SpaceX ties Elon Musk’s compensation to Mars colonisation goal – Tech
SpaceX’s board approved a compensation plan for founder Elon Musk with goals as futuristic and celestial as the company’s ambitions: colonising Mars and running data centres in outer space. The details of Musk’s sweeping pay package were revealed in the company’s confidential registration statement filed in recent weeks with the Securities and Exchange Commission and […]
‘Outspoken’ trio of IHC judges transferred
JCP moves three judges to provincial HCs Kayani, Sattar, Imtiaz transferred out of IHC CJP Afridi objects, fails ISLAMABAD: The present government has secured another victory on the judicial front by succeeding in transferring three outspoken judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to different provincial high courts. The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP), by […]
Govt relaxes rules for 25kW solar users
ISLAMABAD: In a major relief for solar consumers, the government on Tuesday abolished the licensing requirement for users installing solar systems of 25 kilowatts (kW) and below under the net metering scheme. Following the special directions of Federal Minister for Power Awais Leghari, the Power Division formally approached the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra), […]
Finance minister says no plans of seeking more bilateral financing after recent inflows from Saudi Arabia – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Tuesday the government had no plans to seek more bilateral financing from friendly countries and that Pakistan’s external position had stabilised following recent inflows from Saudi Arabia. The minister made these remarks on sidelines of the first high-level EU Pakistan Business Forum in Islamabad, organised by the European […]
FO says Cambodia has agreed on early repatriation of 54 Pakistanis arrested following scam centre raid – Pakistan
The Foreign Office (FO) said on Tuesday that Cambodian authorities had agreed on the early repatriation of 54 Pakistanis arrested following a raid on a “scamming compound”. The statement came after reports emerged that more than 200 Pakistanis were in the custody of Cambodian police in overcrowded facilities and facing a lack of basic facilities. […]
Nepra abolishes licence requirement, fee for small solar users – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Tuesday withdrew ab initio the requirement of a licence along with a fee of Rs1,000 per kilowatt for solar net-metering consumers for up to 25kW capacity. The development came two days after the Power Division, facing severe public criticism for “taxing sunlight”, directed Nepra to abolish […]
Fault lines behind glamour
A fresh round of criticism from actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has once again brought Bollywood’s long-debated fault lines into sharp focus, highlighting how issues of race, religion, age and power continue to shape one of the world’s most influential film industries. Speaking candidly in a recent interview, Siddiqui took aim at what he described as entrenched […]
Babar Azam’s 57-ball hundred sends Zalmi into PSL final
Zalmi post 221 on the back of Babar ton, bowl out Islamabad United for 151 to win by 70 runs Peshawar Zalmi captain Babar Azam plays a shot during his 103-run knock against Islamabad United in the PSL 10 qualifier on Tuesday. Photo: PSL/ X Captain Babar Azam struck a fluent 57-ball hundred as Peshawar […]
How London police are battling rampant phone theft – World
What seems like a petty street crime has far-reaching tentacles, with phones stolen in London often exported, reactivated and resold overseas within days. Balaclavas and e-bikes have become the armour of teenage boys zooming around London streets, snatching mobile phones from unsuspecting commuters and tourists. As AFP joined a patrol on a sunny Friday night, […]
Chitral’s Kalash Valleys added to Unesco’s World Heritage Tentative List – Pakistan
PESHAWAR: The Kalash valleys of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Chitral district have been inscribed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Culture Organisation’s (Unesco) ‘World Heritage Tentative List’, it emerged on Tuesday. According to Unesco’s website, a country must make an inventory of important natural and cultural heritage sites located within its boundaries, which is known as […]