Hundreds of ODNI staff reportedly face pink slips under Trump-picked Bill Pulte, who lacks intel experience US President Donald Trump. Photo: REUTERS The Trump administration on Monday began conducting mass firings at the top US intelligence agency, according to CNN. The pink slips are reportedly being handed out to possibly hundreds of employees at the…
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has set aside a Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Service Tribunal judgment and directed authorities to reconsider the case of a reinstated school teacher for grant of back benefits under Fundamental Rule (FR) 54. The court held that an employee honourably acquitted of criminal charges is entitled to full pay and service benefits for the…
ISLAMABAD: The petroleum minister has called an emergency meeting on Tuesday following an oil industry protest over a unilateral change in the pricing formula that led to Rs104 billion in losses. The Oil Companies Advisory Council (OCAC) approached the minister to hold an urgent meeting over the formula, which resulted in a substantial financial hit…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian issued a statement on Tuesday about the negotiations with the United States. “The effectiveness of the talks depends on full commitment to the agreed obligations and their precise implementation,” Masoud Pezeshkian said in an X post. The effectiveness of the talks depends on full commitment to the agreed obligations and their…
Opposition raises rights, governance concerns as government defends security record ISLAMABAD: A heated exchange between the government and opposition marked proceedings in the National Assembly on Monday during debate on the Interior Ministry’s budget and cut motions, as lawmakers sparred over human rights, security operations and political accountability in a charged sitting in Islamabad. The…
HOUSTON: Oil prices fell nearly 4% on Monday, as supply concerns eased after US Vice President JD Vance said progress has been made in talks with Iran and the Strait of Hormuz was open. Brent crude was down $3.11 or 3.86%, at $77.46 a barrel by 1757 GMT. In early trading, prices had climbed to…
. HARARE: A Zimbabwean High Court has acquitted a prominent journalist who spent nearly a year on trial over a satirical article critical of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, her legal team said on Monday. Faith Zaba, editor of the Zimbabwe Independent, was arrested in July 2025 after publishing a column titled “When You Become a Mafia…
. BARRANQUILLA, COLOMBIA: The streets of the Colombian city of Barranquilla turned into a carnival on Sunday night, after hard-right Abelardo de la Espriella beat his leftist rival to win the country’s presidential runoff election. Thousands of people celebrated the victory of De la Espriella, who calls himself “The Tiger” and his followers “the pack,”…
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to discontinue the fuel subsidy following a sharp decline in international petroleum prices; the decision was taken with the approval of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar chaired the seventh meeting of the National Steering Committee on fuel subsidy, which reviewed the…
BENGALURU: Elon Musk’s X was largely back up after thousands of ?users reported issues with the social media platform globally on Monday, according to Downdetector.com. The outage began around 9am ET, peaking at over 25,000 issues being reported in the US before cooling to about 620 reports, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating…