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[ ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has assured the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to end untargeted electricity subsidies for all residential consumers and give any further subsidies only through the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) as part of conditions agreed for a $1.2 billion climate support loan. This will impact residential consumers having up to 300 units of … Read more
Actor Yasir Hussain’s street effort offers relief as Karachi’s heatwave intensifies Video grab from a social media post shows Yasir Hussain offers drinks to people amid the scorching daytime heat in Karachi. Photo: Instagram KARACHI: As Karachi buckles under an intense and prolonged heatwave, marked by soaring temperatures, disrupted sea breezes and rising fatalities, actor … Read more
Iran renewed attacks on the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, causing oil loading at the port of Fujairah to be at least partly halted after the third attack in four days. FILE IMAGE: PIXABAY Oil prices rose over $1 on Thursday, rebounding from the previous day’s sharp losses, as investors weighed the prospects of a … Read more
Closed-door meeting is expected to last about a half-hour, after which Rubio will also meet Vatican’s top diplomat US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Pope Leo at the Vatican on Thursday, in a potentially fraught encounter as President Donald Trump has continued a series of disparaging attacks on the Catholic leader over the Iran war. Rubio, who also serves … Read more
[ Aurangzeb warns debt market has ‘gone into reverse gear’, calls for strategic reserves, green financing Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb in an interview at the World Bank Spring Meetings 2026 with China Global Television Network’s program “The Heat”. PHOTO: SCREENGRAB ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb on Wednesday termed the launch of … Read more
LONDON: Two people who returned to the UK from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak have been advised to self-isolate, the UK Health Security Agency said Wednesday. “The risk to the general public remains very low,” the UKHSA however stressed. UKHSA said “neither of these individuals is currently reporting symptoms. They are receiving … Read more
[Investors waited for news on the situation in the Middle East, as the U.S. and Iran gave mixed signals on peace negotiations.
Media firm seeks $3 million in damages as dispute highlights rising tensions in country’s content market NEW DELHI: India’s Zee Entertainment has filed a lawsuit against the Reliance-Disney joint venture, accusing the country’s largest entertainment group of using its copyrighted music without authorisation after licensing agreements expired. According to court documents seen by Reuters, Zee … Read more
[Amid low availability of 5G handsets in Pakistan, telecom companies are set to commercially roll out 5G services across the country by mid-August this year, allowing people to enjoy high-speed internet. Mobile phone operators have proposed that the government could launch an installment scheme for mobile phones with a condition that a defaulter will be … Read more
SAO PAULO/BRASILIA: Brazilian billionaire Joesley Batista, one of the owners of meatpacker, played a key role in arranging a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, scheduled for Thursday in Washington, one person with direct knowledge of the talks told Reuters. A jet owned by the family’s J&F … Read more