An Asian Development Bank (ADB) delegation visited the Railway Headquarters on Saturday, engaging in detailed discussions with officials regarding the upgradation of the Main Line-1 (ML-1). The delegation, which had last week conducted a thorough inspection of the Karachi-Rohri railway line, briefed CEO Railways Aamir Ali Baloch on their recommendations for the project. Both sides […]
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Miley plays coy about ‘Hannah Montana’ 20th anniversary plans
Miley Cyrus confirmed special plans for the 20th anniversary of Hannah Montana in her latest interview, without revealing much about what’s in the works. The 33-year-old songstress confirmed that there are anniversary plans which she has been “working on” while talking to the press at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, which she attended for […]
Govt ‘plans’ to collect Rs 278bn debt surcharge from power consumers
The Pakistan government has planned to collect a whopping Rs278 billion debt surcharge from power consumers during the current fiscal year of 2025-26, citing sources reported, on Tuesday. Sources in the Ministry of Finance stated that Rs156 billion from this amount is planned to be used to cover interest expenses, while Rs122 billion will be […]
Turkiye plans drone facility in Pakistan in global defense push: report
Turkiye plans to set up a facility in Pakistan to assemble combat drones, part of Ankara’s drive to boost its defense industry in international markets, according to Turkish officials familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported. Talks over the project, which would see Turkiye export stealth and long-endurance drones to be put together in Pakistan, have […]
China plans to have a Pakistani astronaut on short-term missions
A Pakistani astronaut will train at the Chinese space station and will be part of upcoming short-duration spaceflight missions as a payload specialist, the Chinese Manned Space Agency announced on Thursday. Pakistan’s national space agency signed a cooperation agreement with China in February this year, paving the way for the country’s first astronaut to embark […]
South Sudan kicks off plans to nationalize oil industry
JUBA: South Sudan said Friday it has kicked off plans to nationalize the country’s oil industry in the next five years. Awou Daniel Chuang, Undersecretary in the Ministry of Petroleum told journalists in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, that the ministry has started the process of readying the oil sector to be nationalized and […]
Huawei plans extensive layoffs at its US operations: report
BENGALURU: Huawei Technologies is planning extensive layoffs in the United States as the Chinese telecoms equipment company grapples with its US blacklisting, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The layoffs are expected to affect jobs at Huawei’s US-based research and development subsidiary Futurewei Technologies, which employs about 850 people in […]
Revealed: How Baghdad plans to rein in Iran
BAGHDAD: Dismantling pro-Iranian armed factions operating in Iraq under the umbrella of the Popular Mobilization Commission (PMC) and integrating its fighters with independent volunteers within the same body is at the heart of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi’s plan to institutionalize the PMC and limit Iran’s control over its fighters. The drive to “restructure and […]
Maduro denies alleged plans to flee Venezuela
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Tuesday made his strongest call yet to the military to help him oust President Nicolas Maduro but there were no concrete signs of defection from the armed forces leadership. Early on Tuesday, several dozen armed troops accompanying Guaido clashed with soldiers supporting Maduro at a rally in Caracas, and […]
Plans to reform European football run into opposition
Plans to reform and possible expand European club competition ran into opposition on Friday as the continent’s leagues declared they were ‘united’ in their determination to protect domestic football. The European Leagues umbrella group said it would take a more active role in influencing public opinion and shaping the future of football on the continent […]