Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Disarray grips Hong Kong ahead of mass Covid testing, isolation

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HONG KONG: Overflowing hospitals, empty supermarket shelves and grim quarantine camps — Hong Kong is in chaos battling a ballooning Covid outbreak in a business hub once renowned for its efficiency. Many locals are fuming at the government’s failure to prepare after winning rare breathing room with two years of an economically painful but largely … Read more

Small traders seek extension in business hours

Karachi: Traders Once Again Oppose Reduced Shop Timings

KARACHI: The Hyderabad Chamber of Small Traders and Small Industry (HCSTSCI) president Saleemuddin Qureshi has urged Prime Minister Imran Khan, National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) chief Asad Umar and Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah to extend the business hours, as the existing timings are creating problems for the small traders. The policymakers … Read more