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Freight costs surge 372% after strike

KARACHI: Export-oriented sectors – including value-added textiles, knitwear, ready-made garments, leather garments and towels – have expressed serious concern over an extraordinary surge in sea freight charges and the unavailability of shipping space for consignments following a nine-day goods transport strike, estimating losses worth Rs450 billion during the strike period. Chief Coordinator of export associations … Read more

Belgian car salesman becomes prince after being recognised as royal’s son

Clément Vandenkerckhove has been recognised as Prince Laurent’s son, granting him a royal title and inheritance rights Clément Vandenkerckhove. Photo Coutesy Facebook A Belgian car salesman has become a prince at the age of 26 after being formally recognised as the son of Prince Laurent, the brother of King Philippe, the Telegraph reported. According to … Read more

The winding road to Shifa

. There are no shortcuts to wellness. Neither to Shifa. The events of the last week have shown yet again that Imran Khan remains more relevant to the system than the government may acknowledge, and less relevant than PTI imagines. The distance between jail ward and hospital ward is – no surprise – tortuously long … Read more

Afridi vows to lead long March to Islamabad

Strongly criticises non-implementation of Supreme Court order on Imran medical transfer PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi on Saturday vowed to personally lead Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers in the September 27 long march to Islamabad, declaring that the announced date was firm and non-negotiable and that the party would not retreat until achieving its … Read more

a decade of China’s robot games

China’s robot contests show a decade of advances in a sector Xi Jinping sees as strategically vital A man touches a robotic hand displayed at the demonstration area at the office of Linkerbot, in Beijing, China, April 27, 2026. REUTERS  It’s been called the Robot Olympics. But unlike the human Olympics, Team China is collecting … Read more