[ KARACHI: The year 2025 finally delivered a long-awaited wave of locally assembled vehicles in Pakistan, spanning hybrids, SUVs, pickups, and electric models, following a series of government policy interventions aimed at revitalising the auto sector. While the expanded lineup has brought greater choice, improved technology, and renewed competition, the benefits have so far remained … Read more

Iranian students staged street protests in Tehran. Photo: Reuters TEHRAN: Iranian students staged street protests in Tehran on Tuesday, a day after the capital’s shopkeepers demonstrated against economic hardship and won a message of understanding from the president. According to Ilna, a news agency associated with Iran’s labour movement, protests erupted at 10 universities across … Read more

[ LAHORE: The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) has emphasised that deregulation of the sugar sector is the need of the hour and the government should implement such a policy at the earliest, which will be beneficial for both the farmers and the industry. Upon deregulation, the sugar industry can achieve annual production of 12 … Read more

. China fires. Photo: Reuters TAIPEI: China launched missiles and deployed dozens of fighter aircraft and navy vessels around Taiwan on Tuesday for a second day of live-fire drills aimed at simulating a blockade of the self-ruled island’s key ports and assaults on maritime targets. Taipei, which slammed the two-day war games as “highly provocative … Read more

Traditional game. Photo: Tiktok ISLAMABAD: As the afternoon sun softens over the villages, time seems to slow down and beneath the shade of trees and inside quiet deras, laughter replaces routine and conversation replaces haste. In these unhurried hours — whether under the soft winter sun or in the shade of dense trees during summer … Read more

Tanzania reached the Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage for the first time. Photo: AFP RABAT: Tanzania reached the Africa Cup of Nations knockout stage for the first time, 45 years after their maiden appearance, by coming from behind to draw 1-1 with fellow qualifiers Tunisia in Rabat on Tuesday. Ismael Gharbi converted a penalty … Read more

[ Eager to enter into JVs with Russian, Turkish firms for oil, gas exploration overseas The international firm’s experts, together with the OGDCL team, will assess surface, subsurface, and well data for the fields to identify focus areas and estimate their geothermal potential using regional models and well productivity calculations. Photo: REUTERS ISLAMABAD: Oil and … Read more

DR Congo violence. Photo: Reuters BUKAVU: Hundreds of families have fled to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern city of Uvira near the Burundi border to escape fighting between the army and the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group, local sources said Tuesday. The anti-government M23 seized Uvira, a strategic city of several hundred thousand inhabitants, on … Read more