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[ Power division to consult stakeholders on ToU pricing model aimed at efficiency, cost reduction To cover losses, successive governments have increased electricity prices and imposed a Rs3.23 per unit surcharge to service debts taken for power distribution companies, pushing energy prices to the highest levels in the region. Photo: file The government is considering … Read more
The Trump administration was considering deploying thousands of additional US troops, as reported on March 18 An image shows US troops with a chopper in the background. PHOTO: ANADOLU WASHINGTON: The Pentagon is expected to send thousands of soldiers from the US Army’s elite 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East, two people familiar with … Read more
[ Brent crude sheds 5% to near $99 a barrel as reports of US peace proposal lift cautious hopes across global markets A pedestrian walks past a stock quotation board showing the Nikkei share average and the exchange rate between the US dollar and Japanese Yen, outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, on March 24, … Read more
Eid was all about drama, elegance, and timeless saree moments. These four divas wore it just right Eidul-Fitr has come close to an end, and this year, Eid was celebrated with minimal glam, but a whole lot of variation in looks. Celebrities like Mawra Hussain and Yumna Zaidi were seen wearing traditional shalwar kameez suits. … Read more
Private think tank index shows hanami food, drink costs have surged 25% since base year of 2020 Global inflation is taking a bite out of Japan’s iconic “hanami” cherry blossom picnics, with an index tracking food and drink costs up 25% since 2020, private think tank Dai-ichi Life Research Institute said on Tuesday. Around late … Read more
[When it comes to breaking news, it’s a race not only to get the story, but to record it. We tracked down some of the speediest fingers in our newsroom.
Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr replaces Ali Larijani, who was killed last week in an Israeli strike. He has a history of expanding the Guards’ reach into Iran’s politics.
Our national security correspondent David E. Sanger looks at President Trump’s trouble handling retaliatory attacks by Iran that have largely choked off the Strait of Hormuz. By David E. Sanger, Coleman Lowndes, Laura Salaberry, Nikolay Nikolov, Rafaela Balster, Alexandra Ostasiewicz and Whitney Shefte March 24, 2026
ISLAMABAD: Senior All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) leader and Jammu Kashmir Salvation Movement (JKSM) Chairman Altaf Ahmed Bhat has denounced the sentencing of prominent Kashmiri leader Aasiya Andrabi and her associates as politically motivated. They urged the international community to take urgent notice of a deepening pattern of repression in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and … Read more
Despite Trump’s push for diplomacy, The Wall Street Journal reports US plans to deploy 3,000 troops to the Middle East Emergency personnel respond at a site following Iranian missile barrages in Tel Aviv. PHOTO: REUTERS US President Donald Trump sent a peace plan to Iran as he voiced optimism Tuesday at ending nearly a month … Read more