Amazon.com Inc’s (AMZN.O) layoffs will now increase to more than 18,000 roles as part of a workforce reduction it previously disclosed, Chief Executive Andy Jassy said in a public staff note  The layoff decisions, which Amazon will communicate starting Jan. 18, will largely impact the company’s e-commerce and human-resources organizations, …

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Police on Tuesday identified the suicide bomber, who detonated himself in capital’s I-10 Sector on December 23, killing a police officer,  According to details, the suicide bomber of the Islamabad attack has been identified as a 22-year-old male named Saqib Uddin, who hailed from Kurram district, Khyber …

RIYADH: Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo said his “work is done” in Europe, adding that he is relishing new challenges both on and off the pitch after being unveiled as a player of Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr  Ronaldo, who was a free agent following his acrimonious split with Manchester United …

A long queue of people is seen outside a utility store. — APP/File Under Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s relief package, essential food items will be provided at subsidised rates at the Utility Stores Corporation (USC) outlets across the country from today (Sunday). Keeping in mind the difficulties and problems faced …

KARACHI: New Zealand’s former captain Kane Williamson said that Pakistan has always produced some exciting talent that has amazed everyone on the field. Speaking to Geo News ahead of the second Test in Karachi, the stylish batter said that it was great to be playing in Pakistan for the first time. “We had fantastic …

OKARA: Police found slaughtered body of a five-year-old boy who had been abducted in Okara,  A minor boy namely Hassan had been abducted from the Garden Town area in the vicinity of the B Division police station in Okara. Police said that the abductors brutally slaughtered the minor boy and …

Environmental group Extinction Rebellion said Sunday it would no longer stage its infamous blockades of UK transport networks and will instead hold a major demonstration against government policy in April. The activist network, formed in the UK in 2018, has regularly used civil disobedience to protest what it calls government …

Renowned religious scholar and preacher Maulana Tariq Jamil has been discharged from the hospital as his health has improved remarkably, his son Yousaf Jamil said Saturday. In a statement on the microblogging platform Twitter, Yousaf said that his father is now out of the hospital by the grace of Allah. “Thank you for …

  RIYADH: Only hours after Cristiano Ronaldo penned a two-year contract with Saudi Arabia’s Al Nassr, crowds flocked to a football kit store in Riyadh to buy the five-time Ballon d’Or winner’s new club jersey. Abdulmohsen al-Ayyban, 41, and his nine-year old son, Nayef, were among those queueing at Al Nassr club’s …

How did democracy fare in 2022 As the world gears up to celebrate another trip around the sun, there is this innate human urge to review what we experienced in the year concluded. In Pakistan, this stock-taking should also include a review of how the system of democracy functioned in …