KARACHI: Bank deposits increased by 20 per cent year-on-year in October reflecting high liquidity in the banking system and low advances by the banks. According to the latest data issued by the State Bank on Thursday, banking sector deposits reached at Rs16.664 trillion in October compared to Rs13.912tr in the same month of the previous year. Bankers and analysts said …

Ahead of the election, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube promised to clamp down on election misinformation, including unsubstantiated charges of fraud and premature declarations of victory by candidates. And they mostly did just that — though not without a few hiccups. But overall their measures still didn’t really address the problems exposed by the 2020 US presidential contest, critics of the social platforms …

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunications Syed Aminul Haq said on Thursday that he would never support closure of any social media platform, but no relaxation could be allowed on matters of national security. Presiding over a meeting of the Prime Minister’s Task Force on Information Technology and Telecom, he said temporary suspension of TikTok application was not …

Priyanka Chopra avoided becoming a laughing stock in front of the entire world after undergoing a massive wardrobe malfunction at the 2000 Miss India beauty pageant. The global icon expertly handled the mishap which she encountered while she was being crowned the champion of  contest. Recalling the incident, Pee Cee touched upon how she almost end up being publicly embarrassed …

Hailey Bieber on Thursday  took to social media to criticize   US Weekly  in a preemptive move to  stop the magazine from publishing a story about her pregnancy  . Taking to her Instagram stories, the wife of Justin Bieber denied that she is pregnant and urged the publication to focus on “what is important aka The Election” “Since I know you guys were …

Brie Larson is no stranger to qualms of self-loathing and depression. Reason being that her struggle amassed to the point where she was forced to cultivate extensive self-care rituals to combat her inner critic. Larson opened up about these thoughts while referencing her own past struggles, all during her interview with W Magazine, “I have started winding down once the sun …

“Death on the Nile” featuring Gal Gadot has been taken off the holiday movie calendar. According to Walt Disney Co,  the release of the mystery adventure, based on an Agatha Christie novel and with a star cast that includes Gal Gadot and Kenneth Branagh, had been delayed indefinitely. It had been due to open in North America and much of …

In light of the backlash, Anne Hathaway has come forward with a soulful apology to address her portrayal of the Grand High Witch in the 2020 movie The Witches. Hathaway took to Instagram to issue her apology and even highlighted her ignorance regarding limb differences when she wrote, “I have recently learned that many people with limb differences, especially children, are …

Dua Lipa recently touched upon the impact of  Hollywood’s glass ceiling and admitted that female artists are often forced to work “twice as hard” if they ever want to be “taken seriously” within the industry. Dua shed light on these thoughts during her interview with Attitude magazine for their December edition, and was even quoted saying, “That’s just being a …

Miley Cyrus’s reputation for “moving on” has been dubbed, akin to Taylor Swift’s nonchalant dating philosophy, all in the worst possible way. Thus as a result of it all, many netizens have also started to get easily annoyed over the singer’s inclination to “heal through movement.” Miley touched upon her inner demons and past traumas during an interview on the …