Indian rupee hits record low, bonds rise as change of guard at India’s central bank spurs rate cut bets – World
The Indian rupee slipped to a record low and government bond prices rose on Tuesday, as the appointment of career bureaucrat Sanjay Malhotra as the next Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor raised expectations of rate cuts. The rupee fell to 84.8550 per US dollar, surpassing its previous all-time low of 84.7575 hit last week, […]
The climate paradox: AI’s role in both saving and sabotaging the planet – Pakistan
As the world hops on the AI bandwagon, one question continues to loom: is it sustainable? In a world racing to combat climate change, the newest weapon in our arsenal comes with an ironic twist. Artificial Intelligence, our digital saviour in the fight against global warming, has developed quite a thirst of its own. In […]
Former UC chairman shot dead in Karachi’s Baldia Town – Pakistan
A 65-year-old former union council (UC) chairman was shot dead by an unknown suspect while riding a motorcycle in Baldia Town, officials said on Tuesday. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police South Syed Asad Raza told Dawn.com that Haji Amanullah Afridi was killed by the firing of an unknown suspect at 6:27am near his residence. […]
Suspect in killing of UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson charged with murder – World
New York prosecutors filed a murder charge against the suspect in the killing of a UnitedHealth executive, a brazen shooting that set off a tense five-day manhunt that culminated in his capture in Pennsylvania earlier on Monday. The suspected killer, identified as Luigi Mangione, 26, was captured in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after he was spotted eating […]
Engro eyes tower-sharing expansion with Veon tie-up – Business
Pakistan’s largest conglomerate Engro Corp, through its strategic partnership with Veon, is eyeing expanding telecom tower-sharing coverage in Pakistan and exploring different use cases in telecom infrastructure. “Pakistan is a very large market in terms of telecom, which keeps growing larger,” Samad Dawood, vice chairman of Dawood Hercules Corp, which owns 40 per cent of […]
Station master, seminary teacher held in rape cases – Pakistan
BAHAWALUR: Police arrested a station master and a seminary teacher on charges of rape in separate cases in the city and Lodhran. According to railway police, a woman ‘T’ was present at the passenger lounge of the Bahawalpur railway station late night when the station master ‘A’ lured her to his living room on the […]
CJP Afridi assures district, sessions judges of good environment, safety in Gwadar visit – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi on Monday visited Gwadar and held a meeting with district and sessions judges of Turbat, Panjgur, Washuk, Musakhel, Chagai, Harnai, Awaran, Barkhan, Kharan and Zhob. The CJP’s visit to farthest districts of Balochistan, according to an official statement, was part of the policy of the CJP to […]
Enigmatic Bhuttos – Pakistan – DAWN.COM
STATES traverse the democratic path in the vehicles of political parties, which are driven by political families in our region. One must review how their actions have shaped our tortuous political journey heavily, starting with the Bhuttos, our oldest, most colourful, federal-level political family. Salient politically in all eras since the 1950s, it exhibits an […]
SC questions rationale behind handing over May 9 cases to military courts – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court, hearing intra-court appeals (ICAs) against the Oct 23, 2023 order nullifying the trial of civilians by military courts, raised questions about whether anti-terrorism courts (ATCs) had issued speaking orders explaining their reasons before handing over the accused involved in the May 9 violence to military courts. “How […]
IIOJK has becomes ‘graveyard for children’: Mushaal – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Mushaal Hussein Mullick, wife of unlawfully incarcerated Kashmiri leader Yasin Malik, has expressed her deep concern over the international community’s silence on the atrocities committed by Indian Occupation forces in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), saying the region had been turned into a graveyard for children. Chairperson of the Peace and Culture […]