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Ex-Adviser to prime minister on Accountability Shahzad Akbar. PHOTO: PID/FILE Former prime minister Imran Khan’s advisor on interior and accountability, Mirza Shehzad Akbar, has been declared a proclaimed offender, Judicial Magistrate Muhammad Abbas Shah has announced. The judge has also ordered Akbar’s arrest. Despite being summoned multiple times, Akbar has reportedly failed to appear before court. The case against him was filed on the basis of allegedly controversial statements posted on X (formerly Twitter). The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) had registered a case against Akbar in July, 2025, regarding this. Read: Shehzad Akbar named key accused in £190m…
Sheldon Cooper | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesSalesforce shares popped 5% on Friday after the company posted better-than-expected third-quarter earnings on Wednesday despite falling short of Wall Street’s revenue estimates.The stock, which is up 13% over the past five days, is aiming for its best week since 2023.The company reported adjusted earnings per share of $3.25, topping Wall Street’s estimates of $2.86 per share. Revenue increased 8.6% year over year to $10.26 billion but just missed analyst projections of $10.27 billion.Although the artificial intelligence boom has pushed several tech companies into record surges, cloud software firms have seen a rocky year…
The 2026 World Cup will kick off on June 11 with joint-hosts Mexico playing South Africa at the Azteca Stadium — venue of the 1970 and 1986 finals — followed by South Korea against a playoff winner after the draw was made on Friday. South Africa are appearing for the first time since 2010, when they drew with Mexico in the opening match but failed to reach the knockout stage. Fellow hosts the United States and Canada will join the party the next day, against Paraguay and a playoff winner — possibly Italy — respectively in Los Angeles and Toronto.…
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison speaks during the Bloomberg Screentime conference in Los Angeles on October 9, 2025.Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty ImagesThis isn’t exactly what David Ellison had planned in September. Just a few months ago, the Paramount Skydance CEO sent a letter to the Warner Bros. Discovery board of directors arguing a combination of the two media and entertainment companies made sense. That letter was the first of several that offered increasingly higher prices to acquire the company along with arguments of why the assets were better together.Paramount’s interest spurred a formal sale process — bringing…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wears the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, as he delivers a speech presenting the new line of smart glasses, during the Meta Connect event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S., Sept. 17, 2025. Carlos Barria | ReutersArtificial intelligence wearable startup Limitless said Friday that it has been acquired by Meta.Limitless makes a small, AI-powered pendant that can do tasks like recording conversations and generating summaries.Limitless CEO Dan Siroker revealed the deal on Friday via a corporate blog post but did not disclose the financial terms.”Meta recently announced a new vision to bring personal superintelligence…
With a tech-savvy youth and PVARA in place, Pakistan eyes global crypto leadership DUBAI: Bilal Bin Saqib, chairperson of the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA), shared an ambitious vision for Pakistan’s crypto space at Binance Blockchain Week Dubai 2025, He spoke alongside industry leaders CZ, Michael Saylor, and UAE’s AI minister Omar Sultan Al Olama. “Pakistan is the world’s third-largest crypto market without any regulatory framework,” Saqib told the audience. “Now we want to turn this momentum into a global case study.” Tracking Pakistan’s crypto activity Despite regulatory gaps, Pakistan is consistently among the most active crypto markets. The 2025…
MPD Chief of Police Pamela Smith and U.S. Capitol Police Chief Michael Sullivan attend a news conference at the Department of Justice on Thursday, December 4, 2025, announcing the arrest of Brian Cole Jr., who allegedly placed pipe bombs near the Republican and Democratic National Committee offices on January 6, 2021. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesAccused pipe bomb planter Brian Cole Jr. confessed his crimes to the FBI, and told agents that he supported President Donald Trump and held anarchist views, MS NOW reported Friday.Cole, 30, was arrested Thursday morning at his family’s home in Woodbridge,…
Director General Inter-Services Public Relations Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry. Photo: File DG ISPR Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry assailed incarcerated former premier Imran Khan, on Friday, calling him a “threat to national security” and warning that no one will be allowed to incite the public against the armed forces. He said that Khan’s “anti-army” rhetoric has crossed the limits of politics and now poses a direct threat to the nation’s security. Read: DG ISPR reaffirms to respond firmly to any external threat Addressing a press conference in Rawalpindi, the DG ISPR described a “creeping national security threat” that the…
Rubrik shares soared 25% on Friday after the data management company posted blowout third-quarter numbers and boosted guidance.The stock, which debuted on the market in April 2024, headed for its second-best day on record. Revenue jumped 48% from a year earlier to $350 million, topping the $320 million average analyst estimate, according to LSEG. In its announcement late Thursday, Rubrik reported adjusted earnings of 10 cents per share, while analysts had expected a loss of 17 cents per share. The company boosted revenue guidance for the fiscal year to a range of $1.28 billion to $1.282 billion, up from a…
A sparkling century by Shai Hope ably supported by Justin Greaves had the West Indies 212-4 at stumps on Friday and clinging to the remote chance they can save the first Test against New Zealand in Christchurch. Hope was 116 not out and Greaves 55 with the pair putting on 140 for the fifth wicket after the West Indies were in dire straits at 72-4. New Zealand need six more wickets with the new ball six overs away while the West Indies, set a mammoth 531-run target, need a further 319 runs. The tourists’ cause was helped by injuries to…