Pakistan

Punjab prioritises e-business promotion, trains 400,000 youth: Maryam Nawaz

Maryam Nawaz says Punjab trained 400,000 youth in a year, promoted e-business and supported SMEs, stressing security, skills development and investment to boost growth.

Mohsin Naqvi reviews Kashmir Chowk Underpass as 78pc work completed in 20 days

Mohsin Naqvi for in time completion of Capital uplift projects

Naqvi oversees demolition of Khanna Police Station on Islamabad Expressway green belt

World

France braces for fresh unrest, government vows tough response

France deploys 70,000 police officers ahead of nationwide Halloween protests as rising living costs, public service concerns and anger over Macron's government fuel unrest across Europe.

Alaska Air to cut about 200 jobs as fuel shock squeezes earnings

Bhutan glacial lake outburst triggers flood, no injuries reported

Greek PM calls Turkey-Libya maritime deal 'void;' calls for global truce after Black Sea attacks

Sports

PSL 12: Franchises agree core framework governing squads, player movement and auction

All eight PSL franchises agree on key operational rules for PSL 12, with player retentions set for January 13, 2027, and the player auction scheduled for January 23.

Afghanistan's Rashid Khan becomes first men's player to claim 200 T20I wickets

Everton beat Newcastle 3-1 to reach League Cup quarter-finals

Zverev ensures ascent to number one ranking with Vienna victory

Business

Crypto faces billion-dollar reckoning as Binance mega-hack exposes security gaps

Coinbase said it had adjusted the systems used to store cryptocurrency keys offline

Yen steady before BOJ, AI jitters drive Treasury rally, weigh on dollar

Pakistan stock market launches Shariah-compliant trading counter

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia eye increasing cooperation in multiple sectors

Entertainment

Comedian, writer Dildar Bhatti remembered on 32nd death anniversary

He was born on November 30, 1948 in Gujranwala and started his career as a lecturer at Government College Sahiwal.

Singer Humaira Channa's car stolen in Karachi

'Star Trek' and 'X-Men' star Patrick Stewart dies at 86

Faran Tahir's Hollywood comeback brings pride to Pakistan's entertainment industry

Technology

October ends with a thud for Intel, Reddit, AI stalwarts

Wall Street stocks tumbled as AI-related concerns triggered a tech sell-off, sending the Nasdaq to its biggest daily decline since June amid investor worries over heavy spending.

Hackers leak details of 41,000 Homeland Security employees

Chinese AI model carries out complex cyberattacks in controlled tests, researchers say

Oracle expects free cash flow to turn positive in fiscal 2028

Crime

Couple, two children killed in suspected honour killing in Skardu

nitial reports suggest that the couple had contracted a court marriage approximately seven years ago

Robber with Rs3million head money killed in Sukkur 'encounter'

Two suspects involved in killing child after rape taken out in Muridke 'encounter'

Armed men storm girls' college in Balochistan's Nushki, three students injured

Weird

US couple's retirement dream in ruins after residential cruise scrapped in Cambodia

An American couple's retirement dream collapses after residential cruise ship Villa Vie Odyssey suspends operations in Cambodia, leaving passengers uncertain about refunds and their future.

Italy recovers painting stolen 20 years ago with help of AI

'America's decline by September 2028': 'America's Nostradamus' makes three alarming predictions for 2028

Dictionary.com names 'maxxing' its 2026 Word of the Year