ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways is moving ahead with a major technology-driven transformation under an ambitious digitisation programme featuring a 1,700-kilometre fibre optic network and smart railway systems aimed at modernising operations, freight management and passenger services across the country. According to official project documents available with Wealth Pakistan, the initiative forms part of Pakistan Railways’ Railway…
ISLAMABAD: The foreign ministers of 14 countries, including Pakistan, issued a joint statement on Sunday condemning the “illegal and unacceptable” opening of a purported embassy by the “so-called Somaliland region” in occupied Jerusalem. The statement, shared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on X, was signed by the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia,…
. QINYUAN: Rescuers in northern China searched on Sunday for two people still missing after a gas explosion killed 82 in a mine that authorities said was beset by serious safety violations. The blast at the Liushenyu shaft in Shanxi province on Friday was the country’s worst mining disaster in nearly two decades, with 247…
PM addresses B2B investment confab in Hangzhou; highlights opportunities in agri, mineral secters Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif walks with China’s Environment and Ecology Minister Huang Runqiu after arrival at Beijing Capital International Airport. Photo: APP HANGZHOU: Pakistani and Chinese companies signed agreements and memorandums of understanding (MoUs) worth more than $7 billion during a series…
WASHINGTON/TEHRAN: US President Donald Trump on Sunday tempered expectations of an imminent agreement with Iran, saying he had instructed American negotiators “not to rush into a deal” despite earlier indications from senior US officials that a breakthrough to end the three-month Middle East conflict could be close. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said…
RAWALPINDI: Security forces killed eleven terrorists belonging to the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in North Waziristan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P). According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Sunday, forces engaged multiple “Khwarij” locations in the general area of Datta Khel in North Waziristan within 48…
14 dead, 20 wounded as explosive-laden car explodes Three FC personnel, four of a family among martyrs President Railway workers remove the wreckage of a train damaged in a suicide attack in Quetta. PHOTO: REUTERS QUETTA: A powerful explosion ripped through a passenger shuttle train near Chaman Phatak in Quetta on Sunday morning, killing at…
Over 30k beneficiaries await assistance; scholarships, medical aid remain suspended RAWALPINDI: The Zakat Department will not provide financial assistance to registered low-income families and widowed women across the Rawalpindi Division on the occasion of Eidul Azha, following the suspension of similar payments during Eidul Fitr amid an acute financial crisis. More than 30,000 registered beneficiaries…
A fashion sequel's box office dominance is quietly telling a bigger story about Hollywood's shifting audience loyalties, with 'The Devil Wears Prada 2' emerging as an unexpected benchmark for how far superhero cinema's once-unshakable dominance has receded. The film, directed by David Frankel, has stayed firmly at the global box office summit since its release…
FMs stress Ben-Gvir’s deliberate public humiliation of detainees is ‘a disgraceful assault on human dignity’ Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir reacts as flotilla activists are detained by Israeli forces in Ashdod Port. Photo: REUTERS The foreign ministers of Pakistan and seven other Muslim states on Sunday strongly condemned the “appalling, degrading, and unacceptable…