2 killed, cops among 10 injured in Wana bomb blast: police
Two people were killed while 10 others were injured in a bomb blast in the Wana tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lower South Waziristan district on Thursday, police said. Lower South…
4 rescued after emerald mine collapse in Swat: rescue officials
Four workers trapped 900 feet underground in a Swat emerald mine were rescued during an operation, Rescue 1122 said on Thursday. On Wednesday evening, a major rescue operation was launched…
4 Upcoming Holidays in Pakistan August 2025: Here’s Why Pakistanis Will Get a Long Weekend
Pakistan will experience four public holidays that occur in a row in the middle of August 2025. These next breaks in Pakistan are the National, religious, and weekend holidays and…
15 PSX Companies Now Hold $1 Billion Market Capitalization
The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) has seen a significant rise in companies reaching the $1 billion market capitalization milestone, jumping from just three firms two years ago to 15 today.…
Currency crunch as govt pushes dollar down
KARACHI: The government’s efforts to artificially bring down the dollar rate are faltering, with market forces pushing back against a Rs250 exchange rate target and foreign currencies reportedly vanishing from…
Army chief heads to US, again
WASHINGTON: Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir is expected in the US this week for consultations with his American counterparts, official sources told Dawn. Sources said this…
Bajaur’s Lowi Mamund returning to normalcy
BAJAUR: Life in several areas of the restive Lowi Mamund tehsil here has begun returning to normalcy following the postponement of a potential anti-terrorist operation due to talks between the…
Changes to seminary law may open new can of worms
ISLAMABAD: Although the government managed to secure parliamentary approval for an ordinance promulgated to satisfy Maulana Fazlur Rehman and a group of seminary boards, their registration may be hampered by…
Punjab Govt Pensions for Widows: Eligibility, Rules, and Documents Needed (Latest Updates)
The Punjab government has approved lifetime pensions for widows of government employees, along with raising the provincial minimum wage to Rs40,000 per month for over 102 categories of workers. The…
How DeepSeek and Open‑Source AI Models Disrupt Big Tech Dominance
DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup, has shocked Silicon Valley by releasing open source models that compete with those of big U.S. companies like OpenAI. A recent Bloomberg report says that…