PAC Exposes BISP Scandal: Millions Paid to Dead, Govt Officials
A sub-committee of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), chaired by Mueen Aamir Wattoo, has uncovered massive financial irregularities in the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), including payments to deceased beneficiaries…
Pakistan–Uzbekistan trade shoots to $404m
PHOTO: RP Trade between Pakistan and Uzbekistan has surged from $122million to $404m, while $320m in investment has been recorded as of August this year. Both sides have set an…
MoU on sending skilled Pakistani workers to Belarus now in effect
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addresses at a joint press stakeout with Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko in Minsk, April 2025. Photo: PPI Belarus is to provide skilled Pakistani workers with medical…
UN staff urge rights chief to label Gaza war as genocide
Mourners react during the funeral of Palestinians killed in Israeli fire, according to medics, at Al-Shifa hospital, in Gaza City, August 28, 2025.PHOTO: REUTERS Hundreds of UN staff at the…
Israeli forces seen raiding occupied West Bank school
NewsFeed Security camera video shows Israeli soldiers raiding the Al-Rashidin School in Hebron in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian media reports say Israeli forces stormed several schools in the city…
My neighbourhood in Gaza is gone, reduced to rubble and silence
My neighbourhood in east Gaza, Shujayea, is gone! Reduced to rubble, with not a single stone left upon another. The streets that once echoed with the laughter of children, the…
Pakistan out of Asia Cup 2025 as hockey tournament begins in India
Three-time champions Pakistan withdrew from the tournament over security concerns and were replaced by Bangladesh. Published On 28 Aug 202528 Aug 2025 Pakistan will miss the Asia Cup hockey tournament…
CNBC’s Inside India newsletter: India’s three-way balancing act: Tariffs, oil, and uneasy handshakes
Hello, this is Spriha Srivastava, CNBC International’s Executive Editor for Digital, writing from London. This week, I take a closer look at India’s tightrope walk — tariffs from Washington, oil…
Nvidia’s Huang touts ‘full steam’ AI spend while China uncertainty remains
Nvidia stock fluctuated on Thursday as investors digested the company’s latest earnings report, which signaled robust AI demand but provided little clarity on China. Sales surged 56% in the quarter…
Fed Governor Lisa Cook sues Trump to block her firing
Lisa Cook, governor of the US Federal Reserve, speaks at the Peterson Institute For International Economics in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. Ting Shen | Bloomberg |…