When Brooklyn-based Pakistani artist Hiba Schahbaz paints, the boundaries between memory, mythology, and the female body blur into something at once intimate and otherworldly, according to a report by Vogue. Her latest exhibition, 'Hiba Schahbaz: The Garden', now open at the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, marks her first solo museum show and brings … Read more

[ Finance committee chief calls for end to ‘colonial era legacy’ as secrecy shrouds $12.7b deposits, $7b loans Naveed Qamar. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance Syed Naveed Qamar on Wednesday proposed ratification of foreign debt deals by Parliament to bring transparency and put brakes on the borrowing spree … Read more

Forest fire. Photo: Reuters GENEVA: Record wildfires and rising temperatures are threatening decades of forest growth in the northern hemisphere, potentially turning vital carbon sinks into carbon emitters, a new UN report said on Wednesday. The report by the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), released ahead of the COP30 climate conference in Brazil, found … Read more

[ Affordable spectrum urged as govt prepares 600MHz auction, MVNO framework nears approval ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for IT and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja on Wednesday announced the government would launch a Data Exchange Layer, developed in collaboration with the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), to enable secure, real-time data sharing across government institutions. … Read more

. A trapped brown bear in Sunagawa, Hokkaido prefecture. Authorities in Akita prefecture meanwhile say bear sightings have jumped six-fold this year to more than 8,000. Photo: Reuters KAZUNO, JAPAN: Japan’s military deployed troops to the country’s mountainous north on Wednesday to help trap bears after an urgent request from local authorities struggling to cope … Read more

[ . ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Sugar Advisory Board was held under the chairmanship of Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain. The meeting was attended by a delegation of the Pakistan Sugar Mills Association, led by Chaudhry Zaka Ashraf, along with cane commissioners from all provinces and representatives from … Read more

Shireen Jawad performs during the World Culture Festival at the Arts Council. Photo: Express KARACHI: The World Culture Festival is under way at the Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi, where artists from more than 140 countries are showcasing their creative traditions. But it is the return of Bangladeshi artists to Pakistan after 18 years that … Read more

. Bird flu. Photo: AFP PARIS: A surge in deadly bird flu cases across Europe has forced more countries to confine millions of poultry indoors to protect flocks from infected wild birds, with Ireland the latest to impose nationwide restrictions. Highly pathogenic avian influenza has killed hundreds of millions of birds in recent years and … Read more