BankIslami announces restoration of payment system
KARACHI: BankIslami on Monday announced via press release that its payment system had been successfully restored and was "absolutely secured", as it recovers from...
Govt releases Rs 151.17b for development projects
ISLAMABAD: The government has released Rs 151.17 billion under its Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2018-19 for various ongoing and new schemes against the...
Atatürk & U-turn
Muhammad Ali Siddiqi
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk died 80 years ago this month — a month that sees Pakistan caught in a mercifully less acerbic controversy...
Parliament’s first 100 days
Ahmed Bilal Mehboob
Although parliament did not figure prominently in Imran Khan’s ‘first 100 days’ agenda —now, appropriately, the Prime Minister’s 100 Days Agenda —...
SBP launches crackdown against criminal activities
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has begun a crackdown against criminals working in the formal payment system at financial institutions including conventional and...
UBL to shut down its New York branch
Karachi: The United Bank Ltd (UBL) has announced its plans to wrap up its operations in New York, saying the decision has been taken...
SBP moves to regulate banks’ overseas operations
KARACHI: After two of the country’s largest private banks had their skirmishes with regulatory authorities in the United States, the State Bank of Pakistan...
SC moves for new dams construction
ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered relevant authorities to immediately initiate work on Diamer Bhasha Dam and Mohmand Dam, and constituted an execution...
Fashion Week Parties: Night 4
All right. Well, take care yourself. I guess that's what you're best, presence old master? A tremor in the Force. The last time felt...