Broadcasters who air ‘fake news’ must ‘correct course before their license renewals come up,’ Carr posted on X Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr speaks during the U.S. Chamber of Commerce 2025 Global Aerospace Summit in Washington DC., US, September 9, 2025. PHOTO: REUTERS US Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr on Saturday renewed … Read more

. A file photo of Islamabad International Airport. PHOTO: AFP ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: The Pakistan Airport Authority (PAA) has said flight operations at Islamabad airport will be suspended for two hours on March 17 (tomorrow) instead of March 16 (today). Earlier in the day, the Authority said its previous notice to airmen (Notam) about the brief suspension … Read more

. PARIS: French voters cast votes on Sunday to pick mayors and councillors in elections widely seen as a barometer of France’s political mood ahead of the high-stakes 2027 presidential race. Marine Le Pen’s ascendant far-right party views next year’s contest as its strongest chance yet to take power, with centrist President Emmanuel Macron constitutionally … Read more

. BRAZZAVILLE: Congo-Brazzaville voted on Sunday in an election expected to extend 82-year-old President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s more than four decades in power in the oil-rich central African country. Six candidates stood against Sassou Nguesso but the main opposition was divided and largely absent, leaving him set to win another five-year term. The former paratrooper … Read more

KARACHI: The conflict in the Middle East has once again created a wave of uncertainty amid increasing volatility in oil prices. Although the conflict is external, the implications for the domestic economy are significant. At the time of writing, Brent and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil prices showed significant oscillation, suggesting uncertainty in the … Read more

. QUETTA: A tragic road accident claimed four lives late last night on the Khuzdar-Shahdadkot highway near Wingo Hill, while police in Turbat recovered the bullet-riddled body of a man in a separate incident. According to local administration officials, a vehicle overturned at high speed at the Wingo Hill location, resulting in the immediate deaths … Read more

KARACHI: A case of betrayal emerged in Karachi’s Landhi area, where a daughter orchestrated a robbery at her parents’ home, looting nearly Rs15 million worth of gold and jewellery. The prime suspect, Azmi, has been arrested, while three of her accomplices remain at large. According to police, the incident took place on March 14 at … Read more

LAHORE: Three men were injured after a loader rickshaw collided with a motorcycle in Kahna. According to police, the accident occurred due alleged speeding by the rickshaw driver. The victims were travelling from Kahna Kacha towards Engineers Town when the rickshaw hit their motorcycle. Tariq, Danish, and Razzaq were shifted to a nearby hospital where … Read more

. Pakistan’s latest austerity measures — salary cuts at state-owned enterprises, a freeze on vehicle purchases, a ban on official foreign travel, and cabinet members foregoing two months’ pay — have been triggered by the fuel shock from the US-Israel war on Iran. The measures are necessary and, in the immediate sense, welcome. But they carry a … Read more

. The passing of Mazhar-ul-Haq Siddiqui has left a quiet but profound void in the academic and administrative circles of Pakistan. A distinguished civil servant and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sindh, he belonged to that generation of administrators who believed that institutions are strengthened not by loud proclamations but by integrity, discipline, and … Read more