Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi to delist from New York exchange

BEIJING: Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing said on Friday it would start the process of delisting its shares from the New York stock exchange and prepare a Hong Kong listing, shortly after US regulators adopted a rule that would allow them to remove foreign firms. Didi’s move comes in the wake of a sweeping Chinese … Read more

Microsoft announces software for business meetings

Microsoft's support for Windows 10 will terminate in 2025

KARACHI: Microsoft Teams announced stand-alone “Teams Essentials” for small and medium businesses, a statement said on Friday. It is the first ever stand-alone offering of Microsoft Teams, specifically designed for small-midsize businesses (SMBs) called Teams Essentials. Teams Essentials will enable SMBs to serve their customers to grow business and gain competitive advantages in an effective manner. The … Read more

SpaceX successfully launched the latest Starlink spacecraft from Florida

SpaceX successfully launched the latest Starlink spacecrafr from Florida

SpaceX launched 48 Starlink spacecraft from Florida as part of its plans to develop a second generation of communications satellites. The Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched from Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The launching video was shared by the SpaceX official account on Twitter with the caption “Liftoff!” Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/7ZlakB8pSk — SpaceX … Read more

Sara Ali Khan wants a future husband who can live with her mother

Sara Ali Khan

Sara Ali Khan has finally revealed the one quality she wants in her partner. The actress shared that she wanted her future husband to be able to move in with her mother. Read more: Sara Ali Khan Looks Pretty in recent Clicks  In an interview with The Times of India, she has been vocal about … Read more

Urea sales surge 5% in November

Urea sales surge 5% in November

KARACHI: Urea off-take grew 5 per cent to 561k tonnes in November 2021, compared with 533k tonnes in the same month of the last year, provisional fertiliser off-take data for the month suggests. Sales of Fauji Fertilizer Company (FFC) and Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim (FFBL) depicted a jump of 6 per cent, while Engro Fertilizer’s … Read more

BB 15: Shehnaaz Gill to enter the house? Know here

Shehnaaz Gill

Shehnaaz Gill is a well-known figure in the entertainment industry. She is well-liked by a large number of people. The stunning actress and singer rose to prominence after finishing third in the reality show Bigg Boss 13. Shehnaaz Gill became well-known in the show as a result of her friendship with late actor Sidharth Shukla. … Read more

Bond yields, Kibor at two-year high

Pakistan forex reserves

KARACHI: The local money market is witnessing a bearish spell; following a surprise increase in the cutoff yield in the treasury bills and increase in the benchmark lending rate, i.e., Karachi Interbank Offered Rate (Kibor), analysts said. The analysts at Topline Securities said after a surprise increase in the cutoff yield in the Treasury Bills … Read more

Spider-Man No Way Home: Theatre websites crash, fans unable to buy the tickets

Spider-Man No Way Home

Several websites crashed when Spider-Man No Way Home fans attempted to purchase tickets. On December 17, the film will be released in US theatres. MCU fans had a setback ahead of the debut of Spider-Man: No Way Home, as movie ticket websites, went down. Fans reported on Twitter earlier this week that they were unable … Read more

Ghani Chemical increases stake in G3 Technologies to 15.93%

Ghani Chemical increases stake in G3 Technologies to 15.93%

KARACHI: Ghani Chemical Industries Limited (GCIL) has bought additional 22.8 million shares in G3 Technologies (formerly Service Fabrics) increasing its stake in the associated company to 15.93 per cent. Ghani Chemical Industries Limited (GCIL) has invested Rs228 million in G3 Technologies Limited (GTECH), a bourse filing from Ghani Global Holding Limited said on Friday. “GCIL, … Read more

Sri Lanka win 2nd Test as West Indies collapse

sri lanka vs west indies

Spinners Lasith Embuldeniya and Ramesh Mendis took all 10 wickets as Sri Lanka demolished the West Indies to win the second Test in Galle on Friday with a session to spare. Chasing an improbable target of 297 to secure their maiden Test win on the island, the visitors lost only two wickets in the first … Read more

Maulana Tahir Ashrafi ‘ashamed’ over Sialkot lynching

ISLAMABAD: Special Honorary representative on religious affairs and interfaith harmony to Prime Minister Maulana Tahir Ashrafi on Friday strongly condemned the mob lynching of a Sri Lankan national on a blasphemy allegation in Sialkot and expressed his dismay by saying that as a Muslim he feels ashamed. Speaking in a press conference, along with Punjab … Read more

Ananya Panday and Sara Ali Khan and Set Dance Floor on Fire With Sizzling Performance

Sara Ali Khan

Chaka Chak from the upcoming film Atrangi Re, is becoming a hit amongst the masses. Apart from quirky lyrics by Irshad Kamil and music composition by AR Rahman, Sara Ali Khan’s sizzling dance performance are setting the internet on fire. Recently Sara took to her Instagram and shared video of her and Ananya Panday shaking … Read more

Entire Yorkshire coaching staff leave club after racism scandal

Yorkshire

Yorkshire’s director of cricket Martyn Moxon and head coach Andrew Gale have left the troubled county side along with the entire coaching staff as the fallout from the Azeem Rafiq racism scandal rages on. Moxon had been signed off from work due to a stress-related illness while Gale had been suspended pending a disciplinary hearing since November … Read more

Abhishek Bachchan reveals Aishwarya ‘allowed’ him to work

Abhishek Bachchan

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan’s wife, has ‘allowed’ him to work, according to him. Since the couple’s daughter, Aaradhya was born, the actor’s perception of his career has shifted. In a recent interview, Abhishek Bachchan stated that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan had ‘immensely’ contributed to his acting career. After their marriage, Aishwarya ‘allowed’ him to act … Read more

