The government has agreed to the need for a mini-budget if revenues fall short of expectations by end-December 2025, according to the IMF. Photo: file ISLAMABAD: Talks between Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to secure approval for next year’s budget before its presentation in the National Assembly are set to begin on Wednesday,…
Both sides are actively engaged in channel diplomacy through Pakistan to reach an agreement, say Pakistani sources Iranian National News Agency said that Iran will not join second round of talks with US to be held in Islamabad. PHOTO: APA NEWS X Away from the media limelight, Pakistan is working silently to break the ongoing…
New AI startup linked to Jeff Bezos attracts major investors in bid to reshape industry innovation Apple on Monday named longtime hardware boss John Ternus as its next CEO, turning to another insider to steer the iPhone maker after Tim Cook as it navigates a world radically altered by artificial intelligence, a technology it has…
Social media platform expands EU data push with €1bn centre amid rising data protection concerns According to an internal memo seen by AFP, TikTok CEO Shou Chew told employees that the social media company and its Chinese owner ByteDance had agreed to the new entity. PHOTO:PIXABAY TikTok plans to invest 1 billion euros ($1.16 billion)…
FIFA President Gianni Infantino during the press conference. Photo: REUTERS PARIS: Beleaguered FIFA president Gianni Infantino has received some much-needed support after over a week of scathing criticism revolving around the now shelved private investment plan but there was again a call Friday for him to resign. The 56-year-old Italian-Swiss lawyer’s position remains far from…
A picture showing Palestinians mourning the loss of two people killed in the Gaza war—ANADOLU AGENCY An Israeli airstrike killed Gaza’s internal security chief in central Gaza on Sunday, while nine more Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire across the territory over the past 24 hours. According to the territory’s interior ministry, the Israeli army…
South Korea bow out of the World Cup in disappointment. Photo: AFP/FILE ATLANTA: South Korea’s dismal World Cup first-round exit has sparked fury at home and calls for a complete overhaul at the top have not been silenced by coach Hong Myung-bo’s resignation. South Korea, World Cup semi-finalists as co-hosts in 2002, limped out of…
LAHORE: Repeated economic stabilisation measures in Pakistan – including exchange-rate adjustments, privatisation and liberalisation – have substantially transformed the country’s economy but have also contributed to rising poverty, said economic experts on Monday. Speaking at the inauguration of the 8th International Conference on Applied Development Economics (ADE) in Lahore, Lahore School of Economics (LSE) Rector…
A migrant boat with 15 mostly young people sank off Tunisia; only one person had been rescued so far Among those on board were seven members of the same family. FILE PHOTO: ANADOLU Tunisian coast guard forces recovered the bodies of eleven Tunisian migrants whose boat sank at the weekend en route to Italy, while the…
‘Citizen Osama’ captivates audiences with its powerful depiction of Gaza City’s apocalyptic landscape, its resident VENICE: An apartment building has just collapsed in an Israeli airstrike, hundreds are likely dead, and a cameraman runs towards the smoke and rubble in the opening scene of the Gaza documentary “Citizen Osama”. Palestinian director Ahmed Hassouna’s film is…