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KARACHI: The bullish trend continued at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Tuesday as the KSE-100 index advanced nearly 800 points in a rally reflecting a stable policy rate and government’s ability to meet external debt obligations. Notably, the index reclaimed the 156,000-point level while building on Monday’s successful defence of a key support zone. Pakistan has to repay external debt worth $26.1 billion in FY26 comprising principal loans of $22 billion and interest costs of $4.1 billion. So far, $3.5 billion worth of obligations have been met through $1.5 billion in repayments and $2 billion in rollovers, leaving $22.5…

An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 16, 2025 shows local people circling the lake by boat in Yanyuan County of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Sichuan Province. The first mountain and lake circling festival of Lugu Lake kicked off at Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture on Tuesday. Mountain and lake circling is an important folk custom of the Mosuo people living near Lugu Lake. Starting this year, Liangshan Prefecture has officially designated the 25th day of the seventh lunar month as the mountain and lake circling festival, making it a local statutory holiday. Residents of Yanyuan and Muli counties…

Pakistan Post on Tuesday issued a special series of three commemorative postage stamps to mark Suparco Day, celebrating the country’s recent achievements in space exploration. The stamps highlight the successful launches of iCube-Qamar, PAKSAT-MM1, and EO-1, representing a transformative era in Pakistan’s national space programme. iCube-Qamar, launched on May 3, 2024 aboard China’s Chang’e-6 mission, was Pakistan’s first lunar cube satellite. It successfully validated lunar orbit operations and captured images of both the moon and the sun. Read More: Dust that spies, maps that talk, and dogs that code PAKSAT-MM1, launched on May 30, 2024, is a geostationary communication satellite…

An image of U.S. President Donald Trump alongside disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein is projected on Windsor castle, after U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrival for a state visit to the country, in Windsor, Berkshire, Britain Sept. 16, 2025. Phil Noble | ReutersFour people were arrested Tuesday night in the United Kingdom in connection with the projection of an image onto Windsor Castle showing President Donald Trump with his then-friend, notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The stunt came as Trump began a state visit to the U.K., and as the president has been dogged by months of controversy…

Pakistan and 15 other countries have jointly expressed serious concern over the safety and security of the Global Sumud Flotilla, a civilian-led maritime mission aiming to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza and break the Israeli naval blockade. In a rare multilateral statement, the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Ireland, Libya, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Oman, Qatar, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain and Türkiye called for the flotilla’s protection under international law, as citizens from these countries are participating in the initiative. “We share the objectives of peace and humanitarian aid delivery, together with respect for international law, including humanitarian…

The StubHub logo is seen at its headquarters in San Francisco.Andrej Sokolow | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesOnline ticket platform StubHub is pricing its IPO at $23.50, CNBC’s Leslie Picker confirmed on Tuesday.The pricing comes at the midpoint of the expected range that the company gave last week. At $23.50, the pricing gives StubHub a valuation of $8.6 billion. StubHub confirmed the IPO pricing in a release late Tuesday. The company said its shares are expected to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday under the symbol “STUB.”The San Francisco-based company was co-founded by Eric Baker in…

Washington Commanders managing partner Josh Harris (L) signs a Commanders helmet while joined by Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (C) and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell (R) during a news conference on construction of a new Commanders stadium in Washington, D.C., on April 28, 2025.Win McNamee | Getty ImagesOver the last decade, private equity investor Josh Harris has built one of the largest conglomerates in sports.Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, which he co-founded with Blackstone executive David Blitzer in 2017, owns majority stakes across many of the most valuable sports leagues in the world. That includes stakes in the NFL’s Washington…

A drone photo taken on Sept. 16, 2025 shows workers carrying out conductor stringing tasks for the Gansu-Zhejiang ±800 kV ultra-high voltage (UHV) direct current transmission project in Nanling County, Wuhu, east China’s Anhui Province. The Anhui section of this power transmission project linking northwest China’s Gansu Province with east China’s Zhejiang Province has recently entered the conductor stringing phase.The 2,370-kilometer power line starts from Wuwei, Gansu Province and ends in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province. When in operation, it will facilitate the transmission of clean energy from northwest China and ease the power shortage in east China. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)A drone photo…

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Tuesday strongly condemned the Israeli military aggression against Qatar on September 9. The OIC said, Israel violated the international law and the UN Charter, and constituted a dangerous escalation, threatening human rights in the region. “This unjustifiable and unprovoked attack constitutes a dangerous escalation, threatening the human rights, and an attack on the sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity of the State of Qatar, under the pretext of countering terrorism,” the statement added. The OIC expressed solidarity with Qatar and supported “all steps it may take to protect its security and sovereignty in accordance…

Gary Bettman, NHL commissioner, speaking on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Nov. 20, 2024.CNBCThe 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan will mark the first time in 12 years that NHL players will return to the Games, something NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman is expecting to have a big effect on the league.”Ultimately, in terms of balancing the pros and cons, we decided it was important to go back and be on what is one of the most visible platforms in the world,” Bettman said at CNBC Sport and Boardroom’s Game Plan conference in Santa Monica, California, on Tuesday.Prior to Bettman being named commissioner…