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The tariffs have been widely criticised around the world for threatening to push the global economy into a recession.More than 50 countries have directly contacted the White House to initiate trade talks following US President Donald Trump’s imposition of wide-ranging punitive tariffs, administration officials have said. The tariffs, which caused a nearly $6 trillion drop in US stock values last week and battered global markets, have drawn worldwide attention and sparked fears of a potential economic downturn. But the Trump administration has downplayed that and potential further catastrophic economic fallout. In the meantime, investors nervously awaited the open of US…

In this photo illustration, the logo of TikTok is displayed on a smartphone screen on April 5, 2025 in Shanghai, China. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesApple will keep ByteDance-owned TikTok on its App Store for at least 75 more days after receiving assurances from Attorney General Pam Bondi, according to a report from Bloomberg News.This comes after President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday to extend the TikTok ban deadline for the second time. TikTok will be banned in the U.S. unless China’s ByteDance sells its U.S. operations under a national security law signed by former President…

PUBLISHED April 06, 2025 KARACHI: “Patients often come to me frustrated about unavailable beds, high costs of tests and medications, billing disputes, cleaning issues, and malfunctioning air conditioning. Many assume I have control over these matters, but in reality, these are hospital-level decisions,” says nephrologist Dr. Najia Hameed. In a society like Pakistan’s, doctors hold a revered place and are seen as prestigious figures, often regarded as miracle workers. However, when things go wrong — whether due to excessive fees, lack of available beds, poor services, or administrative negligence — this respect quickly turns to resentment. Many times, doctors become…

Listen to article The repatriation of Afghan refugees continues as the deadline set by the government has passed, with 944 foreign families, comprising 6,700 individuals, deported from Pakistan since April 1st. Immigration sources reported that these individuals were transported to the Landi Kotal transit camp, where they underwent necessary processing before being deported through the Torkham border. Among those deported, 2,874 men, 1,755 women, and 2,071 children have returned to Afghanistan. The repatriation, which began on September 17th 2023, has seen a total of 70,494 Afghan families, representing 469,159 individuals, return to their homeland. In addition to the deportations, a police crackdown…

Dozens of Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza over the past 24 hours that targeted residential homes and makeshift tents. The main focus of the attacks was the southern city of Khan Younis, where the Israeli forces attacked residential homes and a makeshift tent, according to Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary, reporting from Deir el-Balah in the centre of the enclave. Jamal al-Mdhoun, a resident of Khan Younis, told Al Jazeera how he survived the early morning bombing of a home that killed at least nine people. “We were peacefully sleeping … and all of a sudden, homes…

Listen to article Punjab has announced its first-ever Talent Hunt Programme aimed at identifying and promoting young athletes across the province, Express News reported. Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has sought a comprehensive plan for the Punjab Talent Hunt Programme, which aims to provide opportunities for youth to showcase their abilities, including equal support for women athletes. “We will ensure young athletes in Punjab have full opportunities to display their talent,” the chief minister said. “Women athletes will be given equal chances to move forward.” In addition, a youth internship programme has been approved in principle, with Maryam Nawaz directing relevant departments to…

New global tariffs imposed by the US will have ‘profound’ economic consequences, the British prime minister warns.British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the introduction of sweeping global tariffs by the United States has created a “new world” governed by “deals and alliances” rather than rules. Starmer made the remarks in an opinion piece published in The Sunday Telegraph newspaper as countries around the world braced for further fallout from US President Donald Trump’s new tariff regime, which sent markets plummeting at the end of last week. “The world as we knew it has gone. Old assumptions can no longer be…

A US delegation, led by Eric Meyer, the senior official overseeing the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs at the State Department, will visit Islamabad from April 8-10, 2025. The visit aims to promote US interests in the critical minerals sector at the Pakistan Minerals Investment Forum (PMIF25), organised by the Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) in collaboration with the Government of Pakistan. The forum, set to take place on April 8-9 at the Jinnah Convention Centre in Islamabad, will serve as a key platform for global stakeholders to explore investment opportunities in Pakistan’s emerging minerals sector.…

I’ve been thinking about writing a will. I didn’t expect to feel death so close to me. I used to say death comes suddenly, we don’t feel it, but during this war, they made us feel everything … slowly. We suffer before it happens, like expecting your house to be bombed. It may still be standing since the start of the war, but that feeling of fear remains within you. This fear has worn my heart down, till I feel like it can’t handle anything more. Since the beginning of the war, I’ve been struggling with the Israeli army being…

White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett stands next to U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 7, 2025. Leah Millis | ReutersA crashing stock market is not part of an intentional strategy by President Donald Trump, White House National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett told ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday. This came after Trump shared a link to a video on his social media platform, Truth Social, which claimed the president was causing the markets to plummet on purpose as part of his broader economic plans. The video, which initially appeared on…