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Says political parties should not put citizens through hardship to make a political point Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab speaks during a press conference in Karachi. SCREENGRAB Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab on Thursday slammed Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JI) nationwide shutter-down strike, saying the business closures caused financial losses and disproportionately affected people who relied on daily wages. A … Read more
Some pictures are embedded in posters meticulously filled in with details of missing persons, contact numbers People look at photographs of missing and deceased people pasted on wall outside Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, following flash floods and a mudslide, in Kathmandu, Nepal. Photo: Reuters Sati Sigdel makes daily visits to a hospital wall in Kathmandu … Read more
[The Treasury Department released rules that would upend how schools qualify for tax-exempt status, a new front in the president’s campaign against higher education.
Air defences intercepted several drones in Taiz and western coast areas, says Yemeni Armed Forces Media Centre A Houthi follower looks on, during a pro-Iran demonstration, as the US-Israel conflict with Iran continues, in Sanaa, Yemen April 6, 2026. — REUTERS Houthi fighters targeted populated districts along Yemen’s western coast in Taiz and Hodeidah provinces … Read more
[Christopher J. Waller, a Federal Reserve governor, sounded optimistic about inflation’s trajectory but indicated he would support higher rates if progress does not continue.
China said the Gwangju Biennale in South Korea was misrepresenting Taiwan as an independent nation. Beijing claims it as its own.
14-time national champion who stitches clothes by day secures long-awaited sponsorship PESHAWAR: For 14 long years, Abdullah Jan has been Pakistan’s most consistent table tennis champion in the Paralympic arena, and for 14 years the same cruel script has repeated itself. Selected for the national team, packed and ready, only to be told at the … Read more
Party’s Karachi chief says lawyers, traders support strike as most major markets and commercial centres remain closed RAWALPINDI/ PESHAWAR/ LAHORE/ KARACHI: A strike called by Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) against the petroleum levy shut hundreds of markets and petrol pumps across Karachi on Thursday, while private schools and lawyers also supported the shutdown, JI Karachi Amir Monem … Read more
This week’s renewed strikes by the United States and Iran strain the flow of energy and diminish expectations the disruption will end soon.
[The trade deficit yawned again last month as spending on data centers to feed the A.I. boom drove up imports.