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<p>India and Britain’s <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1926311">trade pact</a> took effect on Wednesday, cutting tariffs on thousands of goods and expanding market access for services, firms and professionals in both countries.</p> <p>The India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement gives Indian exporters duty-free access to most British tariff lines, benefiting sectors such as textiles, leather, footwear, marine products, gems and jewellery and processed foods.</p> <p>Britain, meanw

<p>Ransomware group World Leaks has posted on the dark web a huge cache of files related to India’s largest nuclear plant, including purported blueprints of parts of its facilities and supplier details — information it ​labelled as coming from Reliance Group.</p> <p>The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, located in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, is the largest of India’s seven nuclear plants and central to Prime Minister ‌Narendra Modi’s ambitious plans to expand the country’s atom

<p>Former economy minister Chris Cardona and ex-chief of staff Keith Schembri named as being involved in 2017 murder of journalist</p><p>Two political figures who previously held powerful government roles in Malta were accused of plotting to kill the journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia during court testimony on Wednesday.</p><p>The allegations, against a former economy minister and a former chief of staff to the prime minister, were made during a chaotic day at the courts of justice in Valletta, w

<p>THERE are many reasons to be bullish about Pakistan these days, not least the hard-fought stability in the external sector following a few years of near-catastrophic depletion of reserves. But there are now a growing number of reasons to be concerned about the underlying fragility of it all.</p> <p>The stability is real. There is no doubt about that. A wall of high repayment obligations that first loomed into view back in February 2021 and remained persistently high since then has finally sta

<p>KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Wednesday said the amount allocated to provinces under the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award had declined this year because the provinces contributed a portion of their share to support the federal government.</p> <p>“Despite reduced financial resources, every effort had been made to ensure that provincial development projects and grants remained unaffected,” he said while addressing a ceremony organised by the Korangi Association

<p>Scunthorpe factory is expropriated from China’s Jingye and ministers will ask a valuer to assess compensation</p><p>British Steel has formally been taken into public ownership 15 months after the government stepped in to prevent the closure of its steelworks in Scunthorpe and the loss of 4,000 jobs.</p><p>Keir Starmer on Thursday said that it was in the national interest for the government to take over the factory from its Chinese owner, Jingye, in one of the last significant actions overse

<p>ISLAMABAD: The Privatisation Commission Board on Friday approved the signing of a transaction advisory services agreement (TASA) with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the outsourcing of operations of Islamabad International Airport.</p> <p>In February, the board formed a <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1974297">negotiation committee</a> to engage with the ADB and discuss terms for a financial advisory services agreement. This committee would undertake negotiations and submit recommenda

<p>India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi lands in New Zealand on Friday touting a free trade deal that has sparked a backlash despite promises it will unlock jobs and economic riches.</p> <p>On the agenda are trade, tourism and sport — but recent undercurrents of anti-migrant sentiment risk tarnishing his trip to a nation long proud of its tolerance.</p> <p>New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon celebrated the <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1995502">signing </a>in April of the free

<p>The World Bank’s (WB) Board of Executive Directors has approved $375.9 million in financing for Pakistan’s Grid Stability Enhancement Project to strengthen the country’s national power transmission network.</p> <p>According to a <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2026/07/08/world-bank-support-to-strengthen-pakistan-s-electricity-grid-for-improved-reliability-and-accelerated-clean-energy-growt">press r