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Pakistan: Karachi traders stage partial strike over tax raids, arrest powe
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Traders in Karachi held a partial strike against new tax measures and the increased powers of Pakistan's federal tax authority to arrest and raid businesses. While some markets stayed open, most traders supported the protest, with critics calling the Finance Act FY26 anti-business, Dawn repo
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Karachi, Lahore traders announce shutter-down strike over new taxation mea
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Pakistan's business community remains divided over a planned nationwide shutter-down strike as chambers in Karachi and Lahore have announced closure, while the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has decided to stay away from the protest, ARY News reported.
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FBI adds 3 Iranian intelligence officers to wanted list over Levinson case
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Steven Jensen, who is the Assistant Director in charge of the Washington Field Office, said these officials were involved in Levinson's abduction in 2007 and in the cover-up that followed.
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Food businesses asked by FSSAI not to file false, misleading annual return
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Food safety regulator FSSAI has asked all Food Business Operators to ensure absolute accuracy in all their annual return submissions, reiterating that providing false or misleading information will attract severe penalties.
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Trump defends US Attorney General Bondi amid MAGA fans backlash over Epste
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
US President Donald Trump has put out a strong defence for US Attorney General Pam Bondi amid all the heated backlash and scrutiny from within his own 'MAGA' fanbase surrounding Bondi over the Justice Department's handling of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, including the US Department
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Jaishankar meets with FBI Director Kash Patel; appreciates India-US cooper
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In a post on X, Jaishankar stated, "Great to meet @FBIDirectorKash today. Appreciate our strong cooperation in countering organised crime, drug trafficking and terrorism."
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Two Chinese nationals held for spying on US Navy
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Patel warned that espionage on US will be met with full force.
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US lawmakers probe University of Michigan over Chinese nationals accused i
Updated : 9 months ago IST
A range of congressional committees has initiated an extensive investigation into professors and research facilities at the University of Michigan associated with two Chinese nationals accused of bringing a "potential agroterrorism" fungus into the US.
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Vellarikundu taluk Junior Superintendent suspended over objectionable FB p
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
A. Pavithran, the Junior Superintendent of Vellarikundu taluk, has been suspended for an objectionable Facebook post criticising Ranjitha G. Nair, who died in the Ahmedabad plane crash.
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55 Afghan evacuees reviewed by US, 9 still under scrutiny amid immigration
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
US authorities revealed that 46 of 55 Afghan evacuees once on a security watchlist have been cleared, with 9 still monitored. Protests erupted across the US over Donald Trump's visa ban, though Afghan SIVs remain exempt, TOLO News reported.
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Chinese Ph.D. student charged in U.S. for smuggling biological materials a
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
A Chinese national, Chengxuan Han, was arrested in Michigan for allegedly smuggling biological materials into the US and lying to officials. She is accused of sending concealed roundworm-related materials to a University of Michigan lab from Wuhan and making false statements to US border age
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Pakistani citizen extradited to US for alleged ISIS-linked terror plot: FB
Updated : 9 months, 1 week ago IST
A Pakistani man living in Canada has been extradited to the US for allegedly plotting a mass shooting at a Jewish centre in New York to support ISIS. The FBI says the planned attack was set for October 7, 2024, marking one year since the Hamas attack on Israel.
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