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KARACHI:  In July 2025, Pakistan received $3.21 billion in worker remittances, up 7.4% year-over-year from $2.99 billion in July 2024. These remittances were brought to the country by over 2 million economic migrants who were dissatisfied with the political and economic situation in Pakistan and sought employment elsewhere. According to preliminary data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), the inflows also showed a significant increase of 47.6% compared to July 2023, indicating a strong recovery in transfers of overseas workers over the past two years. Increasing inflows from Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the European Union (EU) were primarily responsible for the expansion. However, despite the overall improvement, the data indicate emerging vulnerabilities for Pakistan's external account due to significant declines in a number of important remittance corridors. Pakistan remained dependent on the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for th...

KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) reported on Saturday its Lahore circle had arrested an illegal currency dealer allegedly involved in currency smuggling (hawala/hundi) from capital city of Punjab province.  A day earlier, a Pakistani court had sentenced three illegal currency dealers to five years in prison and a Rs1 million fine for their participation in illegal foreign exchange trading. Since a crackdown on illegal currency dealers and smugglers was launched, law enforcement agencies, including the FIA, have announced the arrest of four dealers in the past two weeks. In an effort to assist the Pakistani rupee's recovery against the US dollar and other major global currencies, the ongoing crackdown has been intensified by law enforcement agencies. The suspect was taken into custody from Azam Cloth Market in Lahore, according to a statement released by the FIA on Saturday. This occurred as the FIA Corporate Crime Circle Lahore intensified its ongoing campaign agains...

It would appear that the GPU was shipped to one of these Chinese labs, where the GPU and VRAM chips from the RTX 5090s are removed. Redditor Orders MSI RTX 5090 Ventus 3X From Amazon but Finds No Tamper Seal; Further Investigation Revealed Ripped GPU Chip and VRAM From the PCB  Fake GeForce RTX 5090 GPUs are flooding the market once more. Since we have witnessed and reported fraud of this kind on multiple occasions, it shouldn't come as a surprise that this one resembles something we have recently reported. The GeForce RTX 5090 is highly sought after, particularly in the AI market in China. The GPU can only enter the country through smuggling because the country has an official ban on it. Since his GPU did not include the components, which are typically extracted from the PCB in China, this Redditor appears to have been the victim of such fraud. Reddit user u/Nice-Screen-4193 says that he bought a brand new GPU from Amazon FR, "sold and shipped by Amazon", not just by any...

Flight operations at Islamabad International Airport will face temporary suspensions on select days in August due to Independence Day parade rehearsals, the Pakistan Airport Authority announced.  During rehearsals, flights will be halted. The authority has issued a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) stating that on August 11, 12, and 13 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., arrivals and departures will be suspended. Airlines have been directed not to schedule any flights during these hours.  Additionally, additional suspension days earlier in the month are covered by the NOTAM. In order to accommodate parade practice, flight operations will be suspended for varying lengths from August 6 to 9 and from August 11 to 14. In these eight days, a special daytime suspension will take place between 11am and 1pm.  It is advised that passengers check the schedules. To avoid inconvenience, authorities have urged travelers to confirm their flight times in advance. Airlines are expected to adjust schedules an...

  In movies like "Akira" and "Ghost in the Shell," intelligent robots and holograms populate a futuristic Japan, and neon-lit skyscrapers and the city's famed bullet train system come to mind. But there’s a more mundane side of Japan that you won’t find anywhere in these cyberpunk films.  It involves personalized ink stamps, floppy disks, and fax machines—relics that have long since disappeared in other advanced nations but have stubbornly persisted in Japan. The delay in digital technology and subsequent bureaucracy are, for everyday residents, at best inconvenient, and at worst make you want to tear your hair out. “Japanese banks are portals to hell,” one Facebook user wrote in a local expat group.  A sarcastic commenter said, "Maybe sending a fax would help," The scale of the problem became terrifyingly clear during the Covid-19 pandemic, as the Japanese government struggled to respond to a nationwide crisis with clumsy digital tools.  They have lau...

 🇺🇸🇮🇳 Trump Imposes Additional 25% Tariff on Indian Goods — U.S.-India Trade Relations Hit New Low Published on: August 6, 2025 Category: International Trade, Politics, India-U.S. Relations --- 🔥 Breaking: Trump Slaps 25% Extra Tariff on Indian Imports In a significant escalation of trade tensions, U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed an additional 25% tariff on a wide range of Indian goods, intensifying economic pressure on New Delhi. The decision comes amid Trump's renewed focus on foreign trade policy and India’s ongoing oil imports from Russia. This development marks one of the lowest points in India–U.S. relations in recent history, threatening to disrupt trade flows worth billions of dollars and reshape the geopolitical balance in South Asia. --- 📌 Why Did Trump Impose the Tariffs? According to the Trump administration, the move is a direct response to India’s continued purchase of Russian oil, which Washington claims undermines U.S. sanctions and its strategic inter...