Australia will reportedly purchase three US nuclear-powered submarines, with the option to buy two more, in what is expected to be the nation\’s largest defence acquisition costing at least $100bn. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will unveil the deal through the AUKUS trilateral security pact with the UK and US in San Diego. The submarines, using […]
The Prime Minister of Pakistan\’s Punjab province, Shehbaz Sharif, has given preliminary approval for the price of cotton to be set at 8,500 Pakistani rupees per 40 kilograms this year. The Agricultural Task Force review meeting in Lahore considered ways to improve the output of cotton and its support price, with it noted that last year\’s floods […]
The Taliban-led administration in Afghanistan has established a consortium of companies from Russia, Iran and Pakistan to create a investment plan focusing on power, mining and infrastructure. The consortium includes 14 Afghan businessmen and the ministry has signed a memorandum of understanding with foreign companies. The Islamic Emirate is working to ensure security and will […]
[ Canadian bank stocks have been riding a wave of investor optimism so far this year, but analysts say the first-quarter results that start arriving later this week will be a reminder of the mixed economic picture ahead. On the positive side are the signs of easing inflation and job reports that keep surprising to […]
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) stalwarts Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Asad Umar have volunteered to court arrest in Lahore on Wednesday (today) to formally kick-start the party’s “Jail Bharo Tehreek” from the country’s political heartland. The ‘court arrest’ drive is being launched in protest over “violations of the fundamental rights”, “abuse of the Constitution”, “unprecedented inflation” […]