The new World Bank report Reclaiming Momentum Towards Prosperity is a brutal reminder that Pakistan’s growth and development model has chewed through two decades of progress and spat out the poor. Poverty, once on a downward trajectory, is climbing again —and the climb is steep. Let’s call the numbers out for what they really are….
The morning was lit up with the news that Pakistan carried out air strikes on targets in Afghanistan. The whole afternoon the news was not confirmed by official sources in Pakistan until the DG ISPR conducted a press conference in the evening. To the explicit question to confirm the validity or otherwise of this claim,…
Clashes erupted along the Pak-Afghan border after Afghan forces opened unprovoked fire at multiple locations in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, prompting a swift and forceful response from the Pakistan Army, which destroyed several Afghan posts and killed dozens of Afghan soldiers and terrorists, security sources said on Saturday. The coordinated assault originated across several key sectors,…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan strongly rejected the Afghan acting foreign minister’s assertion terming terrorism as Islamabad’s “internal problem” and clarified that Pakistan has repeatedly shared details regarding the presence of Fitna al Khwarij and Fitna al Hindustan terrorist elements operating from Afghan soil against Pakistan, with support from elements within Afghanistan. According to a Ministry of Foreign…
President Donald Trump on Friday blamed Democrats for his decision to lay off thousands of workers across the US government as he followed through on his threat to cut the federal workforce during the government shutdown. Job cuts were under way at the Treasury Department, the US health agency, the Internal Revenue Service and the…
Microsoft Copilot on Windows Can Now Draft Office Files, Link With Gmail and OutlookAI Gets Smarter: Windows Copilot Can Create Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Files From Chat According to The Verge ,Microsoft has upgraded its Copilot app for Windows, giving the AI assistant the ability to create Office documents directly from chat and link to…
PESHAWAR: With confirmation from the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Governor House acknowledging Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur’s resignation, all speculation and uncertainty surrounding the province’s highest office has come to an end. Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Governor’s House spokesperson confirmed that the handwritten resignation was received by the Governor’s House at 2:30pm on Saturday. Meanwhile, K-P Governor Faisal Karim Kundi…
Notorious Punjab gangster Teefi Butt was killed in an alleged police encounter during his transfer from Dubai to Lahore. His death sparks hope that the 35-year gang war between the Butt gang and the Truckanwala gang in Lahore will finally end. According to the Crime Control Department (CCD), a gun battle broke out between police…
Six brave policemen, including trainees, were martyred, while twelve other policemen and one innocent civilian were injured as security forces and law enforcement personnel repelled a cowardly terrorist attack on the Police Training School in Dera Ismail Khan district, the military’s media wing said on Saturday. According to a statement by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR),…
PESHAWAR: The formation of a new provincial government in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has hit a major snag as the resignation of outgoing Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has reportedly gone “missing”, delaying the oath-taking of CM-designate Sohail Afridi. Confusion surrounds the resignation, with conflicting claims over whether it was submitted or received. Sources in the Governor’s House…
