NEPAL: Pakistani climber, Asad Ali Memon, who accomplished a feat by summiting Mount Everest, now finds himself stranded on the treacherous slopes of the majestic mountain. As per media reports, Asad Ali has contacted the Pakistani embassy in Nepal, requesting assistance and urging them to coordinate his airlift to Kathmandu for treatment. Asad Ali, a student of IoBM, became the …

DOHA: The Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina said on Wednesday she was confident that the country would be able to meet its commitments to the International Monetary Fund. “The IMF only assists countries that can repay the loans they are taking. Bangladesh is in a position that yes, we took the loan as long as we need it, and …

ISLAMABAD: Atif Mian, a noted Pakistani-American economist and currently a professor of Economics, Public Policy, and Finance at Princeton University, slammed government policies as the South Asian economy continues to struggle with a growing balance of payment crisis. In a series of tweets on Wednesday, in which he compared Ghana, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, and what it teaches us about …

ISLAMAABD: Faisal Vawda, a former federal minister claimed on Wednesday that ex-spymaster Faiz Hameed was the “architect” and “mastermind” of the corruption case Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former premier Imran Khan is currently facing regarding the Al-Qadir Trust. “My compulsion today was to tell the nation that when you say the beneficiary is Imran, [ ] the biggest is …

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday reiterated that Pakistan will not default and the country will escape the current difficult economic circumstances. Speaking to the business community at the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), he admitted that external financing was a huge challenge for Pakistan. “After many years, Pakistan recorded a current account surplus in March and April 2023 …

Most recently Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev attended the China-Central Asia Summit in Xi’an city and delivered a “keynote” speech during which he upheld that Central Asian countries and China have developed a “mature” relationship based on trust, respect and “mutual interest’. During his speech Mirziyoyev he rightly proposed the “goals” of further increasing the trade volume between Central Asian countries …

LAHORE: Pakistan captain Babar Azam has signed with Colombo Strikers for the upcoming fourth season of the Lanka Premier League (LPL). Azam was one of the players to be acquired outright ahead of the auction scheduled for June 11. The upcoming fourth edition of the LPL is scheduled to take place from July 31 to August 22. Pakistan is scheduled …

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According to a modeling study published in the Lancet Rheumatology journal, more than 840 million people worldwide will suffer from back pain by 2050, largely due to population growth and aging. Researchers analyzed more than 30 years of data to show that the back pain landscape continues to change, with the largest increases in Asia and Africa. The lack of …

A good night’s sleep is crucial for a person’s physical and mental health. According to experts, getting enough quality sleep can help treat many conditions, such as dementia, mental illness and metabolic, cardiovascular and metabolic disorders. On the other hand, sleep related disorders like insomnia, narcolepsy and excessive sleepiness can cause serious health problems. Dr Nistha Budhiraja, psychologist and psychotherapist …

SIALKOT: On Tuesday a wanted criminal from Saudi Arabia was apprehended by the National Central Bureau (NCB) of the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Interpol Pakistan. The suspect, identified as Abrar Ahmed, was wanted by the Sialkot Police in connection with a rape case. An Interpol spokesperson confirmed this information and stated that the suspect was subsequently transferred to Islamabad Airport. …

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) in its recent reports estimated that narrowing down the gap in Female Labor Force Participation (FLFP) can generate 19.3 million jobs and boost Pakistan’s GDP by almost 23 percent. The report suggested the government and private sector bring key reform areas to facilitate the female workforce including focus on the availability of safe …

ISLAMABAD: Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) in Pakistan will likely hit a new record high of 37.27 percent in May as current workings suggest another sequential increase of 1.07 percent month-on-month (MoM). According to a report by JS Global, the surge is a result of higher increase in food prices, which is 30 percent of the CPI basket. The report further …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Business Council (PBC) has opposed double taxation, claiming that the tax burden is not evenly distributed across Pakistan and that many problems exist as a result of import restrictions that include a decrease in exports, lack of investment, and heightened risk of bankruptcy. A meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Finance was held under the chairmanship …

