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28 August 2026
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28 August 2026
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28 August 2026
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28 August 2026
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27 August 2026
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27 August 2026
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27 August 2026
Behind-the-scenes political maneuvers suggest conditional legal relief for Bushra Bibi, while Imran Khan remains restricted strictly to hospital-based medical leniency.
27 August 2026
A dramatic lightning strike on Makkah's 601-meter Clock Tower demonstrates how modern architectural engineering protects millions of pilgrims below.
27 August 2026
Ratko Mladić, the military commander responsible for the 1995 Srebrenica genocide of 8,000 Bosniak Muslims, has died in UN custody.
27 August 2026
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27 August 2026
Tehran compiles a list of economic and security demands to reopen the Strait of Hormuz following formal requests from regional mediators.
27 August 2026
USD/PKR
277.25
▲ 0.3000%
EUR/PKR
323.34
▲ 0.0800%
GBP/PKR
377.30
▼ -0.2400%
SAR/PKR
73.91
▲ 0.0900%
AED/PKR
75.55
▲ 0.0900%
CAD/PKR
200.21
▼ -0.5300%
AUD/PKR
199.72
▲ 0.4700%
Nvidia's surging quarterly revenue sparked an Asian tech rally while fast-fashion giant Shein priced its Hong Kong IPO at a discounted $25 billion valuation.
27 August 2026
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27 August 2026
Retail shops are rolling out plug-in solar panels, allowing renters and homeowners to generate power directly through standard wall sockets.
27 August 2026
A landmark $18 billion payout forces Meta to dismantle addictive Instagram algorithms, setting a transformative legal precedent for child platform safety.
27 August 2026
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