Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif briefed President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday about his upcoming visits to Saudi Arabia and Turkiye “for further engagement to promote peace efforts” and took him into confidence on “all aspects of the dialogue” between Iran and the United States, a statement issued by the President’s Secretariat said. Pakistan hosted direct Iran-US talks in Islamabad over the weekend, marking the highest engagement between the two sides since 1979, seeking a resolution to the US...

On Andy Corriher’s farm in North Carolina, planting and preparations are underway for his corn and soybean crops — but fertiliser costs have surged on war in the Middle East, and orders he placed weeks ago have yet to arrive. The 47-year-old is among US farmers facing a double whammy of soaring fertiliser and diesel prices after US-Israeli strikes on Iran triggered Tehran’s blockage of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway for such shipments. “This time of year is when the majority of fer...

Wisden has criticised Indian political interference in global cricket administration, labelling the current situation “increasingly Orwellian”. The UK-based Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack, which dates back to 1864, is an annual record of all major cricket worldwide and is regarded as the sport’s “Bible”. In its 163rd annual edition, to be published on Thursday, editor Lawrence Booth highlighted what he sees as an unhealthy and politicised Indian dominance of the global game. The International Cr...

The International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Associations (IFATCA) has expressed its appreciation for the professionalism of Pakistan’s air traffic controllers. The remarks came in a letter by IFATCA Asia-Pacific Region Executive Vice President Cheryl Chen, which was shared by the Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA) on Tuesday. According to IFATCA’s website, the apolitical federation provides guidance, representation, training, and other services to advance the status and profession...

US President Donald Trump has feuded with Pope Leo XIV over the war on Iran — setting off an unholy row that could have serious political implications for the Republican leader at home. Trump has drawn barbs even from some allies over the attacks on the US-born pontiff, who has criticised the Trump administration over its immigration crackdown, the intervention in Venezuela and the war on Iran. The president risks alienating the religious right in November’s crucial US midterm elections. So f...

The Pakistan Stock Exchange’s (PSX) benchmark index KSE-100 recovered over 4,000 points during intraday trade on Tuesday. The KSE-100 index surged by 4,132.44 points, or 2.57 per cent, to stand at 164,723.77 at 11:04am, from the previous close of 160,591.33 points. A day ago, the market shed 6,600 points in a turbulent session, as fears of supply disruptions returned after inconclusive Iran-US peace talks, triggering panic-selling at the PSX. However, another round of Iran-US dialogue wa...

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan National Medical Tourism Initiative, under the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC), has been formally launched. The development was announced during the 30th Annual International Conference of the Pakistan Association of Plastic Surgeons (Paps), marking a significant milestone for the country’s surgical landscape. Organised under the leadership of Conference Secretary Prof Dr Abdul Khaliq Malik, head of Plastic and Burn Surgery at Pims, the event drew over 4...

PEACEMAKING becomes increasingly difficult when belligerents continue to resort to threats, bullying and insults. Where the US-Iran peace process is concerned, President Donald Trump’s routinely irrational public comments serve to complicate matters, and may even scuttle behind-the-scenes efforts to arrive at an agreement. After the American and Iranian delegations left Islamabad on Sunday without a deal — the probability of agreeing on a solution to a complicated dispute in a short span of t...

• PTI seeks immediate independent medical access to Imran • Demands shifting of Ejaz Chaudhry to specialised healthcare facility ISLAMABAD: The PTI has voiced serious concern over the health of its founding chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan, warning that prolonged detention, restricted medical access, and extended solitary confinement have led to a worrying decline in his eyesight and overall condition. In a statement issued by the PTI central media department on Monday, the party...

• Hamas wants Jewish state to fully comply with ceasefire before disarmament talks • Separate Israeli ground assault targets key town in south Lebanon • Beirut urges ceasefire in negotiations; Tel Aviv says peace is not on agenda CAIRO: An Israeli air strike killed at least four Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Monday, health officials said, as mediators met Hamas leaders in a new effort to shore up a fragile, US-brokered ceasefire deal. Medics said the strike hit a group of men outside a sc...

