Info ministry calls reports of Pakistan being used to attack Iran ‘disinformation’

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued an advisory to social media users, urging them to avoid sharing sensational ‘breaking news’ about military actions, which have been circulating from propaganda pages operated from Afghanistan and India. These reports falsely claimed that the United States was using Pakistan as a base for launching an imminent military […]

UK launches investigation into X over AI chatbot Grok’s sexualised deepfakes

UK media regulator Ofcom on Monday launched a formal investigation into Elon Musk’s X over its AI chatbot Grok’s image creation feature that has been used to produce sexualised deepfakes. Grok is facing growing international backlash for allowing users to create and share sexualised pictures of women and children using simple text prompts. Ofcom described […]

Indonesian defence minister, Field Marshal Asim Munir discuss bilateral security ties

Indonesian Defence Minister Lieutenant General Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin (Retd) called on Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir at the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi to discuss strengthening defence ties, the military’s media wing said on Monday. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) stated that the meeting focused on matters of mutual interest, […]

PSX plummets over 2,000 points as panic selling hits on geopolitical fears

A sharp wave of selling swept through the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Monday, triggering a steep corrective move as escalating geopolitical tensions drove investors into risk-off mode.  Heightened concerns over the Iran-US standoff, developments in Venezuela, and widening instability across the Middle East and South Asia undermined market confidence, sending the benchmark KSE-100 index […]