Pakistan’s 3.7% Growth Rate Deemed Paper Figure, Economy Faces Real Challenges

New Delhi: Pakistan’s claim of a 3.7 percent economic growth rate for the first quarter of the financial year 2025-26 does not reflect actual increases in production or exports. According to a report, this figure is more an accounting illusion than a true indicator of economic health. The think tank Economic Policy and Business Development […]

Israel extends power to ban broadcasts deemed harmful to security

JERUSALEM: Israel’s parliament announced on Tuesday the extension of a law allowing authorities to ban any foreign media deemed harmful to state security from broadcasting in the country.Adopted in April 2024, at the height of the Israel-Hamas war, the legislation primarily targeted Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera, which Israeli authorities have accused of serving as a […]

Bomb blast outside California fertility clinic deemed ‘act of terrorism’ by FBI: What we know so far

Bomb blast outside California fertility clinic deemed ‘act of terrorism’ by FBI (Picture credit: AP) A powerful bomb exploded outside a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California, on Saturday, killing one person and injuring at least four others in what the FBI has officially declared an act of terrorism.“This is an intentional act of terrorism,” […]