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ISLAMABAD: Two relief flights from the People’s Republic of China carrying 300 tents and 9,000 blankets landed Sunday at Nur Khan Air Base, Rawalpindi, to support families displaced by the recent floods. According to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), the People’s Republic of China has once again reaffirmed its role as Pakistan’s steadfast friend by extending timely Monsoon Relief Assistance for flood-affected communities across the country. It will augment the NDMA’s relief support for flood-affected areas in Punjab. The reception ceremony was attended by Federal Minister Amir Muqam as chief guest, along with NDMA Chairman Lt Gen Inam Haider…
A drone view shows coal being prepared for transport, along the Kanawha river outside of Charleston, West Virginia, March 19, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersThe U.S. is set to announce on Monday policies to try to boost the output of coal, the Interior Department said, as the Trump administration seeks to reverse the decline of the fuel’s use. President Donald Trump in April signed executive orders to increase coal output, in one of his many actions that run counter to global efforts to cut carbon emissions. Coal-burning plants generated about 15% of U.S. electricity in 2024, a fall from 50% in…
As the controversy over her alleged inclusion in Pakistan’s United Nations delegation deepens, columnist and social media activist Shama Junejo on Sunday claimed that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had formally included her as an adviser. In a post on X, Junejo asserted that she had been working for the prime minister for “the past many months”. “My policy briefs, advice and points during the Pakistan-India escalation are all part of the record and preserved,” she wrote, further claiming that the premier had tasked her with “writing the UN speech”. She said the prime minister himself had included her in the…
An Electronic Arts video game logo is seen at the Electronic Entertainment Expo.Lucy Nicholson | ReutersElectronic Arts said Monday that it has agreed to be acquired by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, Silver Lake and Affinity Partners in an all-cash deal worth $55 billion.Shareholders of the company will receive $210 per share in cash.Trading was halted on EA with the stock up about 6% premarket. Shares gained about 15% Friday, closing at $193.35, after the Wall Street Journal reported that the company was nearing a deal to go private.Affinity CEO Jared Kushner, who is President Donald Trump’s son-in-law,…
A view of Cadillac Escalade IQ Sport 2 at Electrify Expo San Francisco, the largest electric vehicles (EV) event in North America at Alameda Point in Alameda, California, United States on Aug. 23, 2025.Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu | Getty ImagesDETROIT — Automakers and investors are about to find out what the “natural demand” is for new all-electric vehicles in the U.S., starting this week.Amid what’s set to be a record year for EV sales, including a new record for units sold in the third quarter, demand for EVs is expected to decline. That’s because federal incentives of up to $7,500…
Pakistan’s future is in data Source: REUTERS Mari Energies Limited (MARI), one of Pakistan’s top oil and gas explorers, has created a new subsidiary dubbed Mari Technologies. They plan to make a 5MW data centre in Islamabad and plan to make another one in Karachi. It’s definitely an exciting time to be a Pakistani. We’ve got the new National AI Policy of 2025 and last year’s decision to invest Rs10 billion in tech ventures. Our geopolitical standing is miles better than it has been for a long time, with all the deals we’ve been making. For the sheer capacity that…
The 23rd Future Banking Summit and Expo focused on the digital transformation of Pakistan’s banking space through easing digital banking for customers and merchants with cashless solutions, AI integration, and stronger cybersecurity. The innovation and ideas displayed at the event have the potential to modernise Pakistan’s digital banking infrastructure with secure, convenient, and efficient services, leading to streamlined experiences for customers, merchants and banking establishments. A cashless ecosystem Faisal Mahmood, head of Digital Public Infrastructure of Karandaaz, outlined the growth of automated teller machine (ATM) transactions and the increased use of point-of-sale (POS) machines since 2020. He said that there…
The Supreme Court on Monday suspended an Islamabad High Court order that had restrained Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri from judicial work over an alleged fake degree case. The case was heard by a five-member constitutional bench headed by Justice Aminuddin Khan and comprising Justices Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Hasan Azhar Rizvi and Shahid Bilal Hasan. Justice Jahangiri appeared before the apex court along with four Islamabad High Court (IHC) judges — Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, Babar Sattar, Ejaz Ishaq and Saman Rafat Imtiaz — who all entered the court premises through the public entrance. Outside the court, a journalist…
KATHMANDU: Nepal celebrated its stunning victory against the West Indies on Sunday, its first-ever win in an international cricket match against a Test-playing nation. On Saturday, Nepal defeated West Indies by 19 runs in the first T20 international of a three-match series in Sharjah. The win marks Nepal’s first triumph over the two-time T20 World Cup champions and represents a major milestone for the rising cricketing nation. “It is a historic win for us and helps improve our players’ standing in the cricketing world,” Chatur Bahadur Chand, President of the Cricket Association of Nepal, told AFP. After the Nepali middle-order…
Staff members load flood relief supplies provided by the Chinese government to Pakistan at Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport in Zhengzhou, central China’s Henan Province, Sept. 27, 2025. (Xinhua/Hao Yuan)ISLAMABAD, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) — The first batch of emergency flood relief supplies donated by the Chinese government arrived in Pakistan on Sunday, according to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).Two Chinese relief flights carrying 300 tents and 9,000 blankets landed in Pakistan’s eastern Rawalpindi district, reflecting China’s enduring solidarity with Pakistan in times of difficulty, said the NDMA.Speaking on the occasion, Pakistan’s Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan & SAFRON, Amir…