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KARACHI: Business leaders on Monday criticised the State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) decision to keep the policy rate unchanged at 11.5%, arguing that expensive financing was continuing to constrain industrial activity, investment and exports amid a challenging economic environment. Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) President Atif Ikram Sheikh described the decision … Read more
The New York Times is soliciting readers’ questions about the dangers — and benefits — posed by artificial intelligence.
Actor says women should make choices for themselves rather than live by others’ expectations There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from realising that, no matter what you do, someone will always have an opinion about your body. Too thin. Too heavy. Too muscular. Too pale. Too dark. Too covered. Too revealing. For … Read more
It was a disturbing déjà vu. The refusal of the Indian women's cricket team to receive the award from a bona fide ACC nominee, who happens to be a Pakistani, is an extension of the chauvinism increasingly evident in India's body politic. This was reminiscent of the controversial conduct of Suryakumar Yadav and his team … Read more
Mr. Trump called Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, while Mr. Huang was onstage in Los Angeles and criticized calls to slow down and regulate A.I.
Punjabi star’s rendition draws a huge response as his record-setting Aura World Tour reaches London Diljit Dosanjh became the first Punjabi artist to headline London’s Wembley Stadium on September 12, performing for a crowd his team estimated at around 90,000 as part of his Aura World Tour. Hours later, midway through the concert, he announced … Read more
It is 2026. In a country of over 250 million, with at least half of them women, a conference is organised at an academic institution. The title is "Re-imagining Political Science for Pakistan and Its People". The topic seems both intellectually interesting and relevant given the recent conversations on new provinces and federation. Our demographics … Read more
[The move, which targeted a bank that is already under U.S. sanctions, was part of the Trump administration’s Operation Economic Outcast initiative.
The Iranian-backed militia has made strategic gains, becoming an unlikely power player in the Middle East.
The police said that a dozen other men conspired with the husband, who is in his 60s, to abuse the woman in northern England.