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Good transporters called off their days-long nationwide strike following successful negotiations with the government, after most of their demands had been met. “We have called off our strike, which continued for 10 days. We have done this after the federal and provincial governments of Punjab and Sindh accepted our demands and signed the settlement document,” President of the Pakistan Goods Transport Alliance (PGTA) Malik Shehzad Awan said on Wednesday. The PGTA is an organisation representing 20 major goods transport associations across the country. According to Awan, during the dialogues, the government’s representatives agreed to reduce fines to a considerable level. Similarly, demands related to axle load, problems with issuing heavy transport driving licenses, issues with customs authorities, motorway police, and disputed clauses of the Punjab Motor Vehicle Ordinance, among others, were also accepted. Talking to Dawn, All Pakistan Truck Trailer Owners Association Chairman Lala Yasir Naseer said that good...

Amsterdamse corpsleden zijn in opspraak geraakt vanwege een seksistisch sinterklaasgedicht dat rondgaat onder studenten. In het gedicht wordt op respectloze wijze gerijmd over vrouwelijke leden van A.S.C./A.V.S.V., die met naam worden genoemd.

The United States announced a temporary deployment of Air Force personnel to Ecuador on Wednesday as part of its regional anti-narcotics campaign. There was no indication of the scale of the deployment, which comes as tensions are rising over the standoff between Latin American oil producer Venezuela and the United States. The personnel will be deployed at Ecuador’s Manta air force base, which had served as a US base for a decade until 2009. Ecuadoran voters in November overwhelmingly rejected a bid by President Daniel Noboa to lift the country’s ban on foreign bases. But according to the US embassy in Quito, the deployment is a “temporary operation with the Ecuadorian Air Force in Manta”. The “short-term joint effort” will “enhance the capacity of the Ecuadorian military forces to combat narco-terrorists, including strengthening intelligence gathering and anti-drug trafficking capabilities, and is designed to protect the United States and Ecuador from the threats we share”. Ecuador’s defence ministry said th...

Preşedintele USR, Dominic Fritz, primar al Timişoarei, va depune joi, la sediul Autorităţii Naţionale pentru Cetăţenie, jurământul de credinţă pentru obţinerea cetăţeniei române, după ce în noiembrie a susţinut interviul.

In april haalde Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen het wereldnieuws: een peperduur schilderij van Mark Rothko raakte beschadigd door een kind. Het meesterwerk is inmiddels in stilte hersteld.

Carrefour Romania is speeding up the development of proximity store formats, reaching 200 Express stores after the opening of 27 such units in 2025.

President Donald Trumps loyale bondgenoot en stafchef Susie Wiles heeft opvallende uitspraken gedaan in een spraakmakend interview met Vanity Fair. De president zou de "persoonlijkheid van een alcoholist" hebben en vicepresident JD Vance zou een "complotdenker" zijn. Volgens Wiles zijn haar uitspraken uit context gehaald.

The draw for the knockout phase takes place on Thursday

Situaţie incredibilă într-un oraş din din Statele Unite, unde o femeie a fost arestată după ce ar fi introdus lame de ras în pâine vândută în două magazine Walmart din Mississippi, punând în pericol siguranța clienților.

External account upswing masks exploited migrants and 'Dutch Disease'

Govt raises Rs445b in bond auction; gold hits Rs453,562/tola; silver surges to record high at Rs6,822

Around 25,000 containers awaiting clearance at Karachi Port, Port Qasim

Industry leaders point to vulnerabilities stemming from geopolitical tensions, unresolved local issues

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Iqbal warns country may slip into another programme without surge in exports

FBR owes Rs54b in sales tax refunds; state oil firm urges govt to intervene

Leghari seeks financing for reforms as Cheema presses for continued backing of ML-1 project

Lacks clear direction amid consolidation, though macro indicators improve

Envoy cites absence of direct flights as major barrier to increasing trade

President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on partners, particularly in the United States, not only to observe but to respond to recent statements from Moscow, which indicate that Russia is preparing for 2026 to be a “year of war.”