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Artist’s Karachi exhibition uses golden ratio to ask how symbol of harmony can be used to frame devastation, loss Artist Aroosa Rana rose to prominence this weekend with the opening of her exhibition ‘The Golden Ratio – Math of Beauty’, held at the Canvas Art Gallery in Karachi on March 24. Her work explores the … Read more
[A month since the first U.S.-Israeli attacks and Iran’s response effectively shut off Persian Gulf oil, drivers are paying significantly more to fill up.
FM, Chinese counterpart to review bilateral ties, discuss regional, global issues of mutual interest Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar leaving for Beijing, China. PHOTO: RADIOPAK Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has departed for Beijing for a one-day visit at the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, according to … Read more
Iran advances a plan to charge a toll for ships to traverse the Strait of Hormuz.
[ Throughput hits 36.5m tonnes as larger vessel loads offset 1.3% drop in ship calls Port Qasim. PHOTO: EXPRESS KARACHI: The Port Qasim Authority (PQA) has reported a significant increase in cargo throughput across its terminals for the JulyMarch period of fiscal year 2025-26, with total cargo handled rising to 36.548 million tonnes from 33.768 million … Read more
ESafety Commissioner probes Meta, Google, Snapchat, TikTok over suspected breaches of world-first ban The move comes as Meta, ByteDance’s TikTok and YouTube face hundreds of lawsuits filed on behalf of children and school districts about the addictive nature of social media. PHOTO: PEXELS Australia threatened on Tuesday to sue social media giants for allegedly flouting … Read more
Tanker attacks, military deployments intensify even as Washington signals ‘openness to diplomacy’ US President Donald Trump is ‘willing to end war without reopening Hormuz,’ according to the Wall Street Journal, citing US officials. Trump and his aides have assessed in recent days that attempting to pry open the chokepoint would push the war beyond the … Read more
[ LAHORE: Chairman of the Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA), Chaudhry Zaka Ashraf, has urged the government to immediately allow sugar exports, deregulate the sector, and revive ethanol blending policies citing a projected surplus and rising inventory costs. Addressing a press briefing on Monday, Ashraf said the sugar industry, Pakistan’s second-largest agro-based sector after textiles, … Read more
Rolls out new ‘Artist Profile Protection’ feature to give musicians greater control over their identity KARACHI: Spotify has announced a new feature aimed at giving musicians greater control over their identity on the platform, as it seeks to address a long-standing issue of misattributed releases. The feature, called Artist Profile Protection, is currently being tested … Read more
All government offices, autonomous, semi-autonomous bodies, corporations, local councils to remain closed A file photo of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. The Sindh government has announced a public holiday across the province on April 4, to mark the death anniversary of former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Bhutto, the founder of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), was … Read more
