ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on National Food Security and Research Senator Syed Masroor Ahsan has declared the recent floods a national disaster and called on the government to officially designate affected areas as disaster-hit. He further urged immediate assistance for victims through the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP). The Senate committee, under…
Donald Trump has repeated his threat to impose a 100% tariff on all films not made in the US, claiming the American industry had been “stolen” by other countries. He said on Monday that California had been heavily affected and the levy would “solve this long time, never ending problem”. In May, the US president…
We invest significantly in smartphones, drones, action cameras, DSLRs, and similar devices. However, when it comes to the storage cards that these devices rely on for holding photos and videos, many of us settle for a low-cost option from a no-name brand. I hate being the bearer of bad news, but the microSD card you…
Hong Kong’s leader has warned that no country should harbour criminals, the day after Singapore cited “national interests” as the reason for denying entry to wanted activist Nathan Law Kwun-chung. But Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu on Tuesday sidestepped a question on whether his administration had asked the city state to help transfer Law, as…
Mahfouz ZubaideAfghanistan producer Getty Images Fahima Noori had big dreams when she graduated from university in Afghanistan. She had studied law, graduated from a midwifery programme and even worked in a mental health clinic. But all that was taken away when the Taliban swept into power in 2021. They banned girls over the age of…
Sep 29, 2025, 06:27 PM ET Wow, what an amazing finish to the MLB regular season! Now it’s your turn, October. The 2025 MLB playoffs start Tuesday (1 p.m. ET on ESPN), and we’re here to get you ready for what is setting up to be a thrilling postseason. Will Shohei Ohtani’s Los Angeles Dodgers…
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has ruled out the UK government imposing VAT on private healthcare in the upcoming autumn Budget. Streeting told the BBC “it’s not happening” and repeated that answer when asked if he could guarantee VAT would not be levied on private healthcare. In the UK, most private healthcare services are exempt from…
Steve Matthews is attending the fifth edition of Iberseries & Platino Industria in Madrid this week to bring a taste of superindie Banijay Entertainment, the France-headquartered international content production and distribution giant behind such hits as Survivor, Black Mirror, Peaky Blinders, MasterChef andBig Brother, to the gathering for Spanish- and Portuguese-language content producers and other…
RAWALPINDI: Senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders on Monday relayed fresh instructions from the party’s incarcerated founder Imran Khan, calling on the party to prepare for the next course of action, work for peace rather than terrorism, and denounced what he described as attempts to crush PTI and steal its mandate. Speaking to the media outside…
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