. Luxury’s price spiral. Photo: file PARIS/MILAN: The global luxury goods sector, long defined by rising prices, booming demand and an aura of exclusivity, is entering a moment of reckoning as new forecasts suggest a modest revival in 2026 while warning that years of aggressive mark-ups have left buyers feeling alienated and even ‘betrayed’. Bain…
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Pakistan built a world-class Polio system. Then 40,000 Karachi families said no Forty thousand Karachi families refused polio vaccines this year. In a city where the virus circulates through every district, those refusals represent the gap between Pakistan’s impressive polio infrastructure and its inability to close the final mile of eradication. Pakistan has cut polio…
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Around 34m adults in country lived with diabetes as of 2024 yet insufficient lifestyle interventions persist Pakistan’s diabetes crisis is now among the worst in the world, but health experts warn that only half the battle is being fought. Obesity, a critical driver of Type 2 diabetes, remains largely overlooked for the main reason that…
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Accessibility for Pakistani youth raises concerns over addiction, weak regulation A shop displaying e-cigarettes and vape products. Source: Reuters Pakistan has witnessed a dangerous shift in the way young people are being targeted by the tobacco industry. Once dominated by conventional cigarettes and smokeless forms like naswar and gutka, the market has expanded to include…
The information surfaced on a reporter WhatsApp group: Eight small children had been infected with HIV, supposedly at Kulsum Bai Valika hospital in Karachi and two were dead. Every reporter was busy calling their Sindh government contacts to get confirmation and details. Since I am new to Health reporting, I decided to go to the…
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KARACHI: The Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) and the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) have agreed to strengthen cooperation for Pakistan’s economic revival. During a meeting held at KCCI on Saturday, KCCI President Rehan Hanif and LCCI President Faheemur Rehman Saigol said that Pakistan had great potential despite facing serious challenges,…
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Fans claim her controversial video set ball in motion to eliminate ex-mayor Adams from race Sabrina Carpenter and Mamdani. Photos: AFP In the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s November 4 victory in New York City’s mayoral election, social media users have found a potential connection between the mayor-elect’s triumph and pop star Sabrina Carpenter, alleging that…
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MADRID: Real Madrid captain Dani Carvajal will undergo surgery on his right knee, dealing another blow to the defender who has battled persistent injury problems over the past year. “Following tests carried out on our captain Dani Carvajal by Real Madrid’s medical services, he has been diagnosed with a loose body in his right knee….
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FinMin underlines need for enhancing formal remittance channels for Pakistani diaspora ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has emphasised the importance of expanding trade with Canada, which currently stands below potential, and invited greater Canadian investment in Pakistan’s renewable energy, mining and technology sectors. He also underscored the need to enhance formal remittance channels for the…
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Studios continue filming abroad despite US calls for trade restrictions on overseas productions SYDNEY/ LONDON/ LOS ANGELES/ PRAGUE: Star Wars: Starfighter is filming in Britain, soundstages in Hungary are packed and post-production houses in Australia are humming, as the global film industry keeps rolling despite US President Donald Trump’s renewed threats to impose tariffs on movies made outside of…
