PM Shehbaz lays out plan for economic growth after stability – Business
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Monday that Pakistan achieved macroeconomic stability last year with the help of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme. Speaking to Pakistani business leaders and investors in Dubai, the PM said the macro-level economy had gradually improved in the previous year as inflation slowed to 2.4 per cent in […]
Paris summit grapples with real-world impact of AI – World
PARIS: Artificial intelligence (AI) risks reinforcing gender disparities rather than immediate widespread job destruction, the International Labour Organisation chief said on Monday as a summit of national leaders and tech bosses opened in Paris. Co-hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Paris summit aims to lay the groundwork for […]
Alarming rise in anti-Muslim hate speech across India – World
NEW DELHI: Hate speech in India targeting the country’s religious minorities saw a “staggering” surge in 2024, a US-based think tank said on Monday. The alarming rise was “deeply intertwined with the ideological ambitions of the ruling BJP and the broader Hindu nationalist movement”, the India Hate Lab (IHL) said in a report. During India’s […]
The spoke in the right wheel – Newspaper
FOLLOWING Benjamin Netanyahu’s overtly successful trip to Washington, Narendra Modi would become the second significant right-wing foreigner to meet Donald Trump in the White House. Reports say it could happen as early as this week. Modi knows that Trump had pointedly insulted Netanyahu before meeting the Israeli prime minister. He re-tweeted a damning comment about […]
Kane Williamson surpasses Virat Kohli to reach another milestone
New Zealand batter Kane Williamson has overtaken Virat Kohli to become the second-fastest men’s cricketer to score 7,000 runs in One Day Internationals (ODIs). He achieved the milestone in his 159th ODI innings during the tri-nation series match against South Africa, where he remained unbeaten on 133 runs. The record for the fastest to 7,000 […]
Past to the present – Newspaper
IT’S been a year since the election, an election which sprung a surprise. And then those who yield power sprung an even bigger surprise. From the changing of results to the defanging of the judiciary to the laws to rein in social media, with internet disruptions and a semi-permanent ban on X thrown in, it […]
IMF scrutiny – Newspaper – DAWN.COM
THE technical IMF mission, which is taking stock of Pakistan’s economic governance structure and its vulnerability to corruption, is expected to widen the focus of the reform effort to a broader range of institutional restructuring for inclusive and sustained growth. The mission will be in the capital for a week to scrutinise the “severity of […]
Erdogan due in Pakistan this week – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday met his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is due to arrive in Pakistan later this week. The meeting took place during a brief stopover at Istanbul airport, while the president was en route to Portugal, where both countries agreed to boost counter-terror cooperation in a separate meeting […]
Omar Ayub to highlight election concerns, 26th amendment to IMF
Listen to article Opposition leader of the National Assembly Omar Ayub has announced that his party will present concerns over the 2024 general elections and the 26th constitutional amendment before the International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation. “We will present the entire matter of the elections before the IMF delegation,” Ayub stated. “We will also highlight the issues […]
Pakistanis feared among dead in another boat tragedy off Libya – Pakistan
KARACHI: A number of Pakistani migrants are feared to be among the dead after a vessel capsized near the Marsa Dela port, northwest of Zawiya city in Libya. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the boat was carrying around 65 passengers at the time of the accident. The Pakistan Embassy in Tripoli has “dispatched […]