» Babar Azam, Shaheen return as Pakistan unveil T20I squad for Australia series
23/01/26 15:43 from Business Recorder - Latest News
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has named a 16-member squad for the upcoming three-match T20I series against Australia at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. The matches will take place on January 29, 31 and February 1 and will begin at 4pm. B...
» DAVOS 26: Pakistan, KSA strengthen economic & bilateral ties
23/01/26 15:14 from Business Recorder - Latest News
Pakistan’s Finance Minister, Muhammad Aurangzeb, met with Saudi Arabia’s Investment Minister, Khalid Al-Falih, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, to review ongoing projects and explore ways to deepen economic an...
» Death toll in Gul Plaza tragedy rises to 64; ‘final search’ underway
23/01/26 15:17 from Business Recorder - Latest News
The death toll from the devastating Gul Plaza fire has reached 64, according to Rescue 1122 Sindh Director General Brigadier (Retd) Wajid Sibghatullah Mahar, as search teams are now moving into the remaining 10 to 15% of the structure th...
» Rupee registers improvement against US dollar
23/01/26 15:45 from Business Recorder - Latest News
The Pakistani rupee registered slight improvement against the US dollar in the inter-bank market on Friday. At close, the local currency settled at 279.86, a gain of Re0.01 against the greenback. On Thursday , the local unit closed at 27...
» ‘Decemberistan’: Using data and charts to understand the wedding season phenomenon
23/01/26 14:03 from Business Recorder - Latest News
Every year, like clockwork, we hit the winter wedding season. You can tell without anyone announcing it: halls are suddenly booked, designers are impossible to reach, and half the family group chats revolve around dates, clothes, and men...
» Gold per tola hits another record-high in Pakistan
23/01/26 14:25 from Business Recorder - Latest News
Gold prices in Pakistan reached on Friday another record high in the international market. In the local market, gold price per tola reached Rs514,662 after a gain of Rs9,100 during the day. Similarly, 10-gram gold was sold at Rs441,239 a...
» Spain will not join Trump’s Board of Peace, PM says
23/01/26 13:50 from Business Recorder - Latest News
MADRID: Spain will not take part in the Board of Peace initiative launched by US President Donald Trump to tackle global conflicts, saying the decision was consistent with its belief in multilateralism and the United Nations system. “We ...
» Pakistan’s central bank seen cutting rates again after December surprise
23/01/26 13:47 from Business Recorder - Latest News
KARACHI: Pakistan’s central bank is expected to cut its key policy rate by 50 basis points (bps) at its upcoming meeting, a Reuters poll showed, as easing inflation, improving foreign exchange buffers, and a stabilising rupee bolster the...
» European stocks set for weekly loss after Greenland turmoil
23/01/26 13:45 from Business Recorder - Latest News
European shares fell on Friday and were on course to snap their longest run of weekly gains since May, as investors weighed the potential fallout from the latest flare-up in trade tensions linked to Greenland. The pan-European STOXX 600 ...
» Kyiv mayor says 1,940 apartment buildings remain without heating
23/01/26 13:41 from Business Recorder - Latest News
As of Friday morning 1,940 apartment buildings in Ukraine capital Kyiv were still without heating after a Russian air attack this week, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Klitschko added on the Telegram messaging app that the buildings were be...
» Indian Oil buys Angola, Brazil, UAE oil to replace Russian crude, sources say
23/01/26 13:36 from Business Recorder - Latest News
NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE: Indian Oil Corp , the country’s top refiner, has bought 7 million barrels of oil, including from Brazil’s Petrobras, for March loading to replace Russian oil, two trade sources familiar with the matter said. Indian r...
» Single-digit rates back in sight at upcoming MPC
23/01/26 15:35 from Business Recorder - Latest News
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is expected to reduce the policy rate in its upcoming Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting scheduled to be held on January 26, 2026, on account of easing inflation, external stability and falling bond ...
» Governor Kamran Tessori demands judicial inquiry into Gul Plaza tragedy
23/01/26 13:07 from Business Recorder - Latest News
Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori on Friday berated the provincial government over the Gul Plaza tragedy and demanded a judicial inquiry into the incident. The Gul Plaza inferno has claimed around 60 lives and several dozens others are still...
» Gauff rallies to despatch Baptiste in all-American matchup
23/01/26 12:41 from Business Recorder - Latest News
MELBOURNE: Coco Gauff shrugged off a poor start against fellow American Hailey Baptiste on the way to a 3-6 6-0 6-3 win on Friday, reaching the Australian Open fourth round as she continues her bid for a first title at Melbourne Park. Ga...
» South Korean shares notch record close as financials jump
23/01/26 12:38 from Business Recorder - Latest News
SEOUL: Round-up of South Korean financial markets : South Korean shares closed at a record high on Friday, as financial firms rallied on optimism around the domestic market after the benchmark hit a key 5,000 mark. The benchmark KOSPI ...
» Iron ore snaps six-day losing streak as low feedstock prices encourage buying
23/01/26 12:34 from Business Recorder - Latest News
SINGAPORE: Iron ore futures snapped a six-day losing streak on Friday, edging higher as persistently low prices of some steelmaking ingredients alleviated cost concerns for steel mills, allowing them to procure more feedstock. The most-t...
» China stocks mixed, set for flat week on tighter regulatory curbs
23/01/26 12:31 from Business Recorder - Latest News
SHANGHAI: Chinese stocks were mixed on Friday and looked set to end the week roughly flat, as heightened regulatory efforts to curb speculative trading tempered risk appetite. China’s blue-chip CSI300 Index dropped 0.4% by the lunch brea...
» China’s yuan advances after central bank sets trading midpoint above 7 for first time since 2023
23/01/26 12:29 from Business Recorder - Latest News
SHANGHAI: China’s yuan inched to a near 32-month high against the US dollar on Friday, after the central bank lifted its official guidance rate to the stronger side of the psychologically important 7-per-dollar mark for the first time si...
» China’s Xi urges ‘central role’ of UN in call with Brazil’s Lula
23/01/26 12:25 from Business Recorder - Latest News
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping called on countries to protect the “central role” of the United Nations in international affairs, urging his Brazilian counterpart on Friday to help safeguard international norms, state media reporte...
» Lawyer Imaan Mazari, husband arrested in Islamabad
23/01/26 12:33 from Business Recorder - Latest News
The police have arrested lawyer and social activist Imaan Mazari and her husband Hadi Ali Chattha in Islamabad on Friday. Imaan and Hadi were stopped by the police near Serena Chowk underpass and subsequently arrested, Aaj News reported ...