Ton-up Agarwal helps India to 221-4 after Patel’s four wickets

India vs New Zealand

Mayank Agarwal hit an unbeaten 120 to lead India’s fightback on the opening day of the second Test after Mumbai-born New Zealand spinner Ajaz Patel took all four wickets to fall. India reached 221 for four at stumps with Agarwal and wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha, on 25, in the middle after the hosts elected to bat … Read more

YouTube has released the list of Pakistan’s top 10 trending videos

YouTube has released the list of Pakistan’s top 10 trending videos

YouTube Pakistan has produced a list of the most popular content creators and top trending videos. The collection includes content on a wide range of themes, including TV dramas, sports, and gourmet recipes. They also show how user behaviors changed during the covid-19 pandemic. Read more: YouTube threatens content creators to demonetize low quality kids’ … Read more

Cricket: Pakistan’s Afridi lauds pace partner Hasan Ali

Pakistan vs Bangladesh

Pakistan pace bowler Shaheen Afridi said on Friday he enjoyed bowling with Hasan Ali as the latter helped him put opponents under pressure in Test matches. Afridi and Hasan have emerged as Pakistan’s new pace bowling pair in 2021, taking 83 wickets in Tests between them. “I enjoy bowling with him. This year he has … Read more

Yasra Rizvi opens up on divorce rumors

Yasra Rizvi

Pakistani actress Yasra Rizvi is a a star performer and stellar actor at heart who has proved her talent with her breakthrough performance in the acclaimed web series Churails. Dabbling in diverse roles onscreen, the Ustani Jee actor loves to shatter stereotypes. She is no stranger to trolling as her marriage with Abdul Hadi received hate for the … Read more

Kriti Sanon reacts to being called ‘female Aamir Khan’

Kriti Sanon

Kriti Sanon has reacted to being labeled the “female Aamir Khan” for acquiring weight in order to play Mimi justice. For her role in the film, Kriti gained 15 pounds. Mimi is a Hindi version of Samroudhhi Porey’s National Award-winning Marathi film Mala Aai Vhhaychy!, which was released earlier this year (2011). Pankaj Tripathi, Manoj … Read more

Greater Karachi Water Supply project to be completed by Oct 2023

Greater Karachi Water Supply project to be completed by Oct 2023

ISLAMABAD: The construction work of Greater Karachi Water Supply Project (K-IV) will be completed by October 2023. Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umer held a meeting to review the progress of Greater Karachi Water Supply Project (K-IV) in Islamabad on Friday. Project Director Amir Mughal briefed the minister about the revised … Read more

Argentine ambassador visits UVAS

Argentine ambassador visits UVAS

LAHORE: Ambassador of Argentine Leopoldo Francisco Sahores along with deputy head of the mission Camilo Ernesto Silberkasten called on University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) vice chancellor Prof Dr Nasim Ahmad on Friday and discussed potential areas of cooperation for the development of livestock and dairy sector in Pakistan. Sahores said that his country … Read more

Kangna Ranaut shares a video of a mob attack her car in Punjab

Kangna Ranaut

Kangana Ranaut, who recently voiced her opposition to the repeal of three disputed farm rules, said that a mob of ‘farmers’ attacked her car in Punjab. Kangana Ranaut shared a video of her car being mobbed by protesters in Punjab on Instagram Stories. They could be heard chanting ‘murdabad’ (down with)’ slogans, but the rest … Read more

Shell exits controversial Cambo oilfield project

Shell exits controversial Cambo oilfield project

LONDON: Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell has announced its exit from the proposed development of Cambo oilfield off the Shetland Islands, a project which has been blighted by climate protests. Shell, which has a 30 per cent interest in the development off the western coast of Scotland, said on late Thursday that the investment case … Read more

LHC directs FIA to unfreeze all bank accounts of former OGRA chairperson

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday directed the Federal investigation agency (FIA) to unfreeze all bank accounts of former chairperson of Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) Uzma Adil Khan. Khan had challenged an FIA order that had frozen her bank accounts after the registration of FIRs. The cases were registered over the artificial … Read more

Pakistan terms UAE biggest trade partner in MENA

Pakistan terms UAE biggest trade partner in MENA

ISLAMABAD: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been the biggest trade partner of Pakistan in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region with a trade volume of more than $8 billion, the Pakistani foreign minister said on Thursday, congratulating the Gulf state on its 50th National Day, Arab News reported. The statement came during a grand … Read more

Escaping slow death in Beirut, Lebanese embrace farm life

Lebanon

SINAY, Lebanon: At 28, Thurayya left behind the Beirut neighbourhood where she was born and moved to the family farm, not because of environmental concerns but forced there by Lebanon’s bruising crises. “Living in the city has become very miserable,” she told AFP from the lush south Lebanon farmland planted with avocado trees that is now … Read more

Shell exits North Sea oilfield project

LONDON – Royal Dutch Shell has exited the planned Cambo oilfield project off the Scottish coast because of insufficient financial gain, as energy firms face fierce pressure to switch to greener fuels. Shell, which has a 30-percent interest in the North Sea development, said late Thursday that the investment case was simply “not strong enough”. … Read more

Ananya Panday’s sizzling photos in black lehnga goes viral

Ananya Panday

Ananya Panday returned to Mumbai and is back with her striking show and there she was at the Lokmat Most Stylish Awards 2021 dolled up in a black lehenga set by Shivan & Narresh. Ananya left all attendees spellbound as she posed pretty on the red carpet. Her dress featured a strappy blouse with a … Read more