Washington formalizes plans to shutter USAID WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s administration announced plans Friday to effectively close the US... Published 30 Mar, 2025 05:34am
World Kenya HIV patients live in fear as US aid freeze strand drugs in warehouse NAIROBI: The health clinic where Alice Okwirry collects her HIV medication in Kenya’s capital Nairobi has been... Published 11 Mar, 2025 01:55pm
World UN migration agency says aid to Rohingya in Indonesia reinstated JAKARTA: The United Nations’ migration agency has reinstated humanitarian assistance to Rohingya refugees in... Published 11 Mar, 2025 11:55am
Opinion A requiem for USAID The USAID tap has run dry, and its disbandment has sent tremors around the globe. The freeloaders in the developing... Published 06 Mar, 2025 06:56am
World US Supreme Court won’t let Trump withhold payment to foreign aid groups WASHINGTON: A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to let President Donald Trump’s administration... Published 05 Mar, 2025 09:46pm
World US cuts overseas development program budgets by more than 90%: State Dept WASHINGTON: The United States has dramatically cut the budgets of overseas development and aid programs, with... Published 27 Feb, 2025 10:59am
World US Supreme Court Robert’s pauses federal judge’s order on Trump administration foreign aid funding U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday paused a federal judge’s order requiring President Donald... Published 27 Feb, 2025 08:39am
World US unfreezes $397 million to ensure Pakistan’s F-16 jets focus on ‘counterterrorism’ In 2019, Pakistan faced accusations of deploying U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets against India during an aerial skirmish over Kashmir Updated 23 Feb, 2025 09:50pm
World India investigates possible election-influencing activity by USAID NEW DELHI: Indian authorities are looking into “deeply troubling” information about US governmental activity in the... Published 22 Feb, 2025 06:31am
World New Delhi says it is looking into ‘deeply troubling’ information about USAID activities in India NEW DELHI: Indian authorities are looking into “deeply troubling” information about U.S. governmental activity in... Published 21 Feb, 2025 11:04pm
Pakistan Trump aid cut imperils water scheme in Pakistan’s Jacobabad JACOBABAD: In one of the world’s hottest cities, fresh and filtered water can quench the searing onslaught of... Updated 21 Feb, 2025 08:53pm
World U.S. lifts pause on food donations for World Food Programme NEW YORK/WASHINGTON: The United States has lifted a pause on food donations, the U.N. World Food Programme said,... Published 11 Feb, 2025 01:14pm
Editorials Freezing of US aid EDITORIAL: Among the plethora of controversial decisions taken by the Trump Administration since January 20, few ... Updated 11 Feb, 2025 07:09am
World US judge pauses plan to put USAID workers on leave WASHINGTON: A U.S. judge on Friday temporarily allowed roughly 2,700 U.S. Agency for International Development... Updated 08 Feb, 2025 11:03pm
World News outlets reject Trump accusations of USAID media ‘payoff’ NEW YORK: Several major news outlets including Politico and the Associated Press have rejected unsubstantiated... Published 08 Feb, 2025 06:30am
World Russia welcomes USAID cuts, calls body ‘machine for interfering’ MOSCOW: Russia on Thursday welcomed the new US administration’s decision to shutter USAID as an independent agency,... Published 06 Feb, 2025 11:28pm
World US aid agency places global staff on leave WASHINGTON: The US government’s giant humanitarian agency USAID on Tuesday announced it was placing its staff in the... Published 06 Feb, 2025 03:16am
World US foreign aid contractors fire staff, face cash crunch as Trump causes chaos Dozens of USAID staff put on leave, hundreds of internal contractors laid off Updated 04 Feb, 2025 10:11pm
World Musk says USAID to be shut down in government cost-cutting drive WASHINGTON: Billionaire Elon Musk, who is heading U.S. President Donald Trump’s drive to shrink the federal... Published 03 Feb, 2025 08:20pm
Print USAID pauses funding programmes for Pakistan ISLAMABAD: The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has paused all funding for programmes in Pakistan... Updated 29 Jan, 2025 03:34pm
Print Climate funding: ADB commits Rs700bn, IFIs follow suit ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs was told that International Financial... Updated 13 Dec, 2024 09:23am
Pakistan USAID-supported SPF for SMEs officially launched in KP PESHAWAR: The US Consul General in Peshawar Shante Moore and the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Chief ... Published 27 Nov, 2024 08:32am
Business & Finance Bilateral trade with US exceeds $6.5bn: minister ISLAMABAD: The United States’ bilateral trade with Pakistan exceeded US$6.5 billion in 2023, Federal Minister for... Published 19 Nov, 2024 06:34am
Pakistan Pakistan ‘natural partner’, says Ahsan amid hope of revitalising ties with Trump-led US admin Planning minister says mutual respect, constructive engagement key to addressing shared challenges and unlocking new opportunities for growth Updated 18 Nov, 2024 09:53pm
Pakistan ‘USAID leads country’s renewable energy transformation’ KARACHI: A small village in southern Pakistan, where light after sunset was once a rare luxury, now glows with ... Published 18 Nov, 2024 02:54am
Pakistan Pak-US cooperation crucial for uplift: Maryam LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif met USAID Mission Director Veeraya Kate Somvongsiri, US Consul... Published 02 Nov, 2024 07:29am
Pakistan PA Speaker meet USAID Mission Director LAHORE: Speaker Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan held a meeting in his chamber with USAID Mission Director Kate Somvongsiri... Published 02 Nov, 2024 07:09am
Opinion Renewing foreign relationships Pakistan and the United States have a multifaceted historic relationship marked by noteworthy cooperation across... Published 13 Sep, 2024 06:53am
Pakistan Youth Council for Sustainable Action launched in Sindh KARACHI: The USAID’s flagship private sector health project, Frontier Health Markets (FHM) Engage, has launched ... Published 30 Jul, 2024 03:10am
Pakistan Workshop on capacity building held for agri inputs dealers PESHAWAR: The USAID’s Economic Recovery and Development Activity (ERDA) organised a one-day workshop for the... Published 15 Jul, 2024 06:25am
