The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued its bullish trend on Friday, with the benchmark KSE-100 index gaining 489.75 points, current index at 131,176.40 — an increase of 0.37% during intra-day trading. The index reached an intraday high of 131,411.40 and a low of 130,716.10 during the trading session. Trading volume stood at 73.6 million shares, […]
Bakhtawar Mazhar: it is a name that will be on your lips if you, like so many others, have been enraptured by Parwarish, the drama turning the spotlight on the younger generation aching for control and independence. As Sadia – or ‘Maya’s mom’, as she has been lovingly crowned by viewers online – Bakhtawar is […]
Hindus began a vast month-long pilgrimage in the Indian-Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, with many of the faithful starting from near the site where a deadly April attack triggered conflict with Pakistan. Last year, half a million devotees took part in the Amarnath pilgrimage to a sacred ice pillar located in a cave […]
In a cramped guesthouse in Islamabad, 25-year-old Kimia spends her days sketching women — dancing, playing, resisting — in a notebook that holds what’s left of her hopes. A visual artist and women’s rights advocate, she fled Afghanistan in 2024 after being accepted on to a German humanitarian admission program aimed at Afghans considered at risk […]
A wildfire killed a second person in Turkey’s western Izmir province on Tuesday as blazes raged for a seventh day across several regions, while a little-known group claiming ties to Kurdish militants said it was behind dozens of arson attacks. The latest casualty was a backhoe operator, Ibrahim Demir, who died while battling the flames […]
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday stressed implementing the digital transaction system across the country, saying it was vital to bring transparency to the economy. He was chairing a weekly meeting on cashless and digital economy at the Prime Minister’s House. On the occasion, the prime minister emphasized the need to facilitate payments between citizens […]
Supreme Court Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah has urged the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) to share the minutes of all its meetings during tenure of Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi. In a letter written on June 25 to the JCP secretary, Justice Shah raised concern for not sharing the minutes of the JCP […]
India captain Shubman Gill scored a superb maiden Test double-century as he again led from the front against England in the second Test at Edgbaston on Thursday. Gill was 265 not out at tea on the second day, with his innings the cornerstone of India’s imposing 564-7. The 25-year-old Gill, in just his second Test […]
Pakistan superstar Babar Azam and the Sydney Sixers will head across the country to launch the 15th KFC BBL season with a blockbuster in Perth with as league officials pin hopes this will be the biggest bash yet. League boss Alastair Dobson declared BBL|15 was “the season we’ve been waiting a long time for” as […]
Novak Djokovic crushed British wildcard Dan Evans in the Wimbledon second round as he stepped up his bid for a record 25th Grand Slam title, while defending women’s champion Barbora Krejcikova seeks to prolong her love affair with the All England Club. After three days of stunning upsets at Wimbledon, Djokovic avoided becoming the latest […]