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GTA VI sparks new AI influencer trend: Three virtual women making over £52,000 a month Artificial intelligence has opened up a new avenue for entrepreneurs to monetize the eagerly awaited videogame, Grand Theft Auto VI , ahead of its release on November 19, 2026.

JETOUR Pakistan has introduced its EMI Program, offering customers the opportunity to own the JETOUR Dashing with a starting down payment of just PKR 3,159,600 and the JETOUR X70 Plus with a starting down payment of PKR 3,319,600, along with monthly installments as low as PKR 164,563, at 0% markup.

Nvidia has reportedly canceled the January 2027 launch of its 24 GB GeForce RTX 5080 in China because the memory chips were too expensive.

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Pakistan has nominated its climate minister, Musadik Masood Malik, to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) civilizational dialogue in New Delhi later this month, a spokesperson for the country’s foreign ministry said on Saturday, in what would be the first visit to India by...

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Governor Faisal Karim Kundi said illegal gold mining in Kohat was linked to terrorism, with 80 per cent of the proceeds going to Afghanistan, and named several politicians whom he accused of being involved in the activity.

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has given the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) another fortnight to submit the federal government's formal written request for local government elections in 42 cantonment boards across the country, warning that it would have no option but to pass appropriate...

PPP Women's Wing President Faryal Talpur has urged party workers to capitalise on the weakness of the PML-N led Punjab government, saying the way the PML-N secured its mandate in the province in the February 8, 2024 general elections was an open secret.

LAHORE: In a major step towards urban resource management and digital transformation, the Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) Lahore has formally launched a state-of-the-art smart water metering system.

The Rawalpindi Ring Road Authority has postponed the project’s inauguration for the ninth time and decided not to announce another date for the ceremony.

People sit at a coffee shop as they wait for their flight at the Dubai International Airport, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, April 17, 2024.

The UK economy grew by 0.7% in the three months to September, according to official figures.

Jensen Huang's personal life may have triggered the crisis, but the questions now reach into the White House itself.

More than 900 victims are thought to have fallen prey to the FaceStealer scheme in the last 18 months.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday blamed the Commerce Department for failing to blacklist Megaspeed, the Singapore company at the centre of a scandal that prompted Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang to resign .

The President House said on Friday refuted media reports about yesterday’s meeting between President Asif Ali Zardari and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, saying that discussions focused on national security and regional situation.

The number of third party motor insurance policies in Sindh has increased by approximately 3,940 percent in eight months, reaching 452,515, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP).

Iran's Revolutionary Guards navy said a tanker carrying liquefied natural gas struck a naval mine and suffered an explosion in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday while using what they described was an "unauthorised and dangerous route", state media reported.

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has paid Rs 1.932 trillion in profits to the federal government, nearly Rs 500 billion above the revenue target set for the entire FY27 fiscal year.

Democratic US Senator Chris Van Hollen said on Thursday he would run for Senate majority leader, challenging Chuck Schumer, who has led the Democrats in the Senate since 2017, after the Democratic Party won a majority in the chamber in the midterm elections.

The investigation into senior cricketers Mohammad Rizwan and Imam-ul-Haq by the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) is nearing completion, while the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is also set to announce new central contracts for its players, chairman Mohsin Naqvi said on Thursday.

Australia captain Pat Cummins has again denied any involvement in the plot to use sandpaper on the ball in a 2018 Test against South Africa, calling the allegations in Usman Khawaja’s autobiography “utter nonsense”.

Pakistan has attracted more than 5,000 attendees from over 60 countries to its international minerals investment forum in Islamabad which could help bring foreign investment into the country’s mining sector.

Pakistan’s overall car sales jumped sharply in October 2026, but Toyota and Honda moved in the opposite direction as both automakers recorded year-on-year declines.

Pakistani startups using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve people’s finances can now apply for grants of up to £250,000 under a new GSMA Innovation Fund for AI-Enabled Financial Health .

The European Space Agency has released its first big collection of data from the orbiting Euclid telescope’s mission to map the universe’s large-scale structure, including observations of more than 900 million galaxies, as scientists investigate the puzzling cosmic components dark matter and dark...

• Five die across territory in deadliest attacks since Oct 27 polls • Infant freezes to death inside tent for displaced • UN warns Gaza crises worsening as winter approaches KHAN YUNIS: Israeli fire killed 11 people in Gaza on Thursday, including a surgeon in a strike on a major hospital, while...

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Thursday suggested that political parties hold a referendum to gauge the public’s opinion on the creation of new administrative units or provinces, terming it the “solution” to the ongoing debate.

The country’s Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) spending in the first four months of the current fiscal year struggled at only 10 per cent of the annual allocation.

A first day of US-led talks between Ukraine and Russia in Abu Dhabi ended on Tuesday, with Washington calling for a “new” security framework, as Europe fears US President Donald Trump plans a deal with Moscow on the continent’s future.

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BBC News Claude chatbot maker set for $1.3tn stock market debut despite 'catastrophic' AI warning By Dearbail Jordan Business reporter Published 10 November 2026 Anthropic, the artificial intelligence (AI) company behind the Claude chatbot, could be valued at around $1.3 trillion (£1...

Pakistan’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has raised concerns over the failure to identify and tag Rs 624 billion worth of assets belonging to power distribution companies (DISCOs), warning that incomplete records and valuations could expose public property to theft and undermine the planned...

The federal government spent only Rs 103.87 billion, or 10.39 percent, of its Rs 1 trillion development budget during the first four months of fiscal year 2026-27, according to official documents.

Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Vice Emir Liaqat Baloch said on Tuesday that the government and the party had agreed on the “basic outlines” of a proposed agreement as the two sides held their 10th round of negotiations on petroleum levy relief.

Britain said on Tuesday that its military bases were safe, after the US removed huge refuelling aircraft from a British airbase following what the Wall Street Journal said was a threat from Iran, the second such apparent evacuation in three months.

facebook --> twitter --> whatsup --> linkded --> email MORE (3) Messenger Whatsapp --> Two Bell-Boeing CV-22B Osprey at RAF Lakenheath, amid reports that US military aircraft are being moved from bases in Britain following a reported threat from Iran, near Lakenheath, Britain, November 9, 2026...

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The State Bank of Pakistan's decision to lower its benchmark policy rate by 250 basis points to 15 percent has delivered the largest single-meeting reduction in the current easing cycle, recalibrating borrowing costs for both federal debt servicing and industrial working capital.

Pakistan's technology services sector continues to post one of the few bright spots in the country's services trade ledger, with State Bank of Pakistan balance-of-payments data confirming steady year-on-year gains in computer and information services receipts.

Across industrial estates in Karachi, Lahore, and Sialkot as well as residential sectors in Islamabad and Rawalpindi, the rapid installation of rooftop solar photovoltaic systems is fundamentally altering daytime electricity consumption on Pakistan's national grid.