The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) remained under the hammer during Friday’s early trading as geopolitical tremors continued to fuel panic selling, eroding the benchmark KSE-100 Index by over 2,000 points by midday. After plunging nearly 2,400 points in the previous session, the benchmark index failed to find stability. Data from the PSX showed the KSE-100 […]
Israel and Lebanon extended their ceasefire for three weeks at a meeting at the White House brokered by President Donald Trump, who said he was prepared to wait for “the best deal” to end his conflict with Iran. Fighting between Israel and Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon has been one of a number of sticking points to resolving […]
Actor Hania Aamir was recently spotted at Asim Azhar’s concert in New York City, sparking fresh buzz about their rumoured relationship. In a video circulating online, Hania can be seen attempting to stay incognito, covering her face with a cloth and wearing a hat, while singing along to her drama’s hit song Meri Zindagi Hai […]
Pope Leo on Thursday firmly condemned the killing of protesters in Iran, after the US President Donald Trump criticized the Catholic leader last week for not doing so while speaking out against the US-Israel war with Iran. Leo, the first US pope, also decried the deaths of “so many” civilians in the war and lamented the collapse of […]
The country is bracing for its first heatwave of the season, with the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) warning that temperatures across much of the country will soar well above seasonal norms from Friday (today) and persist until May 5. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), through its National Emergencies Operation Centre (NEOC), on Thursday issued […]
Iran and the US appeared locked in a prolonged war of attrition, as Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf issued near-identical statements on Thursday asserting national unity following US President Donald Trump’s claim that Iran’s leadership was divided by internal infighting. The US president expressed frustration with Iran’s leadership as he […]
No signs of the next round of talks between Iran and the United States, as of now. Yet, security details remain intact in Islamabad. This suggests that the door to a diplomatic breakthrough, however narrow, has not entirely closed, even as uncertainty continues to hang over the next phase of negotiations. “There is no positive […]
Armed men stormed a copper and gold mining site in Balochistan’s Chagai district on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people, including a foreign worker, and torching machinery after a fierce exchange of fire with guards posted at the site, local officials said on Thursday. Although there has been no formal confirmation from the Balochistan government, […]
The Foreign Office on Thursday rejected what it described as India’s propaganda campaign of “baseless allegations” linking Pakistan to the Pahalgam incident, and called on New Delhi to demonstrate responsible behaviour and refrain from inflammatory rhetoric and actions. The Foreign Office did not specify what statements or allegations it was referring to. However, an Indian […]
More than four decades after it first carried the essence of magical realism to readers across continents, Isabel Allende’s seminal novel ‘The House of the Spirits’ is being reimagined for television, arriving on screen in Spanish for the first-time next week with an expansive new narrative approach. Filmed in Chile with a Latin American cast […]