A list honoring influential black Britons features a man who was twice homeless as a teenager before becoming a multimillionaire entrepreneur. Dean Forbes is the CEO of a software company after beginning his career in a call center after failing to make it as a professional footballer. He rose through “abject poverty” on a south-east London estate to become chief executive of the Swedish software company Forterro. Forbes described the achievement of topping the Powerlist in 2025 as a “professional and career high.” He told the BBC that his disabled mother always encouraged her children to be optimistic and gave…
Author: Raja Zahid Khanzada
US Election 2024 On Thursday, former President Barack Obama presided over an all-star rally for Kamala Harris in Georgia. The Democrats are attempting to gain support from the powerful black voter base in the state. Obama stated to the crowd, “You need to remind folks who were still on the sidelines that the election is about more than policies, values, and caring.” Actor Samuel L. Jackson, director Spike Lee, and actor and director Tyler Perry, in addition to Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock and rocker Bruce Springsteen, came before Obama. Opinion polls show that Harris has lost some ground with the…
US Election 2024 At a jubilant national convention in Chicago two months ago, Kamala Harris was crowned the Democratic presidential nominee. She was the electoral savior for thousands of party members, succeeding an 81-year-old incumbent who appeared incapable of defeating Donald Trump and winning another term. However, senior party strategists informed me at the time that they were concerned Democrats were overconfident about her chances of victory. Now that election day is getting closer and people are getting more nervous, it looks like they were right. Compared to President Joe Biden, who was lagging far behind Trump, Harris undoubtedly enjoyed…
Pakistan : PGC The “fake news” that went viral this month about a college campus rape is “fake news” for Pakistani police. The social media posts offer a rare public reckoning with sexual assault for protesting students. However, both sides agree that the case has ignited a tinderbox of legitimate concerns as the contradictory accounts have spread from the Internet to the streets.
ISLAMABAD: Alisher Tukhtayev, Uzbekistan’s Ambassador to Pakistan, made the announcement on Thursday that next month, there will be direct flights between Lahore and Tashkent. During a meeting with Senator Irfanul Haque Siddiqui, chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, at his office in Islamabad, the Uzbek ambassador made the announcement. Senator Siddiqui extended his sincere congratulations to the newly appointed ambassador and best wishes for his time in Pakistan. He expressed the hope that the efforts of the ambassador would result in improved relations between the two nations. During the meeting, the Uzbek envoy told the PML-N senator…
PUNE: On Thursday, the first day of the second Test in Pune, India’s Washington Sundar took seven wickets, a career high, and his spin partner Ravichandran Ashwin took three to dismiss New Zealand for 259 before the hosts reached 16-1 at stumps. India’s skipper Rohit Sharma was bowled by Tim Southee for a nine-ball duck, but Shubman Gill was unbeaten on ten and Yashasvi Jaiswal was six not out at the conclusion of a fascinating day. Sundar, who was selected in place of Kuldeep Yadav after India’s eight-wicket loss in the series opener in Bengaluru, finished with 7-59, slicing through…
TOKYO: According to the country’s football chief, Japan wants to host the Women’s World Cup in 2031 to boost domestic soccer and close the gap with Europe and North America. The competition was won by Japan in 2011, but women’s football has grown in popularity in Europe in recent years. Japan Football Association president Tsuneyasu Miyamoto said in an interview at JFA headquarters in Tokyo, in front of a huge picture of Japan’s World Cup-winning team, “We would like to raise the value of women’s football here.” When Japan and South Korea co-hosted the World Cup in 2002, which helped…
PAKISTAN: Recently, internet slowdowns and disruptions to cellular services brought Pakistan’s IT industry into the spotlight. It is evident that the sector has required attention for a long time, despite the usual rhetoric from official sources seeking to calm concerns. Let’s examine the situation in greater detail. In the fiscal year 2023-2024, Pakistan’s information technology and IT-enabled services (ITeS) export remittances reached an all-time high of $3.223 billion. This is an incredible growth of 24% year-over-year, which is especially noteworthy given that the country’s policies have not yet fully recognized the sector’s potential. While the achievement merits praise, it also…
China’s envoy to Kabul said on Thursday that it would provide the Afghan Taliban with tariff-free access to its vast construction, energy, and consumer sectors as the ailing, resource-rich but diplomatically isolated regime looks to expand its markets. Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021, Beijing has attempted to strengthen its ties with the group. However, Beijing, like all governments, has chosen not to officially recognize the Taliban’s government due to international concern regarding the group’s human rights record and its treatment of women and girls. However, Beijing’s supply chain security could be enhanced by the impoverished nation’s…
One of Bollywood’s biggest stars, Lia Bhatt, has spoken out about the constant criticism she gets about her appearance and mannerisms. She addressed rumors and clickbait articles that went viral, claiming she had undergone “botched” botox procedures, resulting in half of her face being “paralyzed,” in an Instagram story. Bhatt voiced her dissatisfaction with the harmful nature of such speculations and the hypercritical lens through which women are constantly viewed, even by other women. “Absolutely no judgment for anyone who opts for cosmetic surgery or corrections—your body is your choice. In any case, goodness, this is past absurd!” She penned,…
