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Port Qasim cargo rises 8.2% despite fewer ships

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[ 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 July–March period of fiscal year 2025-26, with total cargo handled rising to 36.548 million tonnes from 33.768 million … Read more

Australia readies social media court action citing teen ban breaches

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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

Trump seeks end to Iran war without reopening Hormuz

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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

Sugar surplus prompts export push

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[ 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

Spotify takes major step towards tackling misattributed music

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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

Sindh govt announces public holiday on April 4 for Bhutto’s death anniversary

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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

Oil reignites double-digit inflation

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[ A hydrocarbon facility in Qatar. PHOTO: oilandgasmiddleeast.com KARACHI: Pakistan’s hard-won respite from chronic inflation, despite internal political disorder, appears to be slipping as an external global oil price shock, triggered by the ongoing Israel-US aggression towards Iran, begins to transmit into the domestic economy, prompting analysts to warn of a return to double-digit inflation … Read more

Fair competition vital for growth: CCP

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[ LAHORE: Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) Chairman Farid Ahmad Tarar has said that fair competition is the foundation of a strong economy and sustainable economic growth can only be achieved through transparency, equal market opportunities and strict compliance with laws. He said that cartelisation, deceptive marketing practices and abuse of dominant market position harm … Read more