How Pakistan was ranked 2nd for worst air quality
KARACHI: Pakistan has been ranked second in the latest list of countries with the worst air quality, an outcome that environmentalists say illustrates a sorry tale of negligence and governmental failures. Bangladesh, Pakistan and India were the world’s three smoggiest countries in 2023, according to a recent report by Swiss monitor IQAir, painting a bleak […]
Hafiz Naeem takes oath as new JI chief
Hafiz Naeemur Rehman, the newly-elected amir of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), took the oath of his office on Thursday at party headquarters in Mansoora, Express News reported. According to details, party leaders and workers from across the country participated in the event. Prominent leaders, including the former amir Sirajul Haq and senior leader Liaqat Baloch, were also […]
Google terminates 28 employees for Israeli cloud contract protest
Google said on Thursday it had terminated 28 employees after some staff participated in protests against the company’s cloud contract with the Israeli government. The Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit said a small number of protesting employees entered and disrupted work at a few unspecified office locations. “Physically impeding other employees’ work and preventing them from accessing […]
Girl among 7 martyred as customs team ambushed in DIK
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Five Customs Intelligence officials and two civilians, including a five-year-old girl, were martyred when unidentified gunmen ambushed a team of the Customs Intelligence and escaped from the scene in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan district on Thursday, police said. According to the police, the Customs Intelligence officials were conducting routine checking at Saggo, […]
French Open the moment to give everything: Nadal
BARCELONA: Rafael Nadal said the upcoming French Open will be the moment to “give everything and die” on the court after his comeback from injury in Barcelona was curtailed by Alex de Minaur on Wednesday.The 22-time Grand Slam title winner, back playing this week after three months on the sidelines, battled well but eventually crumbled […]
‘Agripreneurs’ project empowers rural entrepreneurs in Pakistan
Standard Chartered Bank and The British Asian Trust, in collaboration with partners Shirakat and Sindh Agricultural and Forestry Workers Coordinating Organisation (SAFWCO), recently marked the successful culmination of their ‘agripreneurs’ project. This second phase of the initiative focused on high-performing participants from the previous phase, aiming to bolster their businesses and enhance their entrepreneurial skills. […]
India carries out successful flight test of cruise missile
NEW DELHI: India on Thursday carried out a successful test flight of an indigenous technology cruise missile, according to a Defence Ministry statement. India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation did a successful test flight of an Indigenous Technology Cruise Missile from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha state, the ministry said. […]
Australia mulls citizenship for Pakistani guard in Sydney mall attack
Australia’s prime minister said on Thursday he will consider granting citizenship to a Pakistani security guard wounded in the deadly Sydney shopping centre knife attack. The guard, Muhammad Taha, reportedly said he believed he “deserved recognition and consideration for citizenship” after being stabbed. In a bedside interview with The Australian, Taha said he was attacked […]