Jannik Sinner easily beat Andrea Pellegrino to reach the Italian Open quarter-finals. Photo: AFP ROME: Jannik Sinner’s charge towards a first Italian Open title continued on Tuesday after the world number one calmly dispatched countryman Andrea Pellegrino 6-2, 6-3, while Alexander Zverev suffered a shock exit at the hands of another local hero in Luciano…
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has increased the petroleum levy on petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) despite maintaining fuel prices at existing levels for another week instead of passing on the benefit of declining international oil prices to consumers. According to figures released by the Petroleum Division, the petroleum levy on HSD increased by Rs6.57 per…
. Riyadh has once again rescued Islamabad’s fragile balance sheet by doling out an additional $3 billion. This magnanimity has come at a time when Pakistan is facing a severe crunch as it is obliged to pay back $3.5 billion to the UAE which had refused to roll over the same. This hole in reserves…
Says geopolitical considerations, economic goals and security challenges remain central to Pakistan’s policymaking Ambassador Rizwan Saeed Sheikh engaged students at Columbia University SIPA on Pakistan’s evolving geopolitical role. PHOTO: PAKISTAN CONSULATE GENERAL OF NEW YORK ON X Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Rizwan Saeed Sheikh, on Saturday reiterated Islamabad’s commitment to regional stability and…
Says guidelines position AI as powerful assistive tool that will enhance performance while preserving human judgment Police officers walk past the Supreme Court of Pakistan building, in Islamabad, Pakistan April 6, 2022. REUTERS The National Judicial Policy Making Committee (NJPMC) on Wednesday formally issued national guidelines for the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in judicial…
Herat’s morality police started arresting dozens of women on Saturday for not wearing body-cloaking chador, burqa Afghan women in burqa walk towards a safer place after their house was damaged following a deadly magnitude 6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan on Sunday, at Lulam village, in Nurgal district, Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 3, 2025. PHOTO: Reuters…
A senior Iranian official said gaps narrowed, including over managing the Strait of Hormuz route The Iranian and US flags are seen printed on paper in this illustration taken January 27, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS United States and Iranian negotiators have scaled back ambitions for a comprehensive peace deal and are instead seeking a temporary memorandum…
A viral video traced to a 2023 Putin speech was misused, prompting fact-check amid high interest Fact checking shows that viral clip of Putin was old and irrelevant. PHOTO: SCREEN GRAB Multiple people across social media platforms have been sharing a video of Russian President Vladimir Putin since Sunday, claiming that he can be seen…
Novak Djokovic comes to Paris having played just one match on clay this year. Photo: AFP/File LONDON: Novak Djokovic arrives at Roland Garros this year facing a familiar opponent, but one that cannot be outmanoeuvred even by the record 24-time Grand Slam champion: time. The Serbian, who turns 39 this week, is no longer the…
Prime minister will also hold bilateral talks with the US, Iran, Qatar in Switzerland Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrives in Zurich along with his delegation. PHOTO: PMO Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Zurich on Sunday along with his delegation to participate in high-level talks on the implementation of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU),…