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Listen to article Continuing its remarkable rally, the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) touched another all-time high on Monday as it surged past 136,000 points over encouraging economic developments and robust interest from mutual funds and institutional investors. The benchmark KSE-100 index added another 2,202.77 points, or 1.64%, to settle at 136,502.54 at the close of trading. Since the commencement of the session, the market began its gradual ascent and didn’t look back, reaching the intra-day high at 136,841 just before the end of the day’s proceedings. According to Topline Securities, the KSE-100 index surged to intra-day high of 2,542 points before closing…
US President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House after arriving on Marine One in Washington, DC, US, on Sunday, July 13, 2025.Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThe European Union has been left scrambling after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would slap a 30% tariff on goods imported from the bloc beginning Aug. 1.European leaders were quick to respond, saying they would still work to strike an agreement with the U.S. before the start of August. The EU also further delayed countermeasures which were set to come into effect this week and warned that preparations for…
Connor Blakley Jams founderJamsThe classic peanut butter and jelly sandwich is getting a modern day upgrade and backing from some top athletes.Jams, a new company created by 26-year-old Connor Blakley, launched Monday and hopes to take on Smucker’s Uncrustables as the next locker room and lunch box staple. Like Uncrustables, the sandwiches fall in the frozen foods category.Backed by names like U.S. soccer legend Alex Morgan and NFL Pro Bowlers C.J. Stroud and Micah Parsons, Jams will be available exclusively at 3,000 Walmart stores nationwide.Uncrustables has dominated the market with a near PB&J monopoly, but Blakley is hoping to differentiate…
Listen to article LAHORE: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur said on Sunday that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan was willing to hold talks with those who “hold real power”, as the party formally launched a movement for restoring democracy and securing Khan’s release. However, some key members of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)-led governments at the Centre as well as in Punjab immediately turned down the offer, saying that the PTI founder would have to hold dialogue with political forces, if he wished so. Speaking at a news conference in Lahore alongside senior PTI leaders, Gandapur emphasised that…
Artists from China National Symphony Orchestra perform in Beijing, capital of China, July 14, 2025. Bond with Kuliang: 2025 China-U.S. Youth Choir Festival, with the theme of “Singing for Peace” is held in Beijing and Fuzhou from July 9 to 18.More than a thousand participants from nearly 30 youth choirs from China and the United States participate in the event. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)Choir members from China and the United States watch an orchestra rehearsal in Beijing, capital of China, July 14, 2025. Bond with Kuliang: 2025 China-U.S. Youth Choir Festival, with the theme of “Singing for Peace” is held in Beijing…
Listen to article ISLAMABAD: The opposition, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), on Sunday expelled five members of the National Assembly for going against the party line during the vote on the 26th Constitutional Amendment in the National Assembly in October last month. According to separate notifications issued by PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, the expelled members are Aurangzeb Khichi, Zahoor Hussain Qureshi, Usman Ali, Mubarak Zeb and Ilyas Chaudhry. These independent lawmakers were supported by the PTI in the 2024 general elections. The similarly-worded notifications stated that these lawmakers violated the party instructions and voted in favour of the 26th Constitutional Amendment Bill…
An explosion at a residential building injured seven people in the Pardisan neighbourhood of Qom city, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reported, going on to quote an unnamed source saying it was not the result of any Israeli attack. “Four residential units were damaged in the blast. Initial assessments show that the cause of the incident was a gas leak, and follow-ups are continuing in this regard,” the director of Qom’s fire department told Fars. The agency said the residents of the building were ordinary citizens. Read: The Iran-Israel war: lessons learnt and unlearnt Iran’s regional arch-rival Israel has a…
An AI sign at the MWC Shanghai tech show on June 19, 2025.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBEIJING — The latest Chinese generative artificial intelligence model to take on OpenAI’s ChatGPT is offering coding capabilities — at a lower price.Alibaba-backed startup Moonshot released on late Friday night its Kimi K2 model: a low-cost, open source large language model — the two factors that underpinned China-based DeepSeek’s industry disruption in January. Open-source technology provides source code access for free, an approach that few U.S. tech giants have taken, other than Meta and Google to some extent.Coincidentally, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced…
INDIAN nightwatchman Akash Deep is cleaned up by England captain Ben Stokes during the third Test at Lord’s on Sunday.—AFP LONDON: India suffered a dramatic top-order slump to set up a thrilling finale to the third Test against England at Lord’s on Sunday. The tourists had the upper hand after dismissing England for just 192 in their second innings, with off-spinner Washington Sundar taking 4-22, including the wickets of Joe Root, Jamie Smith and England captain Ben Stokes on the fourth day. That left India needing 193 to go 2-1 up in this five-match series after both teams made 387…
ISLAMABAD: The long-desired hybrid system now seems to have fully matured. Surprisingly, it’s not a secret anymore but being openly endorsed and celebrated. With a sitting federal minister praising the hybrid system as a success model and the military chief receiving global spotlight which is usually reserved for elected leaders, it seems clear that the powerful stakeholders are no longer behind the curtain but are now center stage. “The revival of the economy, India’s defeat, improvement in ties with the US, all these revolutionary changes were made possible by the cooperation between PM Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir…