US court rejects TikTok request to temporarily halt pending countrywide ban – World
TikTok must now move quickly with a request to the US Supreme Court to block or overturn a law that would require its Chinese parent ByteDance to divest of the short-video app by Jan 19 after an appeals court on Friday rejected a bid for more time. TikTok and ByteDance on Monday had filed the […]
South Korea’s Yoon impeached: Embittered survivor buckles under martial law backlash – World
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol faces the greatest threat to his brief but chequered political career, with his fate in the hands of judges after some of his allies turned from him and voted to impeach him on Saturday for allegedly leading an insurrection. Regarded as a tough political survivor but increasingly isolated, he […]
India targeting big first innings total in Brisbane, says Gill – Sport
BRISBANE: India are determined to post a big first innings total in the third Test against Australia at Brisbane, batsman Shubman Gill said Friday after they were skittled cheaply in Adelaide. The visitors were dismissed for just 180 in the second day-night Test after winning the toss and opting to bat, with the hosts then […]
Nadra director general dismissed from service for holding fake degree – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) dismissed a director general for holding fake degree. Nadra’s Chairman Lt Gen Mohammad Munir Afsar issued the dismissal order of DG Zulfiqar Ahmed. The dismissal order stated: “At the time of his initial appointment, Mr. Ahmed declared his educational qualifications as an MBA from George Mason University, […]
OGDCL makes first discovery in Samanasuk – Pakistan
KARACHI: Oil and Gas Development Company Ltd (OGDCL), the operator of the Wali Exploration Licence with a 100pc working interest, has made first-ever gas and condensate discovery in Samanasuk formation, an exploratory zone at the Bettani-02 (Slant) well, located in District Laki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In a stock filing on Friday, OGDCL said Bettani 02 […]
Bykea rider ‘shot dead by robbers’ in Karachi – Pakistan
KARACHI: A man was shot dead by robbers in Gulistan-i-Jauhar on Friday afternoon, police and rescuers said. The police said that Hussain Khalid, 39, was waiting on his motorbike near an under-construction building at Munawwar Chowrangi when armed motorcyclists emerged there, held him at gunpoint and snatched his cell phone. When they were fleeing, the […]
PTI ‘shaky’ on talks after snub from Imran – Pakistan
• Qaiser says dialogue not yet started• Opposition threatens to give call for ‘civil disobedience’ if demands not met• Senator says PTI’s readiness for negotiation must not be misconstrued as its weakness ISLAMABAD: Senior Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Asad Qaiser on Friday stated that the party had not yet initiated dialogue with the government and […]
IT firms not fully remitting export earnings: finance minister – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb noted on Friday that IT companies were not remitting the actual amount despite a steady increase in export earnings. Chairing a meeting of the Prime Minister’s Committee on IT Export Remittances, the minister called for improving the ease of capital movement to boost IT export remittances. The meeting noted that […]
‘Fusion model agreed for ICC Champions Trophy’ – Sport
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and its Indian counterpart have agreed on the “fusion” model as the solution to the longstanding deadlock between the two bodies over next year’s ICC Champions Trophy. The model will see India play their matches of the tournament — set to be held in Pakistan from Feb. 19 to […]
Investing in the youth – Newspaper
OVER the last decade, media and political discourse have increasingly focused on youth. The so-called youth bulge has been heralded as a potential demographic dividend — a transformative force for socioeconomic development and a critical vote bank. In response to this, provinces have scrambled to draft youth policies that ambitiously tackle the diverse challenges young […]