Your daily dose of insights
raeelraja789@gmail.com 
A call for Palestinian freedom echoed through the halls of the Arts Council of Pakistan on the fifteenth day of the World Culture Festival 2025, when a visiting dancer used her performance to highlight the ongoing humanitarian crisis. During a dance and music workshop led by Kuwait's LAPA Dance Company, Palestinian performer Rawan Sameer Salamah … Read more
. President Asif Ali Zardari administers the oath to Justice Aminuddin Khan as Chief Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court during a ceremony at Aiwan-i-Sadr on Friday. Photo: APP ISLAMABAD: The newly established Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has issued its first cause list, formally kicking off the judicial proceedings under the newly-created apex judicial forum. … Read more
. WASHINGTON: US House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson said on Sunday he believed the approaching vote on releasing Justice Department files related to Jeffrey Epstein should help put to rest allegations that President Donald Trump had any connection to the late sex offender’s abuse and trafficking of underage girls. “They’re doing this to go … Read more
. Artists perform during the opening ceremony of the General Plenary of Leaders in the framework of the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, Para State, Brazil. Photo: AFP ISTANBUL: Turkey wants to host next year’s UN climate change talks and is prepared to do so independently if consensus on co-presidency cannot be reached, … Read more
Hosts Hollywood stars at Vatican, urges filmmakers to confront pain and injustice Pope Leo XIV walks on the day of an audience with international filmmakers and actors in the Sala Clementina at the Vatican. Photo: Reuters VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo told a group of leading Hollywood actors and filmmakers on Saturday that cinemas were struggling … Read more
. China rare elements . – AFP/file WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that Washington hopes to finalize a deal with China for securing supplies of rare earths by the Thanksgiving holiday at the end of November. Under the tentative deal reached in late October at a meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and … Read more
. WASHINGTON: The US military announced on Sunday that an aircraft carrier strike group had arrived in the Caribbean, greatly expanding the presence of American forces near Venezuela. US President Donald Trump has ordered a troop buildup in the Caribbean as part of an anti-drug trafficking initiative, but speculation has abounded that Washington may be … Read more
Three-quarters of the schools in the area around the capital will be closed, although officials say the health risk from asbestos found in colored sand is low.
[ Over long term, stock market has delivered average annual returns of 15-20%, dividends and capital appreciation Activity was mainly led by interest in oil stocks; bourse ends week just shy of 43,000 KARACHI: It has been less than six weeks since the KSE-100 index touched its peak levels of 170,000, and it has only … Read more
He was an architect with no training as an actor whose life was changed by a chance encounter. He inspired rave reviews and a New Yorker short story.