The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) has completed the latest recomposition of the KSE100 Index for the review period from March 2024 to August 2024. The recomposition includes the addition and removal of several companies based on sector rules and market capitalisation adjustments. The changes will take effect from October 1, 2024. The PSX’s re-composition exercise … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is set to host the 23rd Meeting of Ministers responsible for Foreign Economic and Trade Activities of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Thursday, according to an official announcement. The meeting will be chaired by Pakistan’s Commerce Minister, Jam Kamal Khan. Trade ministers from all SCO member countries have been invited, including India’s … Read more
NEW DELHI: Indian Olympic wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia joined the opposition Congress party on Friday, entering politics a year after protesting against the chief of the sport’s governing body in India over alleged sexual harassment. The move came weeks after Phogat’s emotional return home last month from the Paris Olympics, where she failed … Read more
Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur Rahim (2nd right) and Shakib Al Hasan (third right) celebrate after their team’s win at the second Test match against Pakistan, in Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on September 3, 2024. —AFP Cricket is a game of remarkable uncertainties, where tables can turn dramatically, and the seemingly impossible becomes reality. Similarly, Bangladesh etched its name … Read more
Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo reacts during UEFA Nations League match against Spain at Estadio Municipal de Braga in Braga, Portugal on September 27, 2022. — Reuters Portuguese football legend Cristiano Ronaldo is set to take to the field with his national team once again as they prepare for the upcoming UEFA Nations League matches against Croatia … Read more
PM Shehbaz Sharif meets JUI-F supremo Maulana Fazlur Rehman on August 30, 2024. — PID Premier Shehbaz assures Fazl of addressing reservations. Govt “seeks JUI-F supremo’s support to cope with challenges”. President Zardari met Fazl to “discuss key legislation” last week. After the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) joined hands with the major opposition party — Pakistan … Read more
Several celebrities with ties to the Trinamool Congress have actively joined the ongoing protests, voicing their strong condemnation of the rape and murder of a woman doctor on duty at Kolkata’s R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital (RGKMCH) on August 9. Among those who have participated in the demonstrations is former Board of Control for … Read more
Former US President Bill Clinton (left) and Stevie Wonder. Reuters/File Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Kamala Harris’ running mate in the 2024 White House race against Republican Donald Trump, will take the stage at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night in his first high-profile national address. Harris, 59, tapped Walz, 60, who was little known … Read more
Pakistan has become the second-largest national group to join the Dubai Chamber of Commerce in the first half of this year, with over 3,900 Pakistani companies registering, according to a statement released by the chamber. This development follows India, which led the list with 7,860 new companies. The increase in Pakistani companies joining the Dubai … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Key industry players including OGDCL, PPL, MPCL and GHPL have come together to launch the Pakistan Basin Studies (PBS) 2024 initiative mainly to evaluate and quantify the remaining oil and gas exploration potential in Pakistan. According to official sources of petroleum division, the Pakistan Basin Studies initiative is a major project aimed to uncover … Read more