Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb speaks during an interview with Reuters at his office in Islamabad, Pakistan, July 19, 2024. — Reuters/File Pakistan signs term sheets, one bilateral, one for trade: FinMin. The first evaluation of the EFF is scheduled for the end of February, says Aurangzeb. The minister invites global players to invest in priority … Read more
Drug dealers whose entire organized crime network was destroyed by a photo of a French bulldog have been ordered to pay more than $1.4 million, said the UK’s National Crime Agency. Stefan Baldauf, 64, and Philip Lawson, 63, were drug traffickers arrested in 2020 as part of Operation Venetic along with other members of their … Read more
Six years ago, Ari Nesher, the teenage son of Israeli director Avi Nesher, was killed in a hit-and-run accident while riding an electric bicycle. He died on his seventeenth birthday. The case attracted international attention not only because the victim – an up-and-coming artistic soul with several short films to his name already – was … Read more
Listen to the article The ongoing dispute over water distribution in the Senate has intensified tensions between the government and coalition partner Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), further fueled by Minister Aleem Khan’s controversial remarks regarding past infrastructure failures . The debate took place on Tuesday in a session chaired by Deputy Chairman Senate, Syed Ali … Read more
Welcome to The Briefing, where every Monday Athletics discusses three of the biggest questions posed by the weekend Premier League action. During this series of meetings, Darwin Nunez restarted his navigation software to get Liverpool past Brentford, Arsenal surrendered a two-goal lead to Aston Villa losing ground, Nottingham Forest continued to vibrate, Manchester City returns … Read more
An image of the Tethyan Copper Company (TCC) gold and copper mining exploration project site in Reko Diq, Balochistan. -TCC Manara is preparing to buy a stake for around $500 million to $1 billion: FT. A Saudi investment would be good for the project: the head of Barrick. The Saudi Minister of Mines confirms that … Read more
Many of the shorts that are later expanded into a feature film seem to have been designed backwards for this specific purpose: an eye-catching flavor of what is clearly intended to be a larger work, though perhaps not quite as satisfying as a mini-film. Bogdan Muricanu’s critically acclaimed 2018 short film A Christmas Present — … Read more
National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq chairs the second meeting between the government and the PTI negotiating committee at Parliament, Islamabad on January 2, 2025 — PID Independent of PTI to make statements and take own actions: Sanaullah. “Government response to reveal its position on the judicial commission.” Siddiqui claims 4th PTI-govt meeting scheduled for third … Read more
Liverpool could book their place in the UEFA Champions League round of 16 Tuesday with the visit of Lille OSC to Anfield. Arne Slot’s men are leading the league stage and have won all six of their matches so far, with their latest against Girona coming in handy. Bruno Genesio’s team is eighth with 13 … Read more
A broker monitors stock prices during a trading session at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) in Karachi, January 17, 2025. — INP The KSE-100 index closed at 115,042.25, down 802.56 points. Investors remain cautious ahead of the MPC meeting on January 27. The benchmark index hit an intraday low at 115,109.07 following profit-taking. Stocks ended … Read more