KARACHI: Faisal Moiz Khan, President of the North Karachi Association of Trade and Industry (NKATI), stated that the State Bank’s decision to maintain the interest rate at 11% goes against the promises repeatedly made by Prime Minister Mian Shehbaz Sharif to the business community, where he had assured that the interest rate would be brought […]
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KARACHI: PNS Shamsheer and US Naval Vessel Fitzgerald have conducted joint drills in the Indian Ocean Wednesday (30th July, 2025). Manifesting the shared commitment of US and Pakistani navies towards maritime security, the two ships conducted several professional activities aimed at augmenting mutual coordination. Newspakisan.tv Sania JamaliSania Jamali is based in Dubai and writes on […]
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LONDON: Air traffic control technical issue (now resolved) had disrupted outbound flights from several UK airports Wednesday (30th July, 2025). According to Gatwick Airport, inbound flights were still landing during the disruption. British National Air Traffic Services (NATS) informed that an air traffic control centre (200,000 square miles of airspace) experienced a technical issue. After […]
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GILGIT-BALTISTAN: Olympic and World Champion, 30-year-old Laura Dahlmeier, died when she was caught in a rock-fall while attempting to scale 6096 meters Laila Peak here a couple of days ago. When, on Monday (28th July) Morning, Laura and her partner Marina Eva (also German) reached an altitude of 5,700 meters, she was hit by a […]
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WHITE HOUSE: President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (30th July, 2025) that from 1st of August US will impose a 25% tariff on goods imported from India that purchases weapons and oil from Russia. Taking to the Social Media Donald Trump stated: “Remember, while India is our friend, we have, over the years, done relatively […]
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MOSCOW: Following a 8.8 magnitude earthquake tsunami waves have lashed Japan, Russia and USA Wednesday (30th July, 2025). According to reports shallow earthquake damaged batiments and wounded number of citoyens in (far east) Russia, that has now lifted the warning. Coastal inhabitants of Hawaii have been ordered to get to high ground. It has now […]
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KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan has kept the policy rate at 11% on Wednesday (30th July, 2025). SBP had kept the rate unchanged on 16th day of June too. It is pertinent to mention here that in June 2024 the policy rate was 22% which was slashed in seven intervals. Earlier, various trade & industry […]
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NEW DELHI: According to Directorate General of Civil Aviation report, Tata Group-owned Air India (that operates 34 Boeing 787s and 23 Boeing 777s), is facing warning notices for a number of SOPs’ violations. Air India has been warned for not adhering to the crew fatigue management SOPs, forging records, not replacing engine parts in time […]
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LONDON: According to PM Keir Starmer, UK will recognise Palestinian state if Israel fails to take substantial steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza and to reach ceasefire. While talking to journalists following a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday (29th July, 2025), Starmer maintained: “I have always said that we will recognise a Palestinian state […]
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UNITED NATIONS: Aid agencies, maintaining that Palestinian territory is on the brink of a full-scale famine, have asked donors to flood the Strip with food aid ASAP. Executive Director of WFP Cindy McCain, in a joint statement with UNICEF and FAO has stated: “We need to flood Gaza with large-scale food aid, immediately and without […]
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