KARACHI: It may sound counter-intuitive, but research shows the likelihood of unemployment in Pakistan grows in proportion to the level of education. A poorly developed labour market that’s unable to accommodate a rapidly growing number of educated workers has led to a high graduate unemployment rate. A recent research paper written by Henna Ahsan and Muhammad Jehangir Khan of the Pakistan Institute …

LAHORE: As Pakistan has issued visas to nearly 3,000 Indians intending to attend the Baisakhi festival-2023, the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) expects the arrival of over 2,500 Sikh pilgrims from India on Sunday (today). The authorities also expect the arrival of nearly 2,000 Sikh pilgrims from other countries, including the UK and Canada, besides over 5,000 others from within …

A 17-meter-long (56-foot-long) sperm whale died after washing up on a beach in Bali, a conservation official said Sunday, making it the third whale that beached itself on the Indonesian island in just a little over a week. The male sperm whale was found stranded on Yeh Leh beach in west Bali’s Jembrana district on Saturday afternoon. “We are currently …

Saudi and Omani delegations arrived in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, Houthi-run media said on Sunday, to negotiate a permanent ceasefire deal with Houthi officials and end Riyadh’s military involvement in the country’s long-running war. The visit indicates progress in the Oman-mediated consultations between Riyadh and Sanaa, which run in parallel with UN peace efforts. Peace efforts have also gained momentum after arch-rivals Saudi …

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ramped up his fight against Walt Disney Co, seeking to void an agreement that Disney passed to limit the power of a board appointed by DeSantis to oversee its Florida theme park property. On Thursday, in remarks made at Hillsdale College in Michigan, DeSantis said the legislature would void changes Disney made shortly before it lost …

KARACHI: The stock market commenced the outgoing week on a negative note as participants expected an interest rate hike by the central bank. Arif Habib Ltd said the noise on the political front fed the negative momentum. However, shares witnessed a rally after the Monetary Policy Committee of the central bank announced a lower-than-expected jump in the interest rate. Meanwhile, …

ISLAMABAD: The Special Court on Prevention of Electronic Crimes on Saturday convicted a British-Pakistani for blackmailing and sexually harassing a woman, and sentenced him to seven years’ imprisonment. Special Judge Azam Khan also imposed Rs150,000 fine on the convict, Ashfaq Khalil, a resident of Jhelum. As per the prosecution, the convict shared objectionable photographs and videos of the woman on …

Israeli jets hit Syrian military targets on Sunday in response to rockets launched towards Israeli-controlled territory overnight, Israel’s military said, as violence flared again following cross-border exchanges of fire during the week. State media in Syria reported explosions in the vicinity of the capital Damascus as Israel said its forces continued to hit Syrian territory after six rockets were fired …

ISLAMABAD: After a scandal regarding the sale of infectious waste rocked the hospital, the management of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) has appointed 19 officials to ensure that the hospital waste is incinerated on the premises instead of being sold in the open market. The officials were given new assignments weeks after a waste management cell was established …

ISLAMABAD: The Difa-i-Pakistan Council (DPC), an umbrella coalition of primarily jihadi groups which had been dormant for several years, huddled at a local hotel with a one-point agenda — deliberations on how to pre-empt ‘conspiracies’ allegedly hatched by politicians to hurt the ‘national interest’. The DPC was established in 2011 in reaction to the killings of Pakistani soldiers by the …