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The challenges Pakistan faces are formidable: some are of its own making; more difficult to address. 2024 was an eventful year for Pakistan. We have seen some successes (including a deal with the IMF and a return to macroeconomic stability, for now) and perhaps more setbacks, including continued political instability, democratic backsliding, and a worsening…
A driver crashed his pickup truck into a crowd in New Orleans celebrating New Year’s Day and opened fire, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than 35, in an attack the FBI said it was investigating as an act of terrorism. . “This man was trying to run over as many people as…
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Wednesday said both warring sides in Kurram districts have finally signed a peace agreement after more than three weeks of efforts to broker a ceasefire amid violence in the area. The Great Jirga was working towards a peace agreement that would lead to the reopening of roads in restive Kurram….
A finales de 2024, los paquistaníes más jóvenes podrán finalmente reclamar su herencia del trauma generacional de Pakistán. El año pasado, mientras reflexionábamos sobre los acontecimientos de 2023, una cosa parecía cierta: el orden que se estaba imponiendo al país no garantizaría la estabilidad que Pakistán buscaba desesperadamente. Pero, con las elecciones generales a la…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday hailed the economic progress achieved in the last nine months of his government and emphasized export-led growth for the future. His comments came a day after the government unveiled the National Economic Transformation Plan 2024-29, promising to reactivate the country’s economy. The five-year plan aims to address key economic…
Residents of Karachi continued to face traffic problems for the seventh day as protests against the recent killings in Parachinar, located in Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, continued on Wednesday. In Kurram, a Grand Jirga has been working towards a peace agreement, and representatives from Lower Kurram have not yet signed the agreement. Clashes stemming…
South Korean investigators probing the Jeju Air crash that killed 179 people in the worst aviation disaster on their territory said Wednesday they will send one of the recovered black boxes to the United States for analysis. The plane was carrying 181 people from Thailand on Sunday when it issued a distress call and landed…
Five people were killed across Germany and a police officer was seriously injured in accidents involving the powerful fireworks that Germans traditionally set off to celebrate the New Year, police said in a preliminary count. Germans celebrate the new year with especially heavy use of fireworks, sparking a recurring debate about banning the most powerful…
Bulls celebrated the new year on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) with a fresh rally of 1,500 points on Wednesday in intraday trading. The KSE-100 index rose 1,544.18, or 1.34 percent, to settle at 116,681.01 points from the previous close of 115,126.90 at 11:53 am. Awais Ashraf, Head of Research at AKD Securities, said the…
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday directed the superintendent of Kot Lakhpat jail to obtain the signature of a military court convict on a power of attorney. Petitioner Arzam Junaid was sentenced to six years of rigorous imprisonment on December 25 in the May 9 attack on Jinnah House, which also serves as the…