AI chip race, taxes hurt mobile output

According to industry projections, sustaining Pakistan’s local mobile industry between 2026 and 2031 could generate foreign exchange savings of more than $2.3 billion while gradually reducing dependence on imports. photo: file KARACHI: Pakistan’s emerging mobile phone manufacturing industry is coming under mounting pressure from a global artificial intelligence (AI)-led technology shift and domestic taxation measures,…

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Truckers return home after 9-month ordeal

Hundreds of Pakistani drivers and conductors stranded in Afghanistan head home as Afghan repatriations gather pace KHYBER: Hundreds of Pakistani truck drivers and conductors stranded in Afghanistan for nearly nine months have finally begun returning home, while authorities on both sides of the border continue to accelerate the repatriation of Afghan nationals from Pakistan. The…

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