• Trump says Iranian navy ‘obliterated’, threatens to shoot at ships ‘anywhere close to blockade’; claims Iranian officials called him on Monday; reveals talks failed due to nuclear issue • US president says more countries to participate as Nato allies refuse to join Trump in blocking ports; Europeans to mull ‘defensive mission’ at conference • Iran says blockade akin to piracy, warns no port in Gulf will be secure • China urges parties to avoid escalation WASHINGTON/DUBAI: Despite a ceasefir...

KARACHI: The government is mulling over a proposal to amend the duties and taxes regime in the new auto policy in order to bring vehicles within the reach of the middle class. “Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is keen on making vehicles cost effective for the middle class,” the CEO of the Engineering Development Board (EDB), Hammad Ali Mansoor, told a media briefing on Monday. Three small electric vehicles in completely built-up form are due in Karachi during the third quarter of this year. This...

The Pakistan Customs said on Monday that two of its preventive officers had been arrested on charges of “swapping 400 kilogrammes of seized silver bullion with lead”. In a statement on X, the Pakistan Customs said the alleged replacement of silver with lead was carried out “during official transportation from Quetta to Pakistan Mint Lahore”. A first information report had been registered and both officers were in custody, the statement said. It added, “The officers ...

The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) on Monday announced that one of its submarine cables would be undergoing a repair from April 14, and the maintenance work could last till April 20. The users may face service degradation in the evening during this time, PTCL said. The state-owned telecom giant manages three undersea optical fibre cable networks that provide international internet connectivity to Pakistan. The combined capacity of all six submarin...

LAHORE: Punjab Assembly’s Standing Committee on Local Government and Community Development approved the Child Marriage Restraint Bill 2026 on Monday, even as some members, including the panel’s chairperson, expressed reservations regarding the legislation. The meeting was chaired by PML-N MPA Pir Ashraf Rasool, and members of the Women Parliamentary Caucus were also invited to witness its proceedings. The bill discussed during the meeting sets 18 years as the minimum legal age for marriage fo...

LAHORE: Widespread loadshedding has been reported in urban and rural areas across Punjab as distribution companies (Discos) grapple with an increasing gap in supply and demand. The situation is reported to be worse in rural areas, especially those covered by the Multan Electric Power Company (Mepco), where, at present, discos are observing loadshedding on an hourly basis and up to 16 hours in some areas. “We cannot even sleep at night due to the loadshedding being observed by Mepco these days...

Three cops were martyred and four others were injured on Saturday after unknown assailants opened fire on a police vehicle in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Diamer district, a caretaker minister said. The police team was on its way back from Thor village after destroying poppy cultivation when unidentified assailants opened indiscriminate fire on the vehicle, Caretaker Home Minister Sajid Baig told Dawn. As a result, three police officials were martyred and four others, including an officer, were injured...

Israel “cannot live without an enemy” and its government is now trying to portray Turkiye as one, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Monday. “After Iran, Israel cannot live without an enemy,” Fidan said in a televised interview with Anadolu Agency. “We see that not only Netanyahu’s administration but also some figures in the opposition — though not all — are seeking to declare Turkiye the new enemy,” he said. “This is a new development in Israel… turning into a state strategy,” he a...

Australia on Monday said a woman would lead its army for the first time in history, as part of a reshuffle of the country’s defence force leadership. Lieutenant General Susan Coyle, the current chief of joint capabilities, will become chief of army in July, the government said in a statement. She will replace Lieutenant General Simon Stuart. Coyle’s appointment comes as Australia’s military seeks to boost the number of female officers in its ranks. It faces a wave of allegations of systematic...

PESHAWAR: A police constable was martyred and four others were injured in an attack on a polio team in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Hangu district on Monday. The incident took place on the first day of a week-long nationwide polio vaccination campaign taking place from April 13 to 19. In a statement, the Hangu District Police said “terrorists opened sudden fire on a police party”, resulting in the martyrdom of a policeman and injuries to four others. The injured police personnel were immediately take...

