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The Eli Lilly logo appears on the company’s office in San Diego, California, U.S., Nov. 21, 2025.Mike Blake | ReutersEli Lilly on Monday said it is lowering the cash prices of single-dose vials of its blockbuster weight loss drug Zepbound on its direct-to-consumer platform, LillyDirect, building on efforts by the company and the Trump administration to make the medicine more accessible.The announcement also comes weeks after chief rival Novo Nordisk unveiled additional discounts on the cash prices of its obesity and diabetes drugs. Starting Monday, cash-paying patients with a valid prescription can get the starting dose of Zepbound vials for as…

Counsel says witness statements conducted outside courtroom, violating fair trial requirementsAdvocate Imaan Mazari. Photo: X Advocate Ali Azad, representing lawyer duo Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha, has stated that the “trial court is not conducting a transparent trial.” The hearing was of a petition challenging the Trial Court’s order by the couple in the controversial tweet case in the Islamabad High Court on Monday. The court asked whether all the lawyers present were for this particular case, to which Ali Azad replied affirmatively, stating, “This is a very important case.” Justice Azam Khan presided over the case with members…

Intel stock held a sharp hike in pretrading on Monday, after the stock surged on Friday when an analyst predicted the chip giant was nearing a deal to supply Apple in 2027. Shares in Intel rose 10% on Friday after TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo posted on X that he expected Intel to begin shipping its lowest-end M processor to Apple as early as second or third quarter 2027. He said that his latest industry surveys indicate that “visibility on Intel becoming an advanced-node supplier to Apple has recently improved significantly.”Intel stock fell 0.59% as of 6.26am ET on Monday in…

Defence lawyer Faisal Malik argues such charges don’t apply to political gatherings The Rawalpindi anti-terrorism court has rejected Aleema Khan’s petition seeking the exclusion of terrorism charges under Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act. Judge Amjad Ali Shah ruled: “Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) is valid, and the court also has proper jurisdiction”. Earlier, police prevented Aleema from leaving the courtroom premises, citing the court’s order requiring her presence. “Preventing Aleema Khan from leaving amounts to an illegal detention, which we will challenge,” stated her defence lawyer, Faisal Malik. He added that if such behaviour continues towards Aleema…

After 15 hours of search, the body of three-year-old Ibrahim, who fell into a manhole near Nipa Chowrangi, was recovered by Karachi Municipal Corporation (KMC) rescue teams near Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology on Monday. The boy’s body had traveled nearly half a kilometre downstream. Ibrahim, son of Nabeel, slipped into the manhole outside a departmental store at around 11pm on Sunday. The family had been shopping when the boy ran ahead after pulling his hand free. The family resides in Shah Faisal Colony. Ibrahim was their only child. The child’s grandfather, Mehmoodul Hasan, received the body. Ibrahim’s…

PPP chief says no rolling back of 18th Amendment; Vows to protect parliament from institutional overreachPPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addresses a public gathering in Sukkur via a video link. Photo: PPI KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has warned that any attempt to dilute provincial rights enshrined in the 18th Amendment or tamper with the National Finance Commission (NFC) Award would imperil the federation itself. The Bhutto scion, whose party is a key coalition ally of the PML-N in the Centre, cautioned that forces seeking to roll back fiscal and administrative autonomy were effectively “playing with fire”.…

Tourists visit the Feilai Peak Scenic Area in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, Dec. 1, 2025. The Lingyin Feilai Peak Scenic Area in Hangzhou officially offers free admission from Monday. The entire scenic area including major cultural sites such as Lingyin Temple, Yongfu Temple and Taoguang Temple, are all for free entry. Visitors need to enter the scenic area with real-name reservation based on time slots. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)Tourists enter the Lingyin Feilai Peak Scenic Area in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, Dec. 1, 2025. The Lingyin Feilai Peak Scenic Area in Hangzhou officially offers free admission from Monday. The entire…

Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar greets his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty upon arrival at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad. Photo: AFP ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Egypt on Sunday agreed on a series of key decisions to strengthen economic cooperation, expand defence ties, and coordinate closely on the evolving Gaza peace efforts. Those were the outcomes that emerged during the two-day official visit of Egypt’s Foreign Minister Dr Badr Abdelatty to Islamabad. Dr Abdelatty, who visited Islamabad on November 29-30 at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar, held wide-ranging talks that officials described as “substantive, forward-looking, and…

Unemployed young people pose challenges, can become positive force if governance system is fair and inclusive ISLAMABAD: What is a state? Why do people give up their rights to the state? How does it function? What are the responsibilities of a state? These are questions that have always been asked and debated throughout human history. A state aims to restrict, control, and eliminate injustice, external threats, and social injustice. But how? The state establishes a fair governance system that upholds human equality, dignity, and liberty. Through this system, the state aims to provide basic needs, skills for growth, education to…

Statist economy, by restricting competition or picking up specific areas, allocates resources to protected sectors ISLAMABAD: By this time, many articles and commentaries have been published on the IMF report “Pakistan Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Assessment”. As already well understood before this report was issued, we do have systemic corruption and governance weaknesses that suppress investment, distort markets, undermine revenue collection, and perpetuate economic fragility. We have been advocating that structural reforms, especially along the supply side, will unlock significant economic growth for Pakistan. This also resonated in the 5th Pakistan Prosperity Forum, which was themed on “Reforms for Growth”.…