<p>Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday said the government was “confident” that trade between Pakistan and the United States could double to $20 billion over the next five years.</p> <p>Dar made the remarks while addressing a delegation of US congressmen and businessmen in Islamabad. The gathering included US congressmen Ryan Zinke and Michael James Baumgartner, who are on a visit to Pakistan.</p> <p>Addressing the event, Dar called strong and mutually beneficial

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<p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday told the global Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) that the country has entered a decisive phase in its decades-long fight against polio, claiming the virus has been pushed into a shrinking number of high-risk areas but cautioned that persistent insecurity in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa remains the biggest obstacle to reaching every child.</p> <p>The IMB — an independent oversight body of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative — met from July 20 to 23 to ass

<p>Spain faces two crucial days to bring raging wildfires under control before weather conditions worsen, authorities said on Monday, as Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called on his citizens to “exercise extreme caution” ahead of a new heatwave.</p> <p>Wildfires that broke out in forests around the Spanish capital at the height of the summer holidays have forced some 60,000 people to flee their homes, often with just minutes’ notice, leaving pets and medicine behind.</p> <p>“You run to sav

<p>The Pakistan Stock Exchange’s (PSX) benchmark index opened the week on a strong note, gaining more than 7,000 points to close above the 178,000-point threshold on Monday.</p> <p>The KSE-100 index had gained 4,501.33 points to reach 175,522.53 points by 9:50am from the previous close of 171,021.20 points. By 3:09pm, the index had gained 7,081.19 points to cross the 178,000-point level.</p> <p>At 3:29pm, it hit its intra-day peak of 178,588.33 points, before settling at 178,262.33 points to c

<p>A popular far-right Australian politician failed on Monday to overturn a racial vilification finding that was handed down after she told a Muslim senator to go back to Pakistan.</p> <p>Senator Pauline Hanson has emerged as one of Australia’s most popular politicians, wooing voters with calls for strict immigration curbs, mass deportations of “illegal migrants” and enhanced free speech protections.</p> <p>Hanson took aim at Pakistan-born Australian lawmaker Mehreen Faruqi in 2022 over co

<p>When cricket returns to the Olympics in <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1924192">Los Angeles in 2028</a>, it will bring far more than bats, balls and wickets. Its inclusion reflects a strategic calculation by Olympic leaders that the surest route to billions of new viewers runs through India, cricket’s commercial heartland and a country they believe is increasingly central to the Games future.</p> <p><a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/1994611">Cricket</a>, absent from the <a href="https:

<p>ISLAMABAD: Petroleum Minister Ali Pervez Malik on Monday hinted at a decline in petrol and diesel prices following the clearance of Pakistan’s oil cargoes stuck at the Bab-al-Mandeb chokepoint due to Houthi attacks.</p> <p>“Today’s good news is that our ships stuck at Bab-al-Mandeb have come out safely,” the minister said, adding that crude oil, diesel and petrol prices were easing in the global market.</p> <p>The minister, who spoke to journalists after talks with the Oil Tankers Con

<p>Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah will undertake an official visit to Pakistan from July 28 to 29.</p> <p>In a statement issued on Monday, the Foreign Office (FO) said, “At the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, the foreign minister of the State of Kuwait, will undertake an official visit to Pakistan from July 28 to 29, 2026.”</p> <figure class='media w-full w-full media-- media--e

<p>The State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Monday kept the interest rate unchanged at 11.5 per cent.</p> <p>The decision was announced by SBP Governor Jameel Ahmed during a press conference.</p> <p>At the outset of the press conference, the governor said, “MPC has decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 11.5pc”.</p> <p>“There were several reasons for this, but I would like to explain some background: every time we hold committee meetings in January and