TV Networks to Resume Trump Coverage, Even as White House Excludes CNN
[The White House TV pool went dark this past week amid a standoff between CNN and the president. Network leaders, however, believe an indefinite suspension may be untenable.
CCOE weighs debt reduction
The cabinet committee told the Power Division to seek all organizational ways to improve financial performance through better operational efficiency ISLAMABAD: The Power Division has said that the reduction in financial allocation by K-Electric has caused an increase in circular debt in the power sector. The Ministry of Energy (Power Division) recalled that the Cabinet … Read more
Trump Administration Plans to Gut Clean Car Rules
[New fuel-economy standards, which President Trump said he finalized Saturday, would kill a federal effort to speed the transition to electric vehicles.
SC’s dower ruling
. For decades, the contractual and financial rights of women in Pakistan have been systematically taken for granted, reduced to mere ceremonial formalities rather than legally binding safeguards. Despite explicit Islamic tenets declaring haq-mahr i.e. dower a mandatory legal right incumbent upon the husband at the very inception of marriage, societal customs have distorted this … Read more
The long & short of PTI’s march
. So who blinked first? The time and space separating September 27 with October 4 are vaster than a mere seven days. Therein lies the deviously delicious story of how and why the long march is getter longer in execution and shorter in expectations. Here’s how the situation looks presently. 1. Chief Minister K-P Sohail … Read more
Saudi Arabia warns escalating Middle East threats risk global trade, energy security
Urges stronger international cooperation to protect Gulf states and shipping routes at UNGA Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan addresses the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York on Saturday. Photo: Anadolu Agency Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan on Saturday warned that escalating … Read more
PHC orders IGP to investigate minister’s alleged abduction
Directs police to ensure recovery of Fazal Shakoor Khan, who was abducted near motorway toll plaza The Peshawar High Court on Saturday directed the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa police chief to investigate the alleged abduction of provincial minister Fazal Shakoor Khan and take immediate steps for his recovery. A two-member bench comprising Justice Syed Arshad Ali and Justice Kamran Hayat … Read more
China pushes back against US on Iran and Cuba in UN speech
China pushed back against the United States in its speech at the UN General Assembly on Saturday, saying sovereignty of countries in the Gulf should be respected and urging the "relevant country" to stop threatening Cuba and lift its blockade on it. Vice President Han Zheng did not mention the US by name in his … Read more
Six big takeaways from a turbulent week of UN diplomacy
Limousines whisked world leaders away from the United Nations on Friday after a week of speeches, meetings and hallway diplomacy. While they reached no breakthroughs on the world's most intractable conflicts, talks on the Iran and Ukraine wars inched forward, and global powers used the venue to debate AI risks with industry leaders. Here are … Read more
Xi visit brings fresh progress in China-US strategic stability: Chinese FM
Wang says reciprocity means equal sovereignty, no hegemony or bullying, equal concerns and balanced cooperation China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during a press conference with Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono (not pictured) after their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Jakarta, Indonesia August 21, 2026. REUTERS Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the United … Read more