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Sunday, January 11, 2026

How Omicron is spoiling US holiday economic comeback?

Holiday activities have been canceled in droves, thousands of flights have been canceled, and cruises have been canceled: the Omicron variety has created havoc in the United States, and the new year may bring even more problems.

Will US support for International Space Station?

The station would operate through 2030 if approved by international partners and funded by the U.S. Congress. Currently, Congress has approved funding through 2024.

Watch: Local man accuses soft drink company of blasphemy

Local man accuses popular cold drink company of blasphemy. Important to note, this is rather alarming as accusations of blasphemy often lead to extreme and horrific measures, for example, the Sialkot incident which left Pakistan horrified.

Stampede kills 12 at religious shrine in Indian occupied Kashmir

Two stampedes in as many months in India in 2008 left more than 370 Hindus dead. Others in Kerala in 2011 and in Madhya Pradesh two years later each killed more than 100.

How Nadir Shah could have fixed Lahore?

Nadir Shah became a leader of a gang of bandits and prepared them for war and conquest, statesmanship or administration was not his forte. He had a killer instinct and ruled through extortion, terror and torture. Finally, when his inhuman acts became unbearable.

What Covid-19 pandemic revealed about the prevailing global politics?

The post-Covid-19 world has changed in many ways but remains the same in others. The pandemic has, in fact, intensified the issues in global politics- hyper-nationalism has evolved into vaccine nationalism, US-China rivalry has spilled over into multilateral platforms like the WHO.

ADB deems Pakistan best performer under PM Khan

The ADB country head for Pakistan said “in 2021, Pakistan and ADB achieved historic high level of cooperation with over $2.3 billion committed so far by ADB”.

China, Afghanistan hold meeting on BRI

The Chinese side showed its readiness to help Afghanistan in easing difficulties like people’s livelihood and rebuild its economy to the best of its capability.

AKD Securities Ltd. wins title of “Best Retail Brokerage”

Asiamoney ranked AKD Securities Ltd at the top in the category of best retail brokerage. The brokerage house also won the title of Best analyst/commentator (as voted by retail investors) 2021. Additionally, AKD ranked across five major domestic categories.

General public can visit Aiwan-e-Sadr on Saturday!

The building was also opened to the public a few times in the past, in pursuance of the government’s commitment to open all state buildings to the general public which otherwise used to be considered a no-go area.

India slams China for renaming places in disputed region

Several stretches of the lengthy frontier are disputed and relations have soured dramatically since 20 Indian soldiers died in a brawl in June 2020 on one section between Ladakh and Tibet. Since then, both sides have reinforced the region with thousands of extra soldiers and military hardware.

Hammad Azhar says urea production is over 200k tonnes

The government placed the domestic fertilizer sector at par with the export sector in the gas priority list. As a result, more than 200k tonnes of additional urea was produced. Hammad Azhar also noted that the high production levels saved around $200 million in import substitution. 
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