Leaders from Russia and Iran were in India for talks on Friday, ahead of a Brics summit dominated by conflict and economic challenges, which Chinese President Xi Jinping will also attend. Wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, as well as global trade turbulence and oil are expected...
Stark warnings from artificial intelligence researchers that advanced forms of the technology could wipe out humanity have raised questions over whether governments are moving fast enough to regulate it. What are the potential dangers of “superintelligent” computer systems, and s...
KARACHI: A judicial commission formed to probe the circumstances and possible negligence around the Mir Raza Ali murder case issued notices on Friday to the deceased’s business partner, contacts and employees to record their statement as witnesses. Among those who have been issue...
Anthropic said on Thursday it shut down multiple cases of state-sponsored surveillance operations that used its artificial intelligence (AI) models, and warned that governments and state-aligned actors are increasingly using AI to spy on ethnic minorities and dissidents. The inci...
ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Advocate General Shah Faisal Utmankhel on Thursday questioned the maintainability of a petition filed in the Islamabad High Court against the PTI’s planned protest on Sept 27. The PTI has announced a nationwide protest on Sept 27 to demand the releas...
A group of nine press freedom and human rights organisations, including international bodies, have penned a letter to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, urging him to take “immediate action to address the country’s rapidly deteriorating press freedom environment”. The organisations i...
ISLAMABAD: The National Emergency Operations Centre for Polio Eradication (NEOC) on Friday confirmed a fourth polio case in Pakistan during the ongoing year, with the latest case reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district. The government-led Polio Eradication Initiative ur...
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court suspended on Friday the operation of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council’s (PMDC) directive that they return to Afghanistan. The decision came from Justice Khalid Ishaq, who was hearing a set of petitions filed by 13 Afghan students enrolled at d...
Growing numbers of US lawmakers are calling for new rules to govern artificial intelligence (AI) systems after dire warnings from two Anthropic researchers that rapidly progressing artificial intelligence could lead to the extinction of the human race in the not-too-distant futur...
CHITRAL: A search operation was under way in the high-altitude Barum hills of Oveer valley after a 55-year-old paraglider went missing following a sudden deterioration in weather. The missing paraglider was identified as Asif Mehmood, a resident of Wah Cantt. According to Zahirud...
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s use of the provincial government’s jet during her recent private visit to London has triggered a fresh controversy, with opposition leaders questioning the use of an official aircraft for a family event. CM Maryam travelled to London l...
NEW DELHI: Saima Wazed, the World Health Organisation’s Southeast Asia head and daughter of ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, resigned on Wednesday, according to her resignation letter, following fraud investigations by the UN agency and Bangladeshi authorities. Wa...
GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Wildlife and Parks Department auctioned hunting permits for 117 animals for the 2026-27 trophy hunting season on Thursday, with the top permit for an Astore markhor fetching $356,000. The second Astore markhor permit sold for $301,000, and the th...
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday paid tribute to Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah on his 78th death anniversary, which falls on Sept 11 (today), lauding his visionary leadership, political acumen and lifelong struggle for the con...
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti has warned that no government job in the province will be allowed to be sold, saying that no minister or secretary would be spared if credible evidence of such a practice emerges. Chairing a meeting of the secretaries’ committee on...
PAKISTAN’S financial system is heavily bank-centric. Commercial banks account for over 80 per cent of total financial-sector assets. In a mature financial system, household and corporate savings flow through multiple competing channels — capital markets, pension funds, insur...
ISLAMABAD: The administrations of the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad have started preparations to counter the PTI’s announced countrywide protest, including a request for detention of activists, arranging containers, seeking additional personnel and procuring anti-riot g...
LAHORE: In an unprecedented development, two players from the national cricket side appeared before the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) in connection with an investigation into alleged dressing-room leaks during the recent England series. The cybercrime agency q...