FILE PHOTO: Fashion designer Valentino Garavani arrives for the 2012 New York City Ballet Fall Gala at the Lincoln Center in New York September 20, 2012. Andrew Kelly | Reuters A mix of carmine and scarlet, with a hint of orange — a new hue, inspired by an elderly woman at Barcelona’s opera house, whose…
Stellantis North America COO and Jeep CEO Antonio Filosa speaks during the Stellantis press conference at the Automobility LA 2024 car show at Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California, November 21, 2024. Etienne Laurent | AFP | Getty Images DETROIT — Five years after the transatlantic automaker Stellantis was formed through a merger,…
The prices of gold and silver reached new record highs both globally and locally, driven by rising geopolitical tensions and economic factors, including further cuts in the US Federal Reserve’s interest rates. On Monday, the price of gold per ounce surged by $75 to a new record high of $4,670 in the international bullion market….
5G and Pakistan Single Window can unlock exports only if manual processes are eliminated end to end KARACHI: Pakistan is one of the least open economies in the world. Its lack of participation in international trading activities has resulted in volatility and economic instability, keeping the economy hostage to regular balance-of-payments crises and mounting debt-related…
Defence partnerships worth $13–15bn are a generational opening, only disciplined statecraft can make them gains JF-17 Thunder is an advanced, light-weight, all weather, day / night multi-role fighter aircraft; developed as a joint venture between Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC), Kamra and Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corporation (CAC) of China. PHOTO: Pakistan Aeronautical Complex website KARACHI: Over…
Tariff reforms need to be focused less on delivering immediate results and rather addressing structural constraints in Pakistan’s economy by reducing taxation costs and improving productivity and competitiveness. Photo: file ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s export of goods has declined in the first half of FY26 as exports decreased to $15.2 billion, down from $16.6 billion a year…
Firefighters battle a blaze at Karachi Port’s West Wharf terminal on January 16, 2026. Photo: Express ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry has constituted an inquiry committee to investigate the cause of a fire at the Karachi International Container Terminal (KICT) and to fix responsibility to prevent similar incidents in the…
Survey shows 84% respondents call for job creation, human development over large infrastructure initiatives LAHORE: Pakistan closed 2025 with signs of economic stabilisation, but the public remains divided on whether the recovery has translated into broad-based prosperity, according to a nationwide survey conducted by the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan (ICMA). The…
KARACHI: On New Year’s Day 2026, the release of the Household Integrated Economic Survey (HIES) 2024-25 revealed that 20.3 million children remain out of school. Based on the first fully digital post-Census 2023 survey of 32,000 households, the data shows that Pakistan’s “education emergency” is not an abstract policy failure but a matter of household…
Courtesy of Disney Enterprises Inc. Blue aliens, a family of superheroes and a city of talking animals boosted the Walt Disney Company to the top of the domestic box office in 2025. Full-year ticket sales in the United States and Canada rose about 4% from 2024 to $9.05 billion. Disney accounted for the highest share…