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Digital future depends on delivery, not policy

[ ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s digital future will not be defined by its policies but by the outcomes delivered, the GSMA has warned, stressing that no single organisation can deliver the Digital Pakistan agenda independently. The global mobile industry body shared five strategic priorities in its report titled ‘Digital Pakistan 2030-Building Momentum for Sustainable Investment, Trust and … Read more

Profit-booking pulls PSX down by 638 points

[ Correction comes after 4% surge a day ago; bank, oil & gas and cement stocks weigh KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) took a breather on Tuesday after a sharp 4% surge in the benchmark KSE-100 index in the previous session as profit-taking pulled the market down despite continued buying interest in selected stocks. The … Read more

Middle East crisis deepens as US, Saudi forces strike ‘Iran-backed’ groups in Iraq

Iraqi PM orders emergency meeting of Ministerial Council for National Security as 10 killed in strikes US sailor signaling an F/A-18E Super Hornet on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George HW Bush on July 21, 2026 in US Navy handout photograph released on July 28, 2026, by US Central Command Public Affairs. … Read more

Inside Japan’s shopping mall disaster

Earthquake toll rises to 13 as rescuers haul people from collapsed mall, around 170 army personnel deployed Buildings that collapsed after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck Japan’s southern Kumamoto prefecture, in Yatsushiro City, Japan. Photo: Reuters Workers in a mall in southern Japan described being thrown to the floor or enveloped in … Read more

Govt pushes GM corn adoption

[ Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb reads out Finance Bill 2026 clauses during National Assembly session. SCREENGRAB The government has pushed forward with plans to adopt genetically modified corn technology, with a high-level committee reviewing progress and agreeing to form a working group to address concerns raised by industry stakeholders, according to a statement on Tuesday. … Read more

China condemns US move to sanction Chinese research institutions

China urges US to stop making unwarranted accusations against Chinese research institutions China is also seeking to expand domestic semiconductor manufacturing capacity and reduce the industry’s reliance on advanced Nvidia chips that are subject to US export controls. PHOTO: REUTERS China on Wednesday voiced strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to the US Department of Defence’s … Read more

OpenAI’s rogue agent compromised a customer at a second tech firm, executive says

The rogue agent that escaped from OpenAI and went on a days-long hacking spree at the AI firm Hugging Face also compromised a customer at a second tech company — New York-based Modal Labs — according to a Modal executive and two ​other sources familiar with the matter. Modal executives emphasised that the company itself … Read more