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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on November 07, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images November is historically the best month for the S&P 500, which gains an average of 1.8% during the period, according to the Stock Trader’s Almanac.But the first full trading week of the month saw stocks caught in November rains.The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average each lost more than 1%, while the Nasdaq Composite shed around 3% — that’s its largest weekly loss since the tech-heavy index slumped 10% in the week ended April…
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addresses a banquet in honour of government and coalition senators in Islamabad. Photo: Express ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday ordered the withdrawal of a proposed clause in the 27th Constitutional Amendment that sought to grant immunity to the prime minister, stressing that an elected leader must remain “fully accountable”. In a post on social media platform X, the premier said he had learned upon returning from Azerbaijan that “some Senators belonging to our party have submitted an amendment regarding immunity for the prime minister”. “While I acknowledge their intent in good faith, the proposal…
U.S. Supreme Court Police stand behind security barriers in front of the Court building, which is obscured in construction scaffolding, on the first day of the Court’s new term on October 06, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty ImagesA federal appeals court in Boston, for a second time, late Sunday flatly rejected a request by the Trump administration to block a lower court judge’s order that it pay 42 million Americans their full SNAP benefits during the government shutdown.But the judge’s order remains paused as a result of a prior Supreme Court ruling until at least Tuesday night.…
PUBLISHED November 10, 2025 KARACHI: World leaders are gathering again this year, this time in Belém — a city at the mouth of the Amazon River — for the thirtieth United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP30. Brazil has promised an “Amazon COP,” a summit that would finally give the largest rainforest, and the communities who protect it, a seat at the table. But the table itself looks shakier than ever. In the years since the Paris Agreement, the conferences have become rituals of hope and exhaustion, a choreography of urgency performed under the fluorescent lights of negotiating halls. But this…
Supreme Court. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: The fate of Pakistan’s top court hangs in the balance as the government pushes through the 27th Constitutional Amendment – a move that could redefine, or even rename, the Supreme Court itself. Tense deliberations are reportedly underway within the judiciary over whether to respond collectively to the existential threat to judicial independence. Under the proposed amendment, the Supreme Court would be placed under a newly established Federal Constitutional Court (FCC), its rulings bound by the latter’s jurisprudence. The FCC’s first chief judge would be appointed by the executive, a move critics warn risks undermining the…
Crystals of gallium are seen in a laboratory at Freiberg University of Mining and Technology in Saxony, Germany on 13 September 2023.Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesChina has rolled back a number of restrictions on its export of critical minerals and rare earth materials to the United States, in a sign that a trade truce between the world’s two largest economies is holding.China’s Ministry of Commerce said Friday that it would suspend some export controls on critical minerals used in military hardware, semiconductors and other high-tech industries for a year.The suspended restrictions, first imposed on Oct. 9, include…
NCCIA inquiry found the accused “deliberately” issued offensive, and defamatory statements against state institutionsKhyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi made a controversial statement during a media talk outside Adiala Jail. SCREENGRAB The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) has registered a case against Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi for allegedly making “false, misleading, derogatory, and intimidating” remarks against state institutions, according to an FIR filed under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) 2016. The FIR has been lodged against Muhammad Sohail, son of Muhammad Sattar, a resident of Bara, Khyber, under sections 11, 20, and 26-A of PECA. The registration…
Spokesperson says Taliban used talks to malign Pakistan with hypothetical accusations instead of finding solutionsPolice officers stand guard at the main entry gate of Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad. Photo: File Pakistan criticised Afghanistan’s Taliban regime for failing to act against terrorist groups launching cross-border attacks and for ignoring commitments made during dialogue, warning that “hollow promises and inaction” were undermining regional peace despite repeated diplomatic efforts. In a statement issued in response to media queries on Sunday, the Foreign Office said the third round of Pakistan-Afghanistan talks, held in Istanbul on November 7 and mediated by Turkiye and…
Notification cites persistence of ‘threat perception’ based on assessment by law enforcement, intelligence agencies Section 144 has been extended across the province until November 15, Saturday, announced the Punjab Home Department on Sunday. The announcement comes after a previous order, dated November 2, extended the enforcement of Section 144 until November 8. Read: Punjab extends Section 144 across province till November 8 Section 144 enforces the complete ban on all forms of protest, gathering, rallies, sit-ins, and assemblies. It also restricts the gathering of four or more people in public places. Further, it enforces a complete ban on the display…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on November 07, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images November is historically the best month for the S&P 500, which gains an average of 1.8% during the period, according to the Stock Trader’s Almanac.But the first full trading week of the month saw stocks caught in November rains.The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average each lost more than 1%, while the Nasdaq Composite shed around 3% — that’s its largest weekly loss since the tech-heavy index slumped 10% in the week ended April…