Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday declared a “nationwide security emergency” as the country scrambled to respond to a wave of mass kidnappings that have seen hundreds of people, mostly children, captured in a week. “This is a national emergency, and we are responding by deploying more boots on the ground, especially in security-challenged areas,”…
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has ruled that the services of a workman shall not be terminated, nor shall a workman be removed, retrenched, discharged or dismissed from service, except by an order in writing which shall explicitly state the reason for the action taken. A three-judge bench of the apex court led by Justice Muhammad…
By-polls. Photo: AFP ISLAMABAD: Voter participation remained markedly subdued in the recent by-elections, with an overall turnout of just 28.58 per cent across six National Assembly and seven provincial constituencies, according to official documents released by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday. The ECP data shows a stark contrast in electoral engagement between…
The 2021-2023 inflation surge saw sudden and persistent increases in prices for consumer goods, housing and assets. Wage inflation also rose, but it lagged behind other inflation measures. When wages finally accelerated, the Fed began hiking rates to cool the economy, consistent with its longstanding view of wage inflation as a precursor to spiraling inflation…
Unemployment rate reaches 21-year high of 7.1%, while World Bank calculates poverty rate at 44.7% Siblings walk along a railway tracks at a slum area in Karachi, Pakistan July 9, 2020 Photo: Reuters ISLAMABAD: The central bank governor said on Wednesday that the current economic growth model cannot sustain a country of 250 million people…
Marc RaimondiNov 26, 2025, 12:04 PM ET Close Marc Raimondi’s first year covering the Falcons was 2024, but it wasn’t his first year at ESPN. He joined the company in 2019 and was a top combat sports reporter. He also covered professional wrestling and wrote the book “Say Hello to the Bad Guys: How Pro…
Chinese online forums and market chatters have recently been engulfed by speculation that Japan may have halted the export of photoresist, a critical material for semiconductor manufacturing exports, to China. Although the Japanese government and major Japanese suppliers have made no public announcements, unverified claims alleging that “Canon, Nikon and Mitsubishi Chemical have suspended photoresist…
KARACHI: WWF-Pakistan has clarified that the greenish hue and glowing lights observed at night in the coastal areas of Karachi and Balochistan, which had caused concern among fishermen and local residents, are a natural phenomenon known as sea sparkle (Noctiluca scintillans). The unusual sight had prompted some people to link it to toxic algae or…
New assessment says rapidly warming region faces higher health, economic and environmental threats KARACHI: Karachi has been listed among nine densely built megacities across Asia and the Pacific that are projected to become “substantially hotter” in the coming years, according to a new report released by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and…
Matías Zibell GarcíaBusiness reporter, Añelo, Argentina Matías Zibell García The Argentine town of Añelo has a bull statue that symbolises the region’s economic potential Mechanic Fabio Javier Jiménez found himself in the right place at the right time. When his father moved their family-owned tyre repair shop to the rural Argentine town of Añelo, it…
