An image of the Tethyan Copper Company (TCC) gold and copper mining exploration project site in Reko Diq, Balochistan. -TCC Manara is preparing to buy a stake for around $500 million to $1 billion: FT. A Saudi investment would be good for the project: the head of Barrick. The Saudi Minister of Mines confirms that … Read more
Listen to the article PESHAWAR: Kurram Deputy Commissioner announced launch of operation in four troubled areas of the district after miscreants attacked a convoy carrying goods in Parachinar and abducted a number of people, some of whom were later killed in a execution. Deputy Commissioner Ashfaq Ahmed on Saturday issued a notification to establish camps … Read more
A representative image of an open pit mine. —Reuters/File A Gulf country will initially obtain 10% of the shares. Foreign exchange will be introduced into Pakistan. Revised valuation of project shares in the works. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) are set to finalize details of the multi-billion dollar Reko Diq project … Read more
At the end of the second set of the World Darts Championship final, the biggest match in one of the world’s biggest indoor sports, Luke Littler calmly left the stage, gave his family a wry smile and accomplice and rubbed his hands. as if he had foresight of the blows he was about to inflict. … Read more
View of a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) passenger plane. — APPLICATION/File The IMF waives taxes and shifts debts to help sell PIA. The resumption of European flights strengthens the prospects of privatization. Privatization to restore PIA’s competitiveness and efficiency. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is set to be privatized, freed from its existing obligations, in … Read more
Traveling through the underground airwaves, Kurt Cobain landed in Havana, Cuba, in the turbulent early 1990s. During the island nation’s period of severe economic hardship after the fall of the Soviet Union, the “Special Period” prompted thousands of Cubans to emigrate, risking their lives at sea. Those who remained suffered from great scarcity (the American … Read more
A worker holds a fuel injector to refuel a car at a gas station in Karachi, September 16, 2023. — Reuters Increase in IFEM by Rs 2.5 per liter proposed as interim financing measure. The sales tax exemption makes refinery upgrades unsustainable. The refinery improvements aim for POL production to comply with the Euro V … Read more
History, when told well, is a muddy and confusing thing. There are no elegant narratives or happy endings. Philip Sotnychenko’s “La Palisiada” takes this truism and twists it into a suitably complex form: this 1996 film noir chronicles a pivotal moment in Ukrainian history by focusing on the investigation of a murder. But as it … Read more
November 22, 2024, 12:36 p.m. ET Javier Mascherano is expected to become the new head coach of InterMiami in the coming days as the two sides finalize contract negotiations, sources confirmed to ESPN. Mascherano will leave his post as Argentina youth team manager to lead Lionel Messi and the Herons throughout the 2025 campaign. He … Read more