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Capital Territory Police (ICTP) has launched another crackdown against vehicles that emit smoke or have pressure horns. The step has been enforced upon the special instructions of Inspector General of Police (IGP) Islamabad Dr. Akbar Nasir Khan, ICTP’s public relations officer (PRO) told the media. All Zonal Deputy Superintendents have been directed to take strict action against vehicles …

Pakistan’s automotive industry has laid off thousands of workers due to a government ban on raw material imports, a massive rupee depreciation, and rising inflation. According to a report from Arab News, Pakistan is facing its worst economic crisis yet, with the central bank’s foreign exchange reserves falling to $4 billion. It’s barely enough to cover three weeks of imports, …

KARACHI: Pakistan International Airline (PIA) has at present eight (8) non-functional (irreparable) as well as un-serviceable (repairable) aircraft. According to the official data, two Boeing 777 aircraft are un-serviceable while one is non-functional. Furthermore, two Airbus A-320 are un-serviceable. The data further noted that three ATR are un-serviceable while one is non-functional. Here is the breakdown of all non-functional and …

LAHORE: Lahore is the world’s most polluted city by Air Quality Index (AQI) according to various sources. A report published by The Urban Unit reveals that vehicles are the biggest contributors to the rising pollution in Lahore. The percentage of the transport sector contributing to pollution is significantly higher than any other contributing factor, the report adds. A snapshot of …

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is making significant strides in enhancing the recreational facilities for residents of the federal capital with the development of multiple modern parks. According to official sources within the CDA, over the past decade, approximately 37 public parks have already been established, and the authority is actively working on a policy to further increase their …

ISLAMABAD: Constitution allows Supreme Court to review its decisions, Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial remarked while hearing the country’s top electoral authority’s petition, seeking a review of the top court’s decision for an election date in the Punjab province. A three-member bench of the top court headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, comprising Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan and Justice …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Tuesday arrived in Rawalpindi to appear before the National Accountability Beauru (NAB) in an alleged illegal transfer of 190 million pounds in the Al-Qadir Trust case. Sources privy to the matter said the anti-graft team interrogated the deposed premier for more than one hour. While during the investigation, …

SAWAT: As temperatures rose and the snow began to melt in the upper areas, the Swat River swelled, leading to a significant increase in water levels on Tuesday. Consequently, hotels and shops in Bahrain Bazaar were submerged by the flooding. However, there were no reports of casualties or damage to human life during the incident. The rising water flow resulted …

ISLAMABAD: The weather office forecasted that dust-raising winds with thunderstorm rain are expected in parts of the country. As per weather prediction, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Potohar region, Northeastern Balochistan, upper Sindh, Punjab, Kashmir, and Gilgit Baltistan are likely to receive rains while hot and dry weather is likely elsewhere in the country. In the past 24 hours, hot and dry weather …

LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) was dealt a major blow on Tuesday when two senior party leaders, Shireen Mazari and Fayyazul Hassan Chohan, announced they were leaving the party. After her release from prison, Mazari also announced quitting politics, citing health problems and her daughter’s difficulties since her arrest. During the press conference, she also condemned the violence that followed …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) on Tuesday adjourned the Punjab assembly election delay case till Wednesday while stating that the rights of millions of people in the country are linked to polls. During the hearing of the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) petition to revisit the April 4 SC ruling ordering holding of elections in May, SC Justice …

PESHAWAR: Militants stormed a natural gas and oil extraction plant in Hangu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday, killing four police and two private guards, police said. The attack by up to 50 militants took place at a plant run by the MOL Pakistan Oil and Gas Company in Hangu district near the Afghan border, said police official Irfan Khan. …

