Listen to article ISLAMABAD: The Gujranwala Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) recently hosted a strategic meeting with All Pakistan Marble Industry Association (APMIA) Chairman Muhammad Bilal Khan to discuss ways of enhancing exports of marble products and contributing to Pakistan’s foreign exchange earnings. The meeting was aimed at sharing valuable insights and expertise with GCCI members…
Listen to article NEW DELHI: India has reversed a decade-old mandate to install $30 billion worth of clean-air equipment, easing sulphur emission rules for most coal-fired power plants, a government order said. Reuters in December reported that the government was reviewing 2015 norms that required nearly 540 coal-based power units to install flue-gas desulphurisation (FGD) systems that…
Listen to article BENGALURU/SAN FRANCISCO: Wall Street ended lower on Friday, with Meta Platforms weighing on the S&P 500 after President Donald Trump intensified his tariff offensive against Canada, amplifying the uncertainty swirling around US trade policy. Trump late on Thursday ramped up his tariff assault on Canada, saying the US would impose a 35% tariff on…
KARACHI: Aurat March has issued a statement in support of filmmaker Jamshed Mahmood, widely known as Jami, following his conviction under Pakistan’s criminal defamation laws. In an Instagram post, Aurat March said, “Pakistan’s criminal defamation laws are a powerful tool to silence survivors of sexual violence and their allies.” The group added, “Jami’s conviction under…
KARACHI: Actor and director Yasir Hussain has raised his voice against discriminatory treatment reported at some of Karachi’s upscale clubs and restaurants, where patrons wearing traditional attire are allegedly being denied service. In an Instagram Story posted on Friday, Hussain responded to reports that a man was turned away from a restaurant in Karachi for…
KARACHI: Amid the Indian outrage over Diljit Dosanjh’s traitorous collaboration with the irrefutably Pakistani Hania Aamir in Sardaar Ji 3, there are two men who once melted away that geopolitical line like butter in a heated pan. And as music-loving millennials may have guessed, those two men were none other than Bilal Maqsood and Faisal…
KARACHI: Screenwriter Rida Bilal has publicly distanced herself from the TV series Behroopia, stating that the story currently airing no longer reflects her work. In a strongly worded Instagram post on Friday, Rida alleged that her script had been significantly altered without her consent. “When your name is on something that no longer reflects your…
BRATISLAVA: The Slovakia festival due to welcome Kanye West next week has called off the event following the uproar over the US rapper’s May release of a song glorifying Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. Before the July 20 gig was cancelled, Bratislava’s Rubicon hip hop festival was set to be West’s only confirmed live performance in…
PARIS: The original bag custom-made for actress Jane Birkin – which went on to inspire one of the most iconic accessories in modern fashion history – sold for a record 8.6 million ($10.04 million) at a Sotheby’s auction in Paris on Thursday. According to fashion lore, the first Birkin bag was created after the Franco-British…
Renowned Urdu scholar, author and translator CM Naim died at age 89 on Wednesday in Chicago, his family has told the press. Naim’s love for Urdu literature was evident in the nearly 60 years he dedicated to painstakingly restore the language he feared was falling out of favour for good in the subcontinent. Born in…