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Tuesday called on the business community to bring back “20-30 per cent” of their wealth to Pakistan ahead of the upcoming budget. Speaking at a ceremony at the Federation House in Karachi, he said that the government would facilitate the business community but “at least give this one gesture over the next three months, before the budget and then see what happens”. “It is not tedious. You have to go online and use an app,” he said, adding that Pakistan offered...

ISLAMABAD: Amid fuel constraints, the government on Tuesday formally announced more than two hours of daily loadshedding “during peak hours” to prevent a sharp increase in electricity tariffs. “The government has decided to suspend the electricity supply for about 2.25 hours daily between 5:00pm and 1:00am,” the Power Division said in a statement. “This step is aimed at reducing the use of costly fuels and preventing a sharp rise in tariffs,” it added. This stems fr...

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday barred Zimbabwe pacer Blessing Muzarabani from participating in the next two editions of the Pakistan Super League (PSL). In a statement, the cricket board said the decision was taken in light of a “fundamental failure to honour agreed-upon commitments”. It maintained that Muzarabani’s action “undermined the professional framework of the league”. It added that the cricketer chose to “disregard” existing obligation with the PSL “in favour of a confli...

Negotiating teams from the US and Iran could return to Islamabad later this week, five sources said on Tuesday, days after the highest-level talks between the two countries in decades ended without a breakthrough. Pakistan hosted direct Iran-US talks in Islamabad over the weekend, marking the highest engagement between the two sides since 1979. Both delegations departed the capital on Sunday after the talks ended without an agreement, but also without a breakdown. According to Reuters, a sour...

Dozens of protesters were detained by police in New York City on Monday during demonstrations calling for the blocking of arms sales to Israel and an end to US military support for its ally. Demonstrators included the anti-war group Jewish Voice for Peace, which said around 90 people were detained. Among those detained was whistleblower Chelsea Manning, a former US Army soldier and WikiLeaks source. The New York City Police Department said there were “multiple” arrests but did not provide a ...

Electric vehicle sales have jumped in Southeast Asia as cost-conscious buyers have poured into dealerships looking to dodge the fuel price spikes driven by the Middle East war. Asian nations have been particularly hard hit due to a sharp fall in the crude shipments they rely on — and have few alternatives to replace them. Yet the energy crisis has been a windfall for Vietnam’s leading electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast as well as Chinese manufacturers. Vietnamese office worker Do Thi Lan exp...

ISLAMABAD: In a revelation that underscores a massive gap between legislative intent and ground reality, it has emerged that private educational institutions (PEIs) in the federal capital are allegedly pocketing between Rs5 billion and Rs6 billion annually by failing to implement a mandatory 10 per cent scholarship quota for deserving students. The controversy surfaced before the Islamabad High Court (IHC) during the proceedings of a writ petition filed against fee structures of private schoo...

• Households hit hard by outages as residents rush to eateries and LPG shops • Muttahida, PTI slam SSGC for failing to ensure supply during scheduled hours • Gas utility denies disruption, claims proper gas supply ensured ‘throughout meal times’ • Says optimal supply being ensured to power and fertilizer sectors KARACHI: The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has failed to ensure supply even during meal hours three times a day, leaving people across Karachi helpless and fuming amid unannounced g...

• London hub sees 10pc jump in rerouted transit passengers; Mideast routes plunge by half as Asia, Africa traffic soars • Spike in jet fuel prices triggers widespread fare, fee increases; airlines ground flights, overhaul schedules LONDON: Heathrow Airport in London saw a 10 per cent surge in transit passengers in March as a US-Iran war forced the closure of major Middle Eastern airspace, redirecting global air traffic through Europe, the airport announced on Monday. Total passenger numbers a...

• Warns no military solution to US-Iran conflict • UN envoy to visit Pakistan as diplomatic efforts intensify WASHINGTON: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said there is “no military solution” to the current conflict in the Middle East, while welcoming recent US-Iran talks hosted by Pakistan as a “positive and meaningful step” towards renewed dialogue. The UN secretary general is also sending his special envoy, Jean Arnault, to Islamabad to consult Pakistan’...

