‘The pictures are nothing compared to what I’ve seen’: Resham demands swift justice for Nargis – Celebrity
Actor Resham has called upon the government to ensure swift justice for her friend and former colleague, Nargis, who was allegedly subjected to severe physical abuse by her husband, police inspector Majid Bashir, in Lahore’s Defence Housing Authority (DHA) on Friday. In an emotional video shared to her Instagram moments after meeting Nargis, Resham, visibly […]
Polio programme gets new head as fight against disease hits a low – Pakistan
LAHORE: Amid reports of aggravating poliovirus situation in several districts, the Punjab government has appointed the new head of the Polio Programme & Emergency Operations Centre (EOC). The officer, Adeel Tasawar, is already holding multiple positions and assignments in the primary and secondary healthcare department, including additional secretary development & finance, project director of the […]
Pakpattan police, peasants face off after farmland transferred to private firm – Pakistan
SAHIWAL: A tense standoff between Pakpattan district police and about 700 peasants (mazareen), including women and children, from the Muhammad Nagar Seed Farm in Arifwala tehsil escalated into a full-blown police operation over the weekend. The peasants had been protesting for two days against the government’s decision to reallocate their “ancestral land” — cultivated by […]
Dearborn’s Muslim mayor refuses meeting with Trump during campaign visit in Michigan
Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud publicly rejected an invitation to meet with former President Donald Trump during his recent campaign visit to Dearborn, Michigan, calling out Trump’s “Muslim ban” while also accusing the Democrats of creating the space for Trump, Anadolu reports. Hammoud, Dearborn’s first Muslim mayor, voiced his opposition to Trump’s visit and reminded the […]
Shares at PSX climb 1,000 points ahead of MPC meeting – Business
Bulls retained control of the trading floor on Monday as shares at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) climbed 1,000 points in anticipation of Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, scheduled for later today. The benchmark KSE-100 index climbed 1,041.88, or 1.15 per cent, to stand at 91,901.73 points from the previous close of 90,859.85 points at […]
FIR lodged following Panjutha’s ‘recovery’ – Pakistan
TAXILA: The Attock Police on Sunday registered a case against the kidnappers of Intezar Hussain Panjutha, the lawyer of PTI’s founding chairman Imran Khan. Hassanabdal police managed to rescue Mr Panjutha in the wee hours of Sunday after a brief shootout with the alleged kidnappers. However, PTI labelled the development as “scripted” and demanded that […]
Privacy concerns prompt Nawaz to seek treatment outside UK – Pakistan
• PML-N president has historically been treated in London• PTI steps up protests with demonstration outside Downing Street LONDON: Former prime minister and PML-N president Nawaz Sharif returned to London over the weekend, and is expected to spend less than a week here, ahead of his departure to another country for a medical check-up. Sources […]
Using the ADR playbook – Newspaper
For businesses around the world, quarter ends are usually a busy season. Sales teams are rushing to pump orders, marketing departments are trying to maximise reach their performance benchmarks and accountants are working to keep the books in order. It’s the adult version of pulling all-nighters to salvage exams after a semester of procrastination. In […]
Medical ChatGPT aims to save diagnosis time by 40pc – World
HKUST Provost Prof Guo Yike (left) and assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering Chen Hao (right) pose for a photo.—Courtesy China Daily Four AI medical models developed by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), including a “medical ChatGPT”, can assist with diagnosing up to 30 types of cancers […]
Harris appeals to Christians and Arab Americans; Trump embraces violent rhetoric – World
Democrat Kamala Harris made her closing pitch for the US presidency at a historically Black church and to Arab Americans in battleground Michigan on Sunday, while her Republican rival Donald Trump embraced violent rhetoric at a rally in Pennsylvania. Opinion polls show the pair locked in a tight race, with Vice President Harris, 60, bolstered […]