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April 22, 2025

Pakistani Filmmakers Champion Creative Rebellion at Cannes Panel
The Pakistan Crescent Collective made a triumphant return to the Cannes Film Market this week, presenting a powerhouse panel that positioned filmmaking as an act of creative defiance against decades of limiting stereotypes. The collective’s “New Wave Pakistan: Telling Global Stories, Rooted at Home” panel drew industry attention to a cinematic movement that’s rewriting the…
PM Shehbaz vows to expedite institutional reforms
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif reaffirmed his government’s commitment to fast-track institutional reforms alongside macroeconomic stabilization. The Prime Minister expressed these remarks during high-level meeting with a delegation from International Monet Fund (IMF) led by Jihad Azour at the PM’s Office. “With the grace of Allah, Pakistan is now moving from economic stability toward…
Gaza’s wait for food goes on as aid groups describe distribution ‘nightmare’
Aid workers struggling to distribute a trickle of aid entering the besieged Gaza Strip are describing a logistical “nightmare” in the midst of a spiraling humanitarian crisis. “With this limited amount of aid, the humanitarian situation continues to get worse and worse,” Dr. Amjad Alshawa, director of the Palestinian NGOs Network, an umbrella group of…
Israeli Embassy staffers killed and House to vote on Trump agenda bill: Morning Rundown
Two Israeli Embassy staffers were killed in a shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. The massive bill for Donald Trump’s agenda faces a vote in the full House. And a gay rights activist is honored on what would have been his 100th birthday. Here’s what to know today. 2 Israeli Embassy staff…
House passes sweeping domestic policy package after Trump and Speaker Johnson win over holdouts
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives on Thursday morning narrowly passed a massive domestic policy package, a major victory for President Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., after weeks of heated negotiations within the GOP. The multitrillion-dollar tax-cut and spending measure now heads to the Senate, where Republicans have vowed to change it. Following…
Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy eyes trainer jet for possible export
CHIBA — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is working on a next-generation milit trainer jet with an eye on overseas sales as other nations begin to take an interest in Japan’s efforts to increase defense exports and create a sustainable defense industry. The T-X concept jet was unveiled during DSEI Japan, a three-day defense equipment trade…
What Trump’s pledge to cut taxes on tips and overtime means in practice as it moves closer to law
On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump sought to win over working-class voters in key swing states with a promise to exempt tips and overtime pay from federal income taxes. Now, Congress is inching closer to making that promise a reality, despite some concerns about how the moves would contribute to the deficit and potentially…
Senate denounces Khuzdar terror attack
ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Thursday strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Khuzdar, labeling the targeting of schoolchildren as inhumane and called for a stronger defense against external threats and reaffirmed the country’s commitment to safeguarding its citizens. The motion to suspend the normal business and discuss the Khuzdar attack was presented by Senator Agha Shahzaib…