• Banks receive 30pc fewer dollars in 1HFY26• Untraceable outflows raise questions over currency flows KARACHI: Banks received 30 per cent fewer US dollars from exchange companies in the first half of the current fiscal year, according to official data. Exchange companies sold about $1.4 billion to banks during July-December FY26, compared with around $2bn … Read more
KARACHI: Pakistan and Indonesia have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish an Indonesia-Pakistan Joint Trade Committee (JTC) to strengthen trade dialogue, facilitate cooperation and address opportunities and challenges in bilateral trade. The MoU was signed after high-level talks in Islamabad on Friday, led by Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan and visiting Indonesian Vice Minister … Read more
• PM-appointed panel calls for measures to improve ease of doing business• Seeks tariff overhaul to lift exports beyond $60bn in three years• Highlights cross-cutting barriers across 20 export products• Notes ‘policy unpredictability’ undermines investor, buyer confidence ISLAMABAD: A body constituted by the prime minister and led by Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal has called … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has thanked overseas Pakistanis for sending record remittances in Dec 2025 which surpassed figures of the last year. In a statement here on Sunday, the prime minister said patriotic Pakistanis living abroad remitted 3.6 billion dollars in Dec 2025, which reflects their strong commitment to the country’s economic stability. He … Read more
Newly launched Android game ‘Pak Truck Driver’ is arguably the most exciting driving game to have come out of Pakistan. By putting you behind the wheel of a beautifully decorated truck, it takes you through Pakistan’s breathtaking mountain ranges. Your task is to carry consignments from one location to another while ensuring minimum damage to … Read more
Facebook owner Meta has agreed to acquire Manus, an artificial intelligence (AI) agent created by a company founded in China but now based in Singapore, the two firms said. However, analysts warned the deal could fall foul of regulators at a time of fierce technological rivalry between Washington and Beijing. Exceeding the capabilities of AI … Read more
The Pakistan Computer Emergency Response Team (PKCERT) on Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with global cybersecurity company Kaspersky to enhance cybersecurity in Pakistan through collaboration. PKCERT is a federal government entity responsible for protecting Pakistan’s digital assets, sensitive information, and critical infrastructure from cyberattacks, cyberterrorism, and cyber espionage. A joint press release issued … Read more
A woman has told the BBC she felt “dehumanised and reduced into a sexual stereotype” after Grok was used to digitally remove her clothing. The BBC has seen several examples on the social media platform X of people asking the chatbot to undress women to make them appear in bikinis without their consent, as well as putting them in … Read more
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok on Friday turned off its image creation feature for non-paying users of X following backlash over its use in creating sexualised deepfakes of women and children. Owned by Elon Musk and developed by xAI, Grok’s image-generation and editing tools have faced backlash on the social media platform X after netizens raised concerns … Read more
THE cutting edge of the frontier of the world, of technology, of growth may sound like science fiction, but it is rapidly becoming economic fact. Inside a Google facility in Santa Barbara, California lives Willow, the most powerful computer in the world. But this is no ordinary PC, it is a quantum computer. In the … Read more