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At least 15 people were killed and eight others injured on Thursday when a truck overturned near Tunnel Number Three on the Swat Motorway. Separately, at least 11 people were injured in a severe collision between two Hiace coaches near the Gandi Parana Adda, Lakki Marwat, said officials. The victims of the Swat Motorway incident were of the same family from Gabral area of Behrain Tehsil in Swat District. Malakand Rescue 1122’s  medical response team dispatched an ambulance to the accident site. They were assisted by Motorway Police and other relevant personnel in the joint rescue operation. The injured and…

Salesforce struck back. The business software maker on Wednesday unveiled an optimistic, multiyear financial roadmap that rejects the sluggish-growth narrative that has been dogging the stock. “It’s the old Salesforce, and I’ve been waiting for the old Salesforce,” Jim Cramer said Thursday morning on CNBC. Shares of Salesforce are up more than 4% Thursday on the news. At its influential Dreamforce conference this week, Salesforce projected annual revenue of $60 billion for the fiscal year 2030, excluding its pending Informatica acquisition . That is above the LSEG consensus of $58.4 billion. And crucially, Salesforce said its outlook translates to average…

Service members of the 65th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces attend a military drill near a frontline, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine August 30, 2025. PHOTO: REUTERS Security forces killed 34 Khwarij linked to Indian Proxy Fitna Al Khwarij in multiple operations across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa from October 13 to 15. According to a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), an intelligence-based operation (IBO) was conducted in the general area Spinwam, North Waziristan, which led to 18 terrorists were sent to hell after an intense exchange of fire. Fitna al-Khawarij is the term the state uses to…

Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesU.S. cybersecurity company F5 closed down 10% on Thursday after disclosing a system breach in which a “highly sophisticated nation-state threat actor” gained long-term access to some systems.The stock had its worst day since April 27, 2022, when the stock fell 12.8%.The company disclosed the breach in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Wednesday and said the hack affected its BIG-IP product development environment. F5 said the attacker infiltrated files containing some source code and information on “undisclosed vulnerabilities” in BIG-IP.The breach was later attributed to state-backed hackers from China,…

Sharif reiterates Islamabad agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire at Afghanistan’s requestPrime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Photo: File Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that Pakistan is prepared to hold talks with Afghanistan, but only on “legitimate and mutually respectful conditions.” Addressing a meeting of the federal cabinet on Thursday, the prime minister said Pakistan had made repeated efforts to convince Afghan authorities that the millions of Afghans living across the border were “our brothers and sisters” and that both countries shared deep historical, cultural, and religious ties. “Pakistan and Afghanistan share a long common border. Despite our limited resources, we have…

Oracle CEO Clay Magouyrk, center, speaks on a media tour of the Stargate data center in Abilene, Texas, on Sept. 23, 2025. Stargate is a collaboration of OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank, with promotional support from President Donald Trump, to build data centers and other infrastructure for artificial intelligence throughout the US.Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesOracle shares ended Thursday trading up 3% as it called for more business in core categories and confirmed a cloud-computing deal with social media company Meta.The maker of database software sees $20 billion in artificial intelligence-powered database and AI data platform revenue in the…

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Thursday filed a lawsuit over the Trump administration imposing a $100,000 fee to the H-1B worker visas.Last month President Donald Trump announced plans that would see U.S. companies to pay $100,000 per year for H-1B visas — which allows companies to temporarily hire foreign workers in skilled occupations in various fields, including technology and engineering — in an attempt to rework the program.In a release regarding the lawsuit on Thursday, the Chamber called the new fee unlawful since it “overrides provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act that govern the H-1B program, including the…

PM says Pakistan has “retaliated” after losing patience with Afghanistan over militant attacksPrime Minister Shehbaz Sharif shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Li Qiang in Beijing. Photo: APP China supports countries in exercising restraint and realising a full and lasting ceasefire, its foreign ministry said on Thursday, when asked about Pakistan and Afghanistan agreeing to a 48-hour ceasefire.China stands ready to continue to play a constructive role for continued improvement in the two countries’ relations, Lin Jian, a spokesperson for the foreign ministry, told a regular press briefing. Both neighbouring countries engaged in ground fighting and Pakistan launched airstrikes across…

Meta Ray-Ban Gen 2 AI glasses during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesEssilorLuxottica said a healthy amount of its revenue growth in the third quarter was due to its partnership with Meta, primarily from its Ray-Ban brand, to develop and sell smart glasses.”Clearly there is a lift coming from Ray-Ban Meta wearables as a product category,” CFO Stefano Grassi said on the company’s third-quarter earnings call.The European eyewear company said sales in in the quarter grew 11.7% year-over-year to 6.9 billion euros (about $8…

Several offices, mosques sealed in Lahore, Rawalpindi, and Islamabad over use of pulpits to incite hate or violencePolice, TLP workers clash paralyzes life in Lahore on Friday. Screengrab from Express footage The Punjab government and the Islamabad Capital Territory administration launched a crackdown against Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan, sealing several of its offices, mosques, and seminaries amid heightened tensions ahead of the group’s planned protests. The coordinated operation follows days of violence and comes just before the TLP’s scheduled countrywide demonstrations on Friday. Officials said the crackdown aims to curb unrest and prevent the misuse of religious platforms to incite violence and…