KARACHI: The outgoing week turned out to be the second worst week in 2021 as the KSE-100 index fell by aggregate 1,563 points, or 3.4 per cent, in five-day losing streak to close at 45,074 points. The daily trading took place in a strikingly similar pattern: the index making it to intraday high in early trade and giving up all …

KARACHI: As locally assembled cars have gone beyond the reach of many people, the option of buying used cars has also become a challenging task following a massive increase in their prices over the last three years. The persistent rise in the prices of new cars has forced a number of consumers towards used automobiles as they cannot purchase costly …

BERLIN: Germans vote in a national election on Sunday that looks too close to call, with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) mounting a strong challenge to retiring Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives. Merkel has been in power since 2005 but plans to step down after the election, making the vote an era-changing event to set the future course of Europe’s largest …

NEW YORK: First differently-abled Pakistani diplomat, Saima Saleem, using Braille as her means to chide India over its claim at the United Nations that Jammu and Kashmir is its integral part, said Friday that it was India that abets terrorism in the disputed Himalayan territory, ARY News reported. Ambassador Munir Akram, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN has congratulated …

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has on Sunday landed in London as he undertakes a three-day official visit to the United Kingdom and is scheduled to have “broad-based discussions with his British counterpart Liz Truss” quoting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The foreign minister will have dinner at the Pakistan House tonight with the diaspora and diplomatic mission, besides …

NEW DELHI: She could unassumingly cheer a passionate meeting of India-Pakistan peace activists from the back benches. It would be difficult to tell her own nationality though. She could signal the end of a long night for the region’s women from her wheelchair, with rousing poetry when she was ill. But she would clarify quickly. The journey was not anti-men, …

ISLAMABAD: While Prime Minister Imran Khan suggested vaccine equity across the globe during his speech at the United Nations, the Independent Allocation of Vaccines Group (IAVG) of Covax has expressed concern over the 25 per cent reduction in supply forecast for the fourth quarter of 2021. The group is also concerned about the prioritisation of bilateral deals over international collaboration and …

KABUL: Taliban authorities in the western Afghan city of Herat killed four alleged kidnappers and hung their bodies up in public to deter others, a local government official said on Saturday. Sher Ahmad Ammar, deputy governor of Herat, said the men had kidnapped a local businessman and his son and intended to take them out of the city, when they were …

UNITED NATIONS: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi used his speech at the 76th session of the UN General Assembly on Saturday to highlight his concerns about Pakistan and China, although he did not name either. “We need to ensure that no country tries to take advantage of the delicate situation in Afghanistan and use it for its own selfish interests,” …

Russia, China, Pakistan and the United States are working together to ensure that Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers keep their promises, especially to form a genuinely representative government and prevent extremism from spreading, Russia’s foreign minister said on Saturday. Sergey Lavrov said the four countries are in ongoing contact. He said representatives from Russia, China and Pakistan recently travelled to Qatar and then to Afghanistan’s …