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Polling staff in Lahore collect election materials as preparations for the upcoming vote move into high gear. Photo: ONLINE LAHORE: The PML-N is heading into Sunday’s by-elections with confidence, expecting no surprises as it remains largely a one-horse race across Punjab. The polling on 13 constituencies six National Assembly seats and seven Punjab Assembly seats … Read more
Singer says ‘Eternal Sunshine’ tour will serve as a ‘last hurrah’ before a prolonged hiatus Ariana Grande. Photo: file Pop superstar Ariana Grande has revealed she tested positive for Covid-19 while promoting her upcoming film ‘Wicked: For Good’, raising fresh concerns over her health and well-being. The announcement, shared via social media on November 20, … Read more
K-P CM commits to NSC participation ‘for peace’; Rejects allegation; Says all issues solvable through negotiations Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi appeared to dial down the political heat on Saturday, showing a shift from confrontation to cautious cooperation as he assured the PML-N-led federal government of … Read more
PUBLISHED November 23, 2025 KARACHI: Pakistan enters each new economic year with the same uneasy mix of hope and exhaustion. Inflation continues to unsettle households, foreign reserves rise and fall without warning, and policymakers describe recovery in terms that feel more like survival than growth. In offices across Karachi and Lahore, young engineers look for … Read more
A scene from The Family Plan 2. Photo: screengrab/Apple TV LONDON: Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Monaghan reunite for an action-packed European Christmas adventure in ‘The Family Plan 2’ – a sequel to one of Apple TV’s most-watched movies, ‘The Family Plan’. It sees Wahlberg reprising the role of Dan Morgan, an elite assassin turned dedicated … Read more
KARACHI: The KSE-100 index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) inched up 168 points to close at 162,103 on Friday, supported by renewed optimism about the recovering large-scale manufacturing (LSM) sector and company-specific triggers that lifted select blue chips. On a day-on-day basis, the PSX commenced the week with a profit-taking session as the index, … Read more
[ Sardar Tahir Mehmood, President of the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI). Photo: file ISLAMABAD: Artificial intelligence is no longer merely a technological milestone but a strategic national priority that will determine Pakistan’s economic competitiveness, digital sovereignty, and social progress in the coming decades. This was stated by Sardar Tahir Mehmood, President of … Read more
Russia is remaking Mariupol, which was devastated by a brutal siege in 2022. Ukrainians seeking to move back are finding it hard to recognize the city, or to reclaim their property.
[ Delegation from Moscow due next week to explore cooperation in energy, mining, pharma sectors ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Russia are poised to make headway on multibillion-dollar projects for offshore drilling, mineral mining, insulin production and Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) revival during the upcoming dialogue. The Pakistan-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission is scheduled to meet on November 27 … Read more
[ Both sides to begin new round of discussions; GSP monitoring mission to arrive soon ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan, while welcoming the new Netherlands ambassador, has stated that there is immense room for diversification of bilateral trade. “There is huge potential to enhance exports of agricultural and food products from Pakistan. … Read more