Pak Suzuki Motor Company (PSMC) has once again announced that it will shut its motorcycle plant until June 10, 2023. The automaker shared the development in a notice to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Tuesday. It said the decision was made due to the ongoing government import restrictions that have affected the auto sector, causing a shortage of inventory. …

MOSCOW: Russia said Tuesday that its armed forces had beaten back and then wiped out a group of militants and military hardware that were dispatched to its southern Belgorod region from Ukraine. The incursion was the most serious attack on Russian soil since the beginning of Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine, prompting Russian authorities to declare an “anti-terror regime” and evacuate …

NEW DELHI: Nearly 60,000 outsourced contract workers lost jobs in India’s information technology sector in the year ending in March as jobs for flexi workers hired through contractors by companies shrank 7.7 per cent from a year earlier, a recruitment body said on Tuesday. “The drop in new employment generation within the IT flexi staffing sector mirrored the global slowdown …

TikTok, the popular short-form video app, has taken legal action by filing a lawsuit to prevent what it deems an “unconstitutional” ban in the US State of Montana. The move comes as the state government attempts to block the app’s operations within its jurisdiction, citing concerns over ‘data privacy and security’. The lawsuit, filed by TikTok’s parent company, argues that …

Current policies to limit global warming will expose more than a fifth of humanity to extreme and potentially life-threatening heat by century’s end, researchers warned Monday. Earth’s surface temperature is on track to rise 2.7 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels by 2100, pushing more than two billion people 22 percent of projected global population well outside the climate comfort zone …

RUSSIA: Russia launched an overnight air attack on the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro, officials said early on Monday, with media reporting a series of blasts. It was not immediately known whether the blasts were air defence systems destroying their targets or Russian missiles or drones hitting their targets but the governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region, of which Dnipro is …

ISLAMABAD: Inflation in Pakistan is likely to hit fresh peaks, and is projected to reach over 37 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in May against 36.4 per cent recorded in April, JS Global Securities, a brokerage house, said in a report on Monday. “We expect the datapoint to clock in at a record-high of 37.27 per cent, as current workings suggest …

ISLAMABAD: The judicial commission formed to investigate the validity of audio leaks has announced that its proceedings will be made public. The commission was formed under Section 3 of the Inquiry Commission Act 2017, which states that “whenever it is expedient to conduct an inquiry into any definite matter of public importance, the Federal Government may, by notification in the …

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir said on Monday the recent attacks on military installations and memorials are “intolerable”, and announced that May 25 will be observed as “Pakistan Martyrs Day”, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. According to the military’s media wing, the army chief passed these remarks in a ceremony held at the General Headquarters, …

DUBAI: Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has appointed Revolutionary Guards commander Ali Akbar Ahmadian as the country’s top security official replacing Ali Shamkhani, Iranian state media reported on Monday. The move comes days after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stressed flexibility in foreign policy whenever necessary to overcome any obstacles. Shamkhani, who was appointed the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security …

NEW DELHI: India’s Delhi High Court issued a summons to British broadcaster BBC on Monday in a defamation case over its documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi that questioned his leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots, according to reports in Indian media. The defamation suit states the documentary “India: the Modi question” that aired earlier this year cast a slur …

Zaman, who belongs to Azad Jammu Kashmir and hails from a very humble background, has consistently shown his talent over the past few years. He took 15 wickets in 13 matches for this year’s PSL champions Lahore Qalandars. His remarkable success under pressure and ability to bowl in the death overs earned him a call-up to the Pakistan national team …

Prince Harry realizes that his separation from the royal family is depriving his children of the special connection with King Charles that Prince William’s children have. The Duke of Sussex is reportedly urging his wife Meghan Markle to mend their relationship with the new monarch, at least for the sake of their children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. An internal …

Latif believes that it is important for captains to have certain qualities like data analysis as well as resilience and determination There are two big captains in world cricket, and I can say with confidence that they don’t believe in facts, one is Babar Azam and the other is Virat Kohli,” Latif said on his YouTube channel. PCB has appointed …