Pakistan recorded a marginal improvement in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2025, with its score rising from 27 to...
Epstein accomplice Maxwell seeks Trump clemency ahead of congressional testimony
Convicted sex offender and longtime Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell declined on Monday to answer questions from US lawmakers, with...
Massive fire at Rawat textile factory put out after 16-hour operation
RAWALPINDI: A major fire that erupted at a textile factory in Rawalpindi’s Rawat industrial estate was brought under control on...
Nepra dismantles net-metering regime, moves solar users to net-billing
ISLAMABAD: In a sweeping policy shift, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Monday effectively ended Pakistan’s net-metering regime,...
Injury-hit Australia can still challenge for T20 World Cup title, says Ellis
Australia may be heading into the T20 World Cup without their leading fast bowlers, but Nathan Ellis believes the team’s...
Two Pakistanis shortlisted for training ahead of China space station mission
Two Pakistani candidates have been shortlisted for Pakistan’s Human Spaceflight Programme after completing the secondary phase of selection conducted by...
FM Dar stresses need to deepen trade, economic engagement with EU
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Monday chaired a high-level inter-ministerial meeting to review ongoing...
Pakistan to invest $1bn in AI by 2030, PM Shehbaz announces
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday unveiled the government’s plan to invest $1 billion in artificial intelligence (AI) by 2030,...
YouTuber Ducky Bhai, wife indicted in gambling app promotion case
LAHORE: A judicial magistrate on Monday indicted prominent YouTuber Saadur Rehman, better known as Ducky Bhai, along with his wife...
Between grand promises and thin allocations, who really owns Karachi’s crisis?
Karachi’s claim to being Pakistan’s industrial and financial heart has long been weakened by shifting federal priorities, a steadily shrinking...









