Trending Now: Latest global updates, business news, technology stories, sports headlines, and more.

PSX drops 1,693 points on geopolitical worries

KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) succumbed to significant selling pressure on Monday as the benchmark KSE-100 index dropped 1,692.74 points, or 0.97%, over rising crude oil prices and escalating tensions around the Strait of Hormuz, which weighed on investor sentiment. The index opened the week on a fragile note, falling 429.59 points, or 0.25%, at … Read more

Competitive power market gets nod

Nepra agreed that the key principle should be equal treatment: open-access consumers should pay the same UoSC as similarly placed consumers of suppliers of last resort ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has approved a uniform structure of Use of System Charges (UoSC) for power bulk consumers of distribution companies (Discos) and K-Electric … Read more

‘Pasoori’ becomes first Pakistan-made music video to cross 1b YouTube views

photo cokestudio instagram

Ali Sethi, Shae Gill duet also racks up hundreds of millions of Spotify streams and gains international recognition Coke Studio’s 2022 hit Pasoori has become the first Pakistan-made music video to cross 1 billion views on YouTube, cementing its status as one of the biggest successes in the show’s history. The official Coke Studio page … Read more

GSP+ tasks

As the GSP-Plus renewal is due, Pakistan has to brace itself to meet the EU's trade regulation benchmarks. Islamabad has no choice but to ensure compliance with high standards to seek inclusion in the successor regime, which carries more stringent regulations. Islamabad has also made significant progress in upholding, legislating and implementing competition criteria and … Read more

Saife Hassan on why negative characters intrigue him more than heroes

photo saife hasan instagram

Reflects on his childhood love of storytelling, urges aspiring creators to focus on theatre and craft over fame Director Saife Hassan recently spoke at length about his craft in an interview, discussing the characters that interest him, his approach to scripts and the relationship between a writer’s vision and a director’s interpretation. Asked what repeatedly draws him … Read more

The book destruction business

. The author is a Professor and the Director of Center on Forced Displacement at Boston University Perhaps I am old fashioned. I never got a Kindle or any other gadget to read books on a tablet. Every book that I read, I want to experience the joy of holding the physical copy, of turning … Read more

Power tariff raised by Rs0.52 per unit

[ The positive quarterly adjustment will be recovered over three months—September, October and November 2026—at a uniform rate of Rs0.5194 per kWh. PHOTO: PIXABAY ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday approved an increase of Rs0.5194 per unit in electricity tariffs, placing an additional burden of approximately Rs12.6 billion on power consumers. The increase will apply to … Read more

Trump posts map appearing to show North America, other territories as part of US

Shares photo showing ‘Mexico’ crossed out in New Mexico and replaced with ‘America’ US President Donald Trump speaks while hosting a dinner in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 2, 2026. REUTERS United States President Donald Trump has shared a map on his Truth Social account that appears to … Read more