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Iranians flock to week-long funeral rites for Khamenei

Courtyard of Imam Khomeini Grand Mosalla filled with mourners waving flags, carrying photographs of slain leader Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Chief Justice Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf attend farewell ceremony for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, July 3, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS Mourners thronged … Read more

UK-China fund eyes tech parks

[ Delegation shows interest in Silicon Village, Pakistan Steel Mills during BOI meeting ISLAMABAD: A UK-China fund has shown interest in establishing technology parks in Pakistan and investing in Pakistan Steel Mills, as the Board of Investment (BOI) held a high-level meeting with a delegation led by David Dai, Executive Director of Sino British Regional … Read more

Heat wave disrupts Fourth of July events across US, strains power grids

Record-breaking temperatures spread to the eastern US from the Midwest earlier this week A person descending the stairs of the Lincoln Memorial covers her face with her hand amid a heatwave in Washington, DC, US. Photo: Reuters A dangerous heat wave upended Fourth of ​July celebrations across swaths of the central and eastern US on Friday, … Read more

Tanveer voices concern over high trade deficit

[ Though Pakistan and Uzbekistan enjoy historical, cultural and brotherly ties, the volume of bilateral trade remains far below the true potential. Trade between the two sides reached only $143 million in FY25. photo:file LAHORE: SM Tanveer, the FPCCI leader and Patron-in-Chief of the United Business Group (UBG), has expressed deep concern over the surge … Read more

Trump extols America, rails at communism in US 250th celebration

Trump has been making such points ​about gains by democratic socialists for a week now Mount Rushmore in Keystone, South Dakota, US. Photo: Reuters US President Donald Trump called on Americans to protect the freedoms the ​nation’s founders envisioned 250 years ago against what he has portrayed as the “communist” threat posed by ‌progressive Democrats, … Read more

Tariff anomaly threatens auto sector

[ PAMA seeks PM intervention, warns local manufacturing unviable after Finance Act 2026 All three companies would separately enter into agreements with Ministry of Industries and Production to ensure compliance conditions of the Automotive Development Policy 2016-21. PHOTO: REUTERS LAHORE: The Pakistan Automotive Manufacturers Association (PAMA) has urged Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for urgent intervention … Read more