• Officials say ceasefire extension immediate priority, warring parties asked to extend truce by 45 days; Tehran favours Islamabad as venue for further talks • PM tells cabinet ceasefire under ‘strain’ but holding; efforts underway to ‘resolve a few hurdles’ ISLAMABAD: Another round of Iran-United Stat­­es dialogue was being acti­vely pursued as Pakistan, regional capitals, and ma­­jor powers have step­ped up efforts to prevent the fragile process from sliding back into confrontation, diploma...

• Warns AHPC Act enables ‘legalised quackery’; says unsupervised practice risks patient safety ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has expressed alarm over the government’s enforcement of the Allied Health Professionals Council (AHPC) Act, warning that it creates a dangerous legal loophole by allowing technicians to operate independently, effectively legitimising what it considers unauthorised medical practice. As the June 30 registration deadline looms, the PMA, a represe...

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb called for “enhanced technical support, advanced analytical tools, and specialised training for Pakistan’s Debt Management Office” in his meeting with the World Bank Vice President Jorge Familiar Calderon in Washington on Monday, the Ministry of Finance said. Aurangzeb arrived in Washington earlier on Monday to represent Pakistan in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group Spring Meetings 2026. He is expected to participate in more tha...

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that a picture that he posted on Truth Social, which depicted him as a Jesus-like figure and has now been deleted, was actually supposed to show him as a doctor. “I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor, and had to do with the Red Cross, as a Red Cross worker there, which we support. “And only fake news could come up with that one. I just heard about it, and I said how did they come up with that. It’s supposed to be me as a doctor, making pe...

The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Monday said that the upper parts of the country were expected to receive rain and thunderstorms from April 16 to 19. In a press release, the PMD said a westerly wave was likely to approach the country’s northwestern parts on April 16 (Thursday) and likely to persist in the upper parts till April 19 (Sunday). Under the influence of the weather system, rain-windstorm/thunderstorm with isolated heavy falls were likely in areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...

On February 27, about 42 days before the Islamabad Talks, Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr Al-Busaidi appeared on CBS’ Face the Nation and told the world that peace was “within reach”, that Iran had agreed to never stockpile enriched uranium, full verification by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and degradation of existing stockpiles to the lowest possible level. The Omanis are famously cautious. Al-Busaidi is not a man given to theatrics; he would be the diplomatic equivalent of th...

Hungarian youths danced and sang in the early hours of Monday in central Budapest to celebrate the end of nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s 16-year “illiberal” rule following a resounding electoral drubbing. Strangers high-fived each others, cars honked, and youths ripped down government and ruling party anti-Ukraine billboards as many said they felt “liberated”. “At long last it feels so good to be Hungarian. It’s like a weight lifted off our shoulders,” Csilla Bekesi, 25, told AFP, ...

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani marked his 100th day in office on Sunday with a rally to tout early successes and vow to follow through on his unabashedly “socialist” agenda. “I know there are many who use ‘socialist’ as a dirty word, something to be ashamed of,” the 34-year-old told a packed room in Queens. “They can try all they want, but we will not be ashamed of using government to fight for the many, not simply the few,” he said. Mamdani pointed to a program to f...

US President Donald Trump told reporters on Sunday that he is “not a big fan” of Pope Leo XIV, after the global leader of Catholics made a plea for peace amid the war in the Middle East. The 70-year-old American pope publicly implored leaders on Saturday to end the violence, telling worshippers at St Peter’s Basilica: “Enough of the idolatry of self and money! Enough of the display of power! Enough of war!”. “I’m not a big fan of Pope Leo. He’s a very liberal person, and he’s a man who doesn’...

The Pakistan Stock Exchange’s (PSX) benchmark index KSE-100 shed over 3,500 points during intraday trade on Monday in a turbulent session, after United States President Donald Trump ordered a blockade of Iranian ports. The KSE-100 index declined by over 5,000 points at the start of the session, hitting an intraday low of 161,638.07 at around 9:50am after its previous close at 167,191.37. It fluctuated around the 162,000 barrier before breaching 163,000 again at around 11am, hitting an intrada...

