Afghanistan’s fresh fruit exporters face mounting losses as the closure of a key land route into Pakistan leaves over 200 trucks carrying tomatoes, onions, grapes, and apples stranded at the Torkham crossing, halting trade with South Asian markets. According to the Dry Fruit Exporters Union, fresh fruit shipments have virtually stopped, although limited quantities of […]
Hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi was elected Japan’s first female prime minister on Tuesday, shattering the nation’s glass ceiling and paving the way for a decisive turn to the right. An acolyte of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and an admirer of Britain’s Margaret Thatcher, Takaichi received 237 votes in the lower house election to choose […]
The desert-region of Al Dhafra in Abu Dhabi has once again opened its gates to the world of dates, inaugurating the fourth annual edition of the Al Dhafra Dates Festival & Auction under the patronage of Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Ruler’s Representative in the region. The festival, scheduled to run until October 26, 2025, is […]
Air quality in India’s capital New Delhi deteriorated to hazardous levels on Tuesday with readings the highest in the world, according to Swiss group IQAir, partly due to the use of firecrackers during Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. The Supreme Court of India last week relaxed a ban on firecrackers in the city, permitting […]
Goldman Sachs flagged mounting risks to global supply chains of rare earths and other critical minerals, emphasising China’s dominance in mining and refining, and outlining challenges for nations seeking to build independent supply chains. China expanded export curbs on rare earths on October 9, adding five new elements and extra scrutiny for semiconductor users ahead of an […]
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt celebrates innovation and creative destruction as the true engines of growth. Pakistan should listen: we protect the old and punish the new. Growth needs risk-takers, not rent-seekers, because innovation is not imported, it is built. Mokyr’s insight was that sustained […]
Maccabi Tel Aviv will decline any tickets offered to their fans for a Europa League away match at Aston Villa, the Israeli club announced Monday. The local Safety Advisory Group (SAG) covering Villa Park in Birmingham, in central England, last week blocked visiting fans from attending the November 6 match following a police risk assessment. […]
Pakistan punished poor catching from South Africa to accumulate 259-5 on the opening day of the second and final Test in Rawalpindi on Monday. Had the tourists not dropped five catches on a turning pitch they would have been in a better position after Pakistan won the toss and batted. Skipper Shan Masood, dropped on […]
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday extended Diwali greetings to the Hindu community and other religious minorities, calling the festival a “beautiful message of joy, peace and tolerance” and reaffirming the government’s commitment to protecting minority rights. Addressing a special ceremony at the Prime Minister’s House that included senior religious and diplomatic figures, members of […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has once again allowed Pakistan to purchase wheat to replenish its depleting reserves, while leaving it to the government to determine the strategic stock level and proceed with plans to buy 6.2 million tonnes this year, an aide to the prime minister said on Monday. Ahmed Umair, the Prime Minister’s […]