New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Pakistan’s top corporate regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), has released a list of 125 foreign companies that have stopped operating in the country as of January 20, 2026.According to the SECP, these include branch and liaison offices of international firms that have formally closed their operations in major cities such as Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and Peshawar.The companies were working across different sectors of the economy — ref…
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New Delhi: Pakistan is trying to sell two futures at once — and neither is guaranteed. Even as Islamabad markets the JF-17 as a “budget multirole” fighter to cash-strapped air forces, it is simultaneously advertising its coastline as the next energy frontier, awarding offshore oil and gas blocks after years of exploration disappointment. The spectacle is revealing: a state scrambling to monetise both defence and geology because it lacks the one commodity that matters most — a strong econ…
Washington, Jan 12 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has shared a photo showing him as the ‘Acting President of Venezuela’. The photo seemed to be of an edited Wikipedia page, where Trump is shown as the ‘incumbent Venezuelan president’ as of January 2026. It also mentions his actual official posts — the 45th and 47th President of the United States.This comes against the backdrop of Trump’s remarks that the United States is “working along really well” with Venezuela’s leadership, pointing …
Washington, Jan 12 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said the United States is “working along really well” with Venezuela’s leadership, pointing to oil shipments and ongoing diplomatic engagement as signs of improving ties.“Venezuela is really working out well. We’re working along really well with the leadership, and we’ll see how it all works out,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One when asked about the relationship with the new leadership in Caracas after the US raid that depos…
Washington, Jan 10 (IANS) Top executives from major US and international oil companies signaled readiness to invest billions of dollars in Venezuela’s oil sector, citing new security guarantees and political backing from the Trump administration as key conditions for reentry.Speaking at a White House meeting chaired by President Donald Trump, leaders from Chevron, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips and other firms described Venezuela as a long-term opportunity following years of decline caused by sanc…