ISLAMABAD: In a surprising turn of events, the sisters of incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan on Tuesday managed to make their way to Adiala jail but were still denied a meeting with their brother. The sisters were not allowed to enter the jail by the authorities, following which they returned to the checkpost where they are typically stopped by police. Speaking to the media, Aleema Khan said, “Usually, police do not allow us to proceed onward and the jail administration informs the court tha...

ISLAMABAD: Two policemen were injured as the Capital Development Authority’s (CDA) anti-encroachment operation in the capital’s Noorpur Shahan area was met with strong protest from residents. As the anti-encroachment drive began, enraged individuals torched two of the CDA’s vehicles in protest, with authorities resorting to tear-gas shelling to disperse the people. More police deployment was also sought to control the law and order situation. The development comes a day after a protest staged...

An ex-student opened fire at his former high school in Turkiye on Tuesday, where school shootings are rare, wounding 16 people, including students, before killing himself, officials said. Special security forces were deployed to the school in southeastern Turkiye’s Sanliurfa province, where students were evacuated, the local governor, Hasan Sildak, told reporters. The former student, 19, used a rifle during the attack, after which those wounded were rushed to a hospital in the Siverek distric...

The Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Naveed Ashraf on Tuesday said that Pakistan’s armed forces stood ready to “deter any aggression” vowing to deliver a “befitting response” to any such act. He made the assertion while addressing the passing out ceremony of cadets of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) in Risalpur. The naval chief, in his address congratulated the graduating cadets, expressing hope that they will “uphold PAF’s vision” with “commitment and dedication”. In his speech, he recalled the fo...

A man who allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman’s luxury California home was trying to kill the boss of artificial intelligence giant OpenAI and in possession of an anti-AI document, US officials said on Monday. The claims came as prosecutors levied federal charges against Daniel Moreno-Gama, 20, over the attack on Friday in San Francisco. The Department of Justice said Moreno-Gama had travelled from his home in Texas to carry out the attack on Altman, whose company is behind the p...

Pakistan is considering Eurobonds, loans from other countries and commercial debt to replace a $3.5 billion facility from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and manage its foreign reserves, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said. Aurangzeb also told Reuters the shock from the ongoing war in the Middle East meant that Pakistan must consider a strategic petroleum reserve and a faster switch to renewable energy. “All options are on the table,” Aurangzeb said when asked if the government was in tal...

THE action-packed weekend, which came early to Islamabad, also ended quickly. By Sunday afternoon, the US-Iran talks had taken place and the two parties flew back without much to show publicly for the intense, hours-long negotiations. The press reaction varied — while many international headlines announced a failure of the talks, others were less pessimistic. Perhaps the headline, like beauty, lay in the eye of the beholder and her expectations. Those who expected a major breakthrough within ...

• Polling to be held on June 7; nominations to be submitted from April 16 to 20; symbols to be allotted on May 12 • Local govt polls set for June 14 GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan Election Commission Secretariat has issued a new schedule for the Gilgit-Baltistan Assem­bly elections, with candidates allowed to submit nomination papers from April 16 to 20, 2026. The date for local government elections in Gilgit-Baltistan has been set for June 14, while a detailed schedule for the polls will be is...

KARACHI: The government and Google have launched a joint initiative, ‘AI Seekho 2026’, to equip Pakistan’s youth with artificial intelligence skills through vibe coding. To accelerate the country’s transition into a global digital economy, Google for Developers, in strategic collaboration with the information technology and telecommunication ministry, Telenor and Innovista, has announced the launch of AI Seekho 2026. This nationwide initiative aims to equip developers and young professionals ...

Donald Trump • US president refuses to apologise, calls Leo ‘weak’ and ‘terrible’ • Pontiff insists it’s his ‘moral duty’ to speak out against war WASHINGTON: It is not often that the world hears a sitting American president and a pope speaking directly to each other in tones that resemble confrontation rather than counsel. Fewer still are the moments when the argument turns so openly on war, morality and the language of God. Yet that is precisely what unfolded over the weekend and into ...

