The leadership of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Tehreek Tahaffuz Ain Pakistan (TTAP) said on Thursday they would not compromise on the health of incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan and urged the nation to join a nationwide shutter-down strike scheduled for February 8 (Sunday). During a meeting of the joint parliamentary committee at Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa House in […]
Port Sudan Famine is spreading in Sudan’s western Darfur region, UN-backed experts warned on Thursday, as a grinding war between the army and paramilitary forces has left millions hungry, displaced and cut off from aid. Since April 2023, the conflict between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has killed tens of thousands, displaced […]
Russia and the United States have agreed to resume high-level military contacts at two-day Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi on Thursday, in a major step of rapprochement between the world’s top nuclear powers. Moscow and Washington suspended senior military dialogue shortly before Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, with then US President Joe Biden severing almost […]
Iran and the United States were preparing for talks on Friday in Oman, with Washington looking to see if there is any prospect of diplomatic progress on the Iranian nuclear programme and other issues while refusing to rule out military action. The talks, which were finally confirmed by both sides late Wednesday after hours of […]
Pakistan and Jordan have agreed to pursue a preferential trade agreement (PTA) and widen cooperation across 16 priority sectors, as the two countries sought to convert long-standing diplomatic ties into tangible economic outcomes during a joint ministerial meeting held in Islamabad this week. The understanding was reached at the 10th session of the Pakistan-Jordan Joint […]
For the better part of a decade, the dangling white wire was a sign of technological obsolescence. The release of the iPhone 7, which famously ditched the headphone jack, signalled a wireless revolution where Bluetooth earbuds became the ultimate status symbol. But in a surprising cultural U-turn, the humble wired headphone is staging a massive […]
Amazon plans to use artificial intelligence to reduce costs, streamline creative workflows and accelerate the production of movies and TV shows, even as Hollywood voices concerns that AI could cut jobs and reshape the industry permanently. At the Amazon MGM Studio, veteran entertainment executive Albert Cheng is leading a team developing the AI tools. Amazon […]
The ton is once again abuzz, and the numbers prove it.’Bridgerton’ Season 4 has twirled straight to the No 1 spot on Netflix’s global Top 10, amassing 39.7 million views in its first week. But beyond the streaming triumph, the latest instalment, focusing on the bohemian Benedict Bridgerton (Luke Thompson) and his Cinderella-esque love, Sophie […]
Income tax contributions by Pakistan’s cornered salaried class further jumped by 10% to Rs315 billion during the first seven months of this fiscal year, as one out of every three Pakistanis who left the country last year in search of jobs and better salaries were skilled to highly qualified people. According to provisional data compiled […]
President Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping’s tête-à-tête has pushed the envelope of cooperation, irrespective of the fact that they have issues to differ. The telephonic conversation, however, underscored the need for adhering to the principle of “mutual respect” in an endeavour to achieve the goals of peaceful coexistence and broader cooperation in an […]