LONDON: Manchester United saved their best performance of a mediocre season to the very end to deprive their rivals of the double. With speculation swirling about the future of manager Erik ten Hag, United ripped up the form book as they upset Manchester City to win the FA Cup with a shock 2-1 victory in Saturday’s final. Ten Hag was reportedly set to be dismissed regardless of the result at Wembley after a troubled campaign that even the United manager described as “terrible” this week. But United’s hierarchy might be having second thoughts after Ten Hag’s tactical masterclass ruined City’s…
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PESHAWAR: The Peshawar Electric Supply Company (Pesco) on Saturday filed a police complaint against PTI lawmaker Fazl Elahi for allegedly interfering in its work and forcefully resuming the electricity supply. The complaint, a copy of which is available with, was signed by Pesco’s Peshawar executive engineer. The request was made against Mr Elahi after he allegedly led a mob into the 132-KV Rehman Baba grid station and forcefully restored power supply to his constituency. Announcements about the protest were made through mosque loudspeakers, and locals were asked to gather outside the grid station. Dozens of area residents reached the grid…
KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) maintained its record-breaking spree in the outgoing week, as the benchmark KSE 100 index scaled a new all-time high closing amid a positive economic outlook. Arif Habib Ltd (AHL) said the market maintained its bullish trend driven by promising talks with the IMF on a new loan and the UAE’s commitment to investing $10bn in Pakistan’s promising economic sectors. On the economic front, Pakistan received gross inflows of $171m in Roshan Digital Account (RDA) in April. Moreover, the government raised Rs96.88bn through the PIB auction. The cut-off yield for three-year bonds was reduced by…
KARACHI: “Without developing local AI capabilities, Pakistan may become increasingly dependent on foreign AI solutions,” said ByeongJo Kong, Digital Technology Specialist (Data Analytics & Big Data) at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in response to an emailed query. This dependency not only incurs higher costs but could also place critical infrastructure and systems under the control of foreign entities, creating potential economic and security vulnerabilities, he explained. AI should be built to address the country’s specific needs and challenges, said Fatima Yasmin, the Vice-President for Sectors and Themes of the Asian Development Bank. The first wave of AI may increase…
ISLAMABAD: Despite the availability of pre-activated Sims for Haj pilgrims, telecom firms have launched competitive one-month packages that would cost less than Saudi Arabian Sims. Under a new facility for pilgrims this year, every individual performing Haj under the government scheme will be provided with one Ufone Sim containing eight GB data and 200 calling minutes. While Ufone will provide Sims to 89,600 Haj pilgrims, other mobile operators have launched their packages for an equal number of pilgrims proceeding under the private scheme. In a departure from its past practice, Zong has not launched any Haj package this year. Jazz,…
ISLAMABAD: Mobile manufacturers have urged the government to adopt conducive policies to encourage large-scale assembly of smartphones, which will also boost exports. In a letter to the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), which is currently finalising taxation proposals for the upcoming budget, the Pakistan Mobile Phone Manufacturers Association (PMPMA) highlighted that the existing tariff structure favoured the import of finished products. In contrast, up to 50 per cent of high duties were imposed on parts, raw materials, and accessories used for local phone assembly. “There is around 10pc additional cost in assembling various parts to make a finished product, while…
WASHINGTON: A US couple was among three missionaries shot and killed by a gang outside a church in the Haitian capital, which has endured months of extreme violence with deadly assaults on hospitals, prisons and government buildings. Missions in Haiti, an Oklahoma-based nonprofit founded in 2000, said Davy and Natalie Lloyd and a third person were killed in Port-au-Prince by armed men on Thursday evening. The third victim was identified by US media outlets as Jude Montis, the Haitian director of Missions in Haiti. “Davy and Natalie and Jude were shot and killed by the gang about 9 o’clock this…
SYDNEY: More than 300 people and over 1,100 houses were buried by a massive landslide that levelled a remote village in northern Papua New Guinea, local media reported on Saturday. Hundreds are feared dead in the landslide that hit Kaokalam village in Enga Province, about 600 km northwest of capital Port Moresby, around 3am on Friday (1900 GMT on Thursday). The landslide in the Pacific nation north of Australia buried more than 300 people and 1,182 houses, the Papua New Guinea Post Courier said, citing comments from a member of the country’s parliament, Aimos Akem. The Australian Broadcasting Corp reported…
TAMPA: Heavy seas battered the US maritime humanitarian mission to Gaza on Saturday, US Central Command (Centcom) said, with four vessels serving a floating aid delivery pier breaking free from their moorings. No injuries were reported and the aid pier remained fully functional, Centcom said in a statement, adding that no US personnel would enter Gaza. Two of the affected vessels were now anchored on the beach near the pier and the other two were beached on the coast of Israel near Ashkelon, Centcom said, adding that efforts to recover the vessels were under way with assistance from the Israeli…
NEW DELHI: India’s longest-ever elections cleared the penultimate phase of polling on Saturday involving 58 seats, and pictures of erstwhile rivals — Sonia Gandhi and Arvind Kejriwal — may have captured the essence of the opposition’s new resolve with both sides voting for each other’s candidates. Of Delhi’s seven seats shared by both, three were contested by the Congress and four by the Aam Aadmi Party. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had swept all seven in 2014 and 2019. The other states in the fray in the sixth phase were Bihar (8 seats), Haryana (all 10 constituencies), India-held Jammu and Kashmir (1), Jharkhand (4),…
