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[ DG says trademark, copyright & patent services will be fully digitalised in six months KARACHI: Intellectual Property Organisation of Pakistan Director General Noman Aslam has said that the IPO Pakistan has launched an aggressive six-month digital transformation strategy aimed at revolutionising the intellectual property ecosystem through automation, artificial intelligence and online complaint management to … Read more
It was the first such major attack after a three-day US-brokered ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia KYIV: Russia unleashed a massive daytime drone attack on Ukraine on Wednesday, targeting critical infrastructure in the west, killing at least six people and prompting NATO-member Poland to scramble fighter jets, officials said. Hungary, now led by a government … Read more
Historic sites and roads have been closed in the Chinese capital for President Trump’s state visit, resulting in severe traffic and disappointed tourists.
KARACHI: Singer, actor and visual artist Ali Zafar has released a visually striking music video for his song ‘Shiddat’ from the album ‘Roshni’, transforming one of his original paintings from 2002 into a cinematic AI-generated experience. The artwork, created during his thesis year at National College of Arts, forms the emotional and visual foundation of … Read more
RAWALPINDI: A major-ranked officer and four soldiers embraced martyrdom during an area sanitisation operation in Balochistan’s Barkham district, said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Wednesday. At least seven terrorists were also killed during the operation. “On the morning of May 13, 2026, troops of Pakistan Army and Frontier Corps Balochistan commenced an area sanitisation … Read more
[In a dispute over vapes, the president sided with tobacco companies that filled his groups’ coffers over his own F.D.A. commissioner, who resigned in protest.
His talks with Xi Jinping in Beijing could decide whether the United States and China maintain their uneasy truce on trade.
Supporters of Mr. Lai, a Hong Kong dissident, and Mr. Dong, a Chinese journalist, hope President Trump will raise their cases with President Xi Jinping.
ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Wednesday warned Afghanistan that if Kabul failed to stop harbouring terrorists, Pakistan would respond in the same way it had against India last year. Addressing the National Assembly, Asif said: “If they are not ready, then what we did with Delhi, we will do the same with Kabul.” The … Read more
Mr. Trump has shown less appetite for wading into human rights issues than past U.S. presidents at summits with Beijing, but said he would raise the case of the imprisoned pro-democracy media mogul.