Pakistan plans to use its surplus electricity for Bitcoin mining in an effort to expand digital economic activity and increase foreign exchange earnings, officials say. The country’s total power generation capacity stands at 46,000 megawatts, significantly exceeding demand. In summer, power consumption reaches 26,000 megawatts, while in winter it falls to just 10,000 megawatts. Due […]
At least 15 people were killed and over 30 others injured in two separate bus accidents on M2 Motorway near Chakwal, rescue and motorway police officials confirmed. In the first incident, eight people were killed and 18 others injured when a private bus overturned near the Balkasar Interchange while travelling from Rawalpindi to Lahore. According […]
At least six more people lost their lives and 22 others were injured in rain and flood-related incidents across the country in the past 24 hours, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) reported. According to the NDMA, the latest casualties were reported from Punjab and Balochistan, where two and four deaths occurred, respectively. The fatalities […]
Back in the mid-2010s, when the idea of “binge-watching” was still novel, you could impress someone you met at a party by saying you watched Black Mirror. The streaming service Netflix had already changed how people rented movies—killing Blockbuster with the casual cruelty of convenience—but now, it wanted to change what people watched. By the […]
Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) announced that it has lost contact with the “Handala,” a ship carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza as part of the group’s mission to break Israel’s blockade. “All communications with the Handala’s crew have been jammed,” the coalition said in a statement posted on its official Telegram channel. “We lost all contact with […]
Literature often arrives before theory finds a name for it. Long before Pakistani writing in English was granted the dignity of critical attention, poets and novelists were already grappling with the dilemmas of belonging, the dislocations of Partition, and the uneven legacies of empire. What was once regarded with suspicion or condescension has become an […]
Pakistan’s trade relations with the United States are set to strengthen following Deputy Prime Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar’s recent visit to Washington DC, said the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Saturday. In a statement released on Saturday, LCCI President Mian Abuzar Shad praised the economic diplomacy led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif […]
The Pakistan-Afghanistan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PAJCCI), led by Chairman Muhammad Zubair Motiwala, has welcomed the signing of a preferential trade agreement (PTA) between the two countries earlier this week. Formalised by Pakistan’s Commerce Secretary Jawad Paul and Afghanistan’s Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce Mullah Ahmadullah Zahid, this agreement reduces tariffs on […]
Investors are hopeful a potential trade deal between the US and European Union could bring more certainty to markets ahead of next Friday’s tariffs deadline. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was set to meet US President Donald Trump on Sunday in Scotland after EU officials and diplomats said they expected to reach a […]
Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication, Shaza Fatima Khawaja, held back-to-back meetings with top Chinese tech firms during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai to advance Pakistan’s digital agenda. In a meeting with PeaceCable International Network, led by CEO Sun Xiaohua and Sales Director Zhuang Wei, talks focused on enhancing digital connectivity through […]