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The federal government on Friday reduced the price of petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) by 58 paisas and 17 paisas per litre, respectively, for the next three days, effective from August 29. According to a notification issued by the Petroleum Division, the price of petrol was fixed at Rs342.02 per litre, while HSD would cost Rs371.44 per litre from August 29 till August 31. The latest revision comes a day after the government reduced the prices of petrol and HSD by 50 paisas and 19 paisas per litre, respectively, for August 28. Read: Govt decreases petrol price by 50 paisas, high-speed diesel by 19 paisas for August 28 Last month, the government announced a new pricing mechanism under which petroleum product prices would be reviewed and notified on a daily basis, replacing the weekly pricing mechanism, as renewed tensions between the United States and Iran continued to drive volatility in global oil markets and raise concerns over fuel supplies. According to the Pakistan Eco...

As many as 540 foreigners from 31 countries are among the 667 tourists missing in Nepal after a catastrophic flood devastated the Himalayan nation and China's Tibet, tourism officials said on Thursday. The tally of foreigners missing in Tibet's Gyirong county was 260 out of a total of 558, state broadcaster CCTV said, but nationality details were not immediately available. Here are nations whose tourists are missing in Nepal: India: Neighbouring India had the highest number of missing people after the flood, with at least 288 unaccounted for in Nepal and another 200 stranded in China, its foreign ministry said on Thursday. China: Nearly 100 Chinese nationals were missing in Nepal in the area affected by a massive mudslide and flooding, China's foreign ministry said. Read More: How a glacier collapse may have caused Nepal-Tibet disaster United States: At least 65 US citizens are missing, the Nepal tourism board said. Malaysia: At least 55 nationals reported to Ma...

Security forces killed 11 terrorists in separate intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and Balochistan, targeting suspected members of Fitna al-Khawarij and Fitna al-Hindustan, security sources said on Thursday. According to the sources, the operations, which were carried out in South Waziristan and Bannu in K-P and Khuzdar district in Balochistan, also resulted in the recovery of weapons and ammunition and the destruction of a terrorists’ hideout. The federal government last year officially designated all terrorist groups operating in Balochistan as Fitna al-Hindustan, accusing India of sponsoring a proxy war through these outfits. Fitna al-Khawarij is the state-designated term for the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan. The high-tempo intelligence-driven operations were conducted as part of the ongoing Rad-ul-Fitna-3 campaign, which the military's media wing has described as a counterterrorism operation aimed at eliminating Indian proxies. ...

Oil prices fell on Thursday, extending a streak of losses, on expectations that talks between Iran and Qatar might open the Strait of Hormuz and reduce supply disruptions from the ​war in the Middle East. Brent crude futures were down 41 cents, or 0.5%, to $87.43 a barrel, in line for a fourth day of declines. West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell 37 cents, or 0.5%, to $81.86, in line for a fifth day of losses. Iran and Oman are working on finalising details of an agreement to control the Strait of Hormuz, a senior Iranian source said on Wednesday, after ​Iran's Revolutionary Guards said the two countries had agreed how to share the waterway that connects major Gulf oil ​producers to markets and its revenues. The strait carried oil and natural gas shipments equal to about one-fifth ⁠of global consumption of the fuels before the US-Israeli war on Iran started on February 28. Since Iran worked to shut ​the waterway in response, oil flows have dropped to about on...

The United States designated Palestine Action on Wednesday as a terrorist group, as President ‌Donald Trump's administration seeks to crack down on left-wing groups in its counterterrorism efforts. The action comes after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio last month told officials from more than 60 countries that Washington would seek to refocus international counterterrorism efforts on what he ​called "far-left terror". The conference sparked Democratic concerns that the Trump administration is politicizing counterterrorism efforts and diverting ​resources from other extremist threats. Trump singled out the anti-fascist antifa movement on the campaign trail ⁠in 2024 and vowed to take action against left-wing groups he accuses of fomenting violence after the ​killing of conservative activist and Trump ally Charlie Kirk last year. Economic tools "Far-left extremists, their fronts, and their enablers ​should be on notice: We will bring the full weight of o...

Gaza Peace Board’s high representative, Nikolay Mladenov, said on Wednesday that Hamas and other armed factions in Gaza agreed for the first time to surrender their weapons and transfer full civilian and security authority to a UN-recognised transitional administration. Mladenov made the remarks at a UN Security Council briefing on the implementation of the US-backed Gaza peace plan, according to statements made by the board on X. “For the first time, Hamas and the armed factions in Gaza have agreed to hand over their weapons and to transfer full governing authority, civilian and security, to a transitional administration recognised by the United Nations,” he said. Mladenov claimed the move would “dramatically improve life in a sustainable way for Palestinians in Gaza; to provide durable security for Israelis”. Read: Trump announces deal to disarm Hamas The Board of Peace unveiled a 15-point roadmap in late July calling fo...