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PTI cannot pressure the government into accepting demands by holding the state “hostage” and creating political instability, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah said on Wednesday. Speaking to the media in Islamabad, Sanaullah said that the government would not allow the...
The global AI boom is fast becoming the key driver of economies around the world but the boom is risking wider global inequality by leaving some nations behind, International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Kristalina Georgieva warned on Wednesday. She also lamented a lack of “decisive action” in heavily ...
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday directed authorities to accelerate work on the Main Line-1 (ML-1) railway upgrade and introduce corporate-style reforms in Pakistan Railways. The ML-1 project aims to upgrade and modernise key infrastructure to enhance freight and passenger conne...
The three remaining Pakistani crew members of MT Honour 25, an oil tanker that was hijacked off the coast of Somalia in April, were expected to land in Karachi on Wednesday to reunite with their families, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said. In late September, the maritime poli...
The government cannot be pressured into accepting demands by holding the state hostage and creating political instability, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah said on Wednesday. Speaking to the media in Islamabad, Sanaullah said that the government would not allow talks...
Lionel Messi delivered one last master class in blue and white on Tuesday as Argentina’s captain brought the curtain down on his extraordinary 21-year international career by scoring one goal and setting up two others in a 3-0 friendly win over Benin. The 39-year-old’s final bow in front of more tha...
UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has called for urgent action on climate finance, reform of the international debt system and greater cooperation over shared water resources in the UN General Assembly’s (UNGA) Second Committee following the high-level political debate of the 81st session. Speaking in the ge...
Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani is set to arrive in Pakistan on a two-day visit on Wednesday to co-chair the third session of their Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC). In a statement, the Foreign Office (FO) said the dignitary will undertake an official visit to Pakistan f...
ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Tuesday formally indicted lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha in a case pertaining to the alleged disruption of the security route of an international cricket team and incitement to public unrest. Judge Tahir Abbas Sipra presided over th...
Security forces eliminated 18 terrorists in separate engagements in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, state media reported on Wednesday, citing security sources. In KP, Pakistan TV said security forces “killed 13 Fitna al-Khawarij terrorists in an intelligence-based operation in North Waziristan, ...
Sahibzada Farhan scored 66 runs off 43 balls for Multan Sultans against Hyderabad Kingsmen during the PSL 2026 season: most cricket analytics still lean heavily on strike rate | Screengrab Picture two batters walking off the pitch, both with 40 runs off 24 balls. Statistically, they are identical. O...
Illustration by Sarah Durrani Pakistan made global headlines this June when Islamic scholar Mufti Taqi Usmani, along with five others, issued a fatwa arguing that it was “impermissible” to use cryptocurrencies to purchase goods. The argument was that crypto is “merely the recording of fictitious num...
