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Pakistan eases early market closure timings imposed over Iran-US war energy conservation drive

  • The development comes after protest by traders’ representatives who said the restrictions were affecting businesses
  • Government exempts all shops, departmental stores, markets, shopping malls, bakeries and restaurants from the curbs
By KASHIF IMRAN ·

Pakistan’s Sindh, Punjab ease energy curbs on businesses

By NAIMAT KHAN ·
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From classrooms to screens: Pakistan schools go online amid Middle East war-driven oil crisis

By AFP ·
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Pakistan orders four-day workweek, shuts schools to save fuel amid Middle East oil crisis

By KASHIF IMRAN ·

Egypt raises metro fare as part of austerity measures

By AP ·

Egypt’s middle class faces hardship as austerity bites

By ARWA GABALLA AND ALI ABDELATY | REUTERS ·

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A volunteer serves food at REMAN, an organization supporting migrant workers, in Beirut on May 10, 2026. (AFP)
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Nabil Abu Labda carries the body of his 6-year-old daughter, Menna Allah Abu Labda, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike.
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Iran war poses new threat to harvests in hunger-stricken Sudan
Sudanese farmers collect onions on a field during harvest season in southern Omdurman, Sudan, May 16, 2026. (Reuters)

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