The Russian Federation has requested closed-door consultations with the U.N. Security Council due to the ongoing strikes on civilian infrastructure in Iran, including educational and healthcare facilities,” said Evgeny Uspensky, spokesman for Russia’s envoy to the United Nations, according to state news agency TASS.…