THE landmark talks hosted last week by Pakistan between Iran and the US came at the head of a meandering colonial trail straddling two World Wars, game-changing assassinations, and countless coups, coupled with botched military campaigns to occupy foreign lands. Mountstuart Elphinstone, Rudyard Kipling, and Lawrence of Arabia, in that order, plied Britain’s colonial time zones over a varied geographical stretch. But all three were on the same page with a singular mission of plunder, occasiona...

On Sunday, President Donald Trump stepped in to raise the stakes of an already volatile standoff, announcing that the United States Navy would begin “BLOCKADING” the Strait of Hormuz — delivered, in classic Trump fashion, the emphatic all-caps. The deadline passed at 7pm (PST) on Monday. The developments came after a night of diplomacy in Islamabad that promised more than it delivered, with inconclusive takeaways and very little to show for 21 hours of deliberations. The negotiations ended wi...

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday set aside a ruling that had struck down a federal government policy introduced in 2022 to regulate foreign funding of non-governmental and non-profit organisations. The policy was set aside by a single bench in September 2024, with Justice Asim Hafeez observing the constitutional scheme did not envisage the exercise of legislative powers by the federal cabinet unless such power or authority was exercised under the authority of the legislature. He had de...

While the world’s attention has been focused on the US-Israel war on Iran, President Donald Trump has launched a scathing verbal attack on Pope Leo XIV. Trump also suggested that Leo was only elected to lead the Catholic Church last year “because he was an American, and they thought that would be the best way to deal with President Donald J. Trump”. He also posted an AI-generated image depicting himself as Jesus, with the US flag and the Statue of Liberty in the background. The post was later...

Following talks between the United States and Iran in Islamabad over the weekend, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said that “full efforts” were ongoing to resolve the conflict. “Today, the ceasefire still stands. As I am talking to you, matters that are not resolved, full efforts are underway to resolve them,” he said in a televised address to the federal cabinet. In his remarks, the premier hailed talks between the two countries in Islamabad as a “historic moment”. More to follow

LAHORE: The PTI has raised concerns regarding the health of its leader Ejaz Chaudhry, who is currently imprisoned in Kot Lakhpat jail. The senior PTI leader is serving a 10-year jail sentence, along with other party leaders, for their involvement in violent riots in the country on May 9, 2023. In a statement, the PTI’s central information wing expressed its concerns regarding Chaudhry’s health and the “negligence” of the incumbent regime. “According to the latest medical examination, his kidn...

ISLAMABAD: Fitch Ratings, one of the world’s top three agencies, on Monday affirmed Pakistan’s long-term foreign currency issuer default rating (IDR) at ‘B-’ with a “stable outlook”. “Pakistan’s rating affirmation reflects progress on fiscal consolidation and macro stability measures, broadly in line with its International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme and supporting its funding capacity,” the US-based rating agency said. “Foreign exchange buffers rebuilt over the past year provide a cushion ...

The US military said it would block shipping traffic in and out of Iran’s ports starting at 10am ET (7pm PKT) on Monday, a move that would prevent roughly two million barrels of Iranian oil a day from entering the world’s markets, further tightening global supply. Here are details on the planned blockade and its implications for oil markets. What was announced? After weekend peace talks in Islamabad between negotiators from the US and Iran ended without a deal, US President Donald Trump said ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday launched its second nationwide polio vaccination campaign of the year, aiming to vaccinate over 45 million children under the age of five across the country. During the campaign, which will last until April 19, over 400,000 frontline health workers will go door to door across Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and Islamabad, ensuring that every child is vaccinated, including those in the most remote and high-...

Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb arrived in Washington on Monday to attend the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Spring Meetings 2026, the Ministry of Finance said. According to a statement, the minister is scheduled to hold key meetings with global financial leaders to advance “Pakistan’s reform agenda and economic priorities”. Aurangzeb departed for the United States on Saturday to participate in the high-level gathering, which will take pl...