[ Listen to article BEIJING: Pakistan has firmly established itself as the leading exporter of boiled beef to China, achieving a striking 139% year-on-year increase in export value during the first half of 2025, according to official trade data released by China’s General Administration of Customs (GACC). Between January and June 2025, Pakistan’s boiled beef exports to … Read more

KARACHI: Palestinian footballer and referee Maha Mohamad Shabat calls for the end of the humanitarian blockade of Gaza as she looks for food and basic amenities needed to survive amid the genocide carried out by Israel. Maha has been working with local schools and on the grassroots level. However, the devastation from daily attacks and … Read more

[ Listen to article KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) purchased $7.2 billion from the inter-bank market between June 2024 and April 2025, according to data compiled by Taurus Securities Limited. This substantial intervention reflects the central bank’s strategy to rebuild foreign exchange reserves and ensure macroeconomic stability amid an International Monetary Fund (IMF)-supported economic reform … Read more

The name sounds almost poetic: forever chemicals. But these are perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which get their name from the fact that they practically never decompose — and stay in our environment forever. As per DW, they also have serious consequences for humans. Some PFAS are carcinogenic, while others have an effect on the immune … Read more

Listen to article ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday projected Pakistan’s economic growth rate at 3.6% for the current fiscal year, below the government’s official target of 4.2%. The projection was released in the IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook Update report which kept Pakistan’s growth forecast unchanged. The government had set a higher growth goal … Read more

[ Listen to article KARACHI: Atif Ikram Sheikh, President FPCCI, President ECO-CCI, and VP CACCI, welcomed a high-profile Kyrgyz trade delegation to Pakistan. The visiting delegation included senior parliamentarians, diplomats, businessmen, and key stakeholders. The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) hosted the Pakistan-Kyrgyzstan Trade & Investment Forum at its head office in Karachi … Read more

SINGAPORE: Paris Olympics champion David Popovici claimed a thrilling 200m freestyle gold at the swimming world championships on Tuesday — then revealed he had very nearly pulled out. The popular 20-year-old Romanian timed it perfectly to reel in US rival Luke Hobson in the closing stages and take the title in 1min 43.53sec. Hobson was forced … Read more