IT sector sets sights high to gain AI edge

Tech exports cross $4.6b mark; experts call for shift from low-cost labour to high-value products KARACHI: Pakistan, which set its eyes on $5 billion in IT and IT-enabled services exports, closed the 2025-26 fiscal year with a record $4.6 billion in exports, a roughly 21% rise from $3.814 billion in the previous year. The figure…

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Afridi breaks ground on Rs2b Jamrud projects

PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi on Sunday visited District Khyber and laid the foundation stones of five development projects worth more than Rs2 billion in Jamrud. The projects include a Nursing College in Jamrud at a cost of Rs636 million, establishment of AI classes at the Institute of Applied Sciences for Rs32 million,…

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Judges’ appointment delay sparks questions

Absence of a constitutional deadline has now emerged as a key issue amid the ongoing delay ISLAMABAD: A fresh constitutional impasse appears to be brewing over the appointment of 19 additional judges to the country’s high courts, as President Asif Ali Zardari has yet to either approve the Judicial Commission of Pakistan’s (JCP) recommendations or…

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DC, DPO escape unhurt in ambush

Officials then set out for the government chromite factory in Muhammad Khel, also in tehsil Boya MIRANSHAH: Unidentified armed men opened fire on the convoy of North Waziristan’s Deputy Commissioner Taimur Khan Afridi and District Police Officer (DPO) Sajjad Hussain on Sunday, but both senior officers and their accompanying personnel escaped unhurt with no loss…

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China draws ‘red lines’ around its economic model ahead of EU, US trade talks

Western countries frame China’s policies as mercantilist and opposing global trade rules China is also seeking to expand domestic semiconductor manufacturing capacity and reduce the industry’s reliance on advanced Nvidia chips that are subject to US export controls. PHOTO: REUTERS China is energetically defending its economic policy mix that favours advanced industries over consumption, adopting…

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PML-N leads in second phase

Party ahead in five Muzaffarabad Division constituencies; PPP likely to secure three seats PEOPLE’S VOICE: A woman casts her ballot at a polling station during the second phase of elections for the AJK Legislative Assembly in Muzaffarabad. PHOTO: AFP MUZAFFARABAD: The PML-N was leading in five constituencies in Muzaffarabad Division, while the PPP had won…

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