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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif hosted a breakfast meeting in honour of Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice President for South, Central and West Asia Ying Ming Yang in Islamabad, where both sides reviewed Pakistan’s long-standing development partnership with the bank. The meeting also discussed priority initiatives under the new Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) 2026–2030, including infrastructure modernization, regional connectivity, private-sector development, energy and food security. Prime Minister Sharif welcomed Ying Ming Yang on his first official visit to Pakistan in his current capacity and appreciated the ADB’s continued professionalism and responsiveness. The prime minister particularly acknowledged the bank’s timely support in…

Rohit Sharma’s future in India’s ODI team remains secure for now, with the BCCI making it clear that there is no imminent move to push the former captain into retirement. The development came after a review meeting at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai on Thursday, September 3, where his 2027 ODI World Cup prospects were among the major talking points. At 39, Rohit remains under intense scrutiny because he will turn 40 during the 2027 World Cup, but his recent performances have strengthened his case to continue. BCCI dismisses speculation BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia firmly rejected speculation that Rohit…

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday emphasized that Pakistan would continue to render strong and abiding support for multilateralism and the role of the United Nations in global affairs. He was talking to Ambassador Olara Otunnu, candidate for the position of Secretary-General of the United Nations, who called on him at the Prime Minister House. Ambassador Olara Otunnu was accompanied by Ruhakana Rugunda, Special Envoy of the President of Uganda and Former Prime Minister of Uganda. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, SAPM Tariq Fatemi, and Foreign Secretary Amb. Amna Baloch were also present. During the…

Pakistan on Friday rejected India’s “false and politically motivated assertions” regarding damage to a Hindu temple in Narowal, saying the building was damaged in torrential rains. The rebuttal comes after the Indian foreign ministry said it had noted with “deep concern” the reports about the alleged destruction of the historic Hindu temple in Adda Siraj, an area of Punjab’s Narowal district. “We categorically reject the false and politically motivated assertions made by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs regarding the Hindu temple at Adda Siraj, Narowal,” FO Spokesperson Sajjad Haider Khan said. According to the FO spokesperson, the temple’s structure…

Human activity at Everest Base Camp is contributing enough heat to melt an estimated 2,500 tonnes of ice and snow from the Khumbu Glacier every year, according to new research. The study found that fuel burned at the camp, combined with heat from urine discharged directly onto the glacier, produced enough energy during the 2023 climbing season to melt 2,492 tonnes of ice and snow. An international team of researchers studied the Khumbu Glacier, where Everest Base Camp is located on the Nepalese side of Mount Everest. During the spring climbing season, thousands of mountaineers, guides and support workers gather…

Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased by $19 million to $17.12 billion during the week ended August 28, providing a modest boost to the country’s external liquidity position. According to the latest weekly foreign exchange reserves statement issued by the SBP, Pakistan’s total foreign exchange reserves stood at $22.53 billion as of August 28. The State Bank said its foreign exchange reserves increased by $19 million during the week, reaching $17.1178 billion. The central bank stated that “SBP’s foreign exchange reserves increased by $19 million to $17.1178 billion during the week ended August 28,…

Property, housing and infrastructure worth at least 387.5 billion ​Nepalese rupees ($2.56 billion) was lost in Nepal’s catastrophic floods last ‌week, the country’s disaster authority chief told Reuters on Friday. In the first four months of early recovery, ​the estimated cost to build roads ​and temporary shelters, provide drinking water and ⁠restore power would be around $52.6 million, ​Dharma Raj Upreti, chief of the National Disaster ​Risk Reduction and Management Authority, said. “These are estimated amounts. We have calculated this in coordination with different ​concerned agencies and departments,” Upreti said, adding ​that a detailed assessment would be done soon. Nepal will ‌need ⁠to rebuild…

The United States is investigating a deadly strike on an Iranian wedding in southern Iran after a Reuters analysis found that the explosion was likely caused by a direct hit from a US munition. US Vice President JD Vance said Washington wanted to establish what happened, while Iranian officials blamed the United States for the deaths and warned that the attack would not go unanswered. Vance told reporters on Thursday that the United States was looking into the incident, saying Washington wanted to determine exactly what had happened. “We’re investigating it because obviously we care. We want to know,” Vance…

US Vice President JD Vance has ruled out talks with Iran until Tehran stops attacking commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, warning that continued disruption of maritime traffic could trigger a wider global energy crisis. Vance said the United States was protecting commercial vessels and claimed that 15 million barrels of oil passed through the strategic waterway the previous night. Speaking at a White House briefing on Thursday, Vance said there were currently no diplomatic talks between Washington and Tehran and that the United States would not negotiate while Iran continued targeting commercial shipping. “There will be no talks”…

OpenAI ​on Thursday unveiled a new artificial intelligence model it calls its best yet but cautioned that it also sometimes attempts to evade ‌human monitoring, even as the company faces growing scrutiny after its agents breached other companies’ systems. OpenAI has been grappling with the fallout after its agents broke free from a secure test in July and hacked into open-source platform Hugging Face’s systems, while attempting to cover its own tracks. The incident has sown safety concerns — similar ones occurred at rival Anthropic — as developers race to deploy increasingly ​advanced models. The concerns center on agentic AI,…