President, PM, CDF and services chiefs congratulate scientists and engineers on achieving this significant milestone Pakistan Navy on Tuesday conducted a successful test of the Taimoor air-launched cruise missile, an indigenously developed anti-ship weapon system, described as “a powerful demonstration of precision strike capability and operational readiness,” according to a statement from the military’s media…
KARACHI: Pakistan has one of the lowest rates of female entrepreneurship in the world. According to the World Bank and the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi), only around 1% of entrepreneurs in Pakistan are women. The Asian Development Bank further reports that women own less than 8% of the country’s small and medium-sized enterprises, with…
. Pope Leo XIV addresses journalists during the flight heading to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, as part of Pope apostolic journey to Africa, on April 21, 2026.PHOTO:REUTERS ROME: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Pope Leo on a trip to Rome this week, in the wake of the pontiff’s clash with President Donald Trump,…
. ISLAMABAD: Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) Election Commission has issued show-cause notices to seven candidates and leaders of the PML-N for allegedly violating the election code of conduct ahead of the elections in the region. According to the Election Commission, violations occurred during Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s visit to Gilgit on May 7, where conditions outlined in…
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…
Power sector gets Rs52b equity; blames delays for Rs242m renegotiated EVTL contract The meeting also approved a TSG of Rs1.289 billion for Independence Day and Marka-e-Haq Celebrations 2025, and Rs2 billion for the Marka-e-Haq Monument Project in Islamabad. PHOTO: AFP ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) has approved a Rs52 billion Technical Supplementary Grant (TSG)…
TOKYO: France beat Japan 42-15 on Saturday to wrap up their Nations Championship southern hemisphere series with a comfortable win in humid Tokyo. France scored six tries against a Japan side that never gave in but were ultimately outclassed by the Six Nations champions. The result meant France finished their three games with wins over…
Finding the black boxes requires a costly underwater search likely to need foreign assistance Yashib Rizwan, 33, holds a mobile phone showing a picture of his father Captain Muhammad Rizwan Idris, 62, the late pilot of the K2 Airways Boeing 737 cargo aircraft that crashed in the Arabian Sea, during an interview with Reuters at…
US envoy Natalie Baker, HSY headline showcase moderated by filmmaker Tauseeq Haider The US Embassy in Islamabad hosted an ‘Arts Entrepreneurship Showcase’ at the United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan, bringing together artists, designers, entrepreneurs and cultural leaders to celebrate the power of creative industries to drive economic growth, strengthen bilateral ties and connect people across…
KARACHI: China has emerged as a global technology powerhouse, leading in key sectors such as 5G, electric vehicles (EVs), renewable energy, and artificial intelligence (AI), in a dramatic transformation from world’s workshop to a technological behemoth, according to incyber.org. Today, China leads in 53 out of 64 critical technologies globally, as tracked by the Australian…