<p>KARACHI: Police investigators probing the<a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2019620"> death </a>of a 25-year-old former IBA student and aspiring businessman have found that Mir Raza Ali Khan was facing financial losses in his business, but they doubt the theory that he took his own life, even though the evidence collected so far points to suicide, it emerged on Sunday.</p> <p>They are, however, hopeful of “resolving the case within a very short time”.</p> <p>The aspiring businessman’s b

<p>Tie-up would be one of the biggest-ever pharmaceutical deals and create the world’s fourth-largest drugmaker</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/aug/03/uk-economy-recession-strait-hormuz-closed-oil-latest-news-updates">Business live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Britain’s biggest drugmaker, AstraZeneca, is understood to be in discussions to take over its US rival Bristol Myers Squibb in a deal that would create a near-$400bn (£300bn) pharmaceuti

<p>US and Japanese governments confirm they carried out a rare joint intervention late last week</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/03/trump-japan-currency-yen-explainer">Why has Trump stepped in to prop up Japan’s currency?</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/aug/03/uk-economy-recession-strait-hormuz-closed-oil-latest-news-updates">Business live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>The yen has hit its highest level in thr

<p>Wildfires in and around Spokane have stretched ability of federal and local agencies to fight blazes</p><p>Wildfires in eastern <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/washington-state">Washington state</a> forced the evacuation of 60,000 people in the Spokane area while destroying at least 600 homes, businesses and other structures, authorities said on Sunday.</p><p>The fires in and around Spokane, the state’s second largest city, burned about 8.2 sq miles (about 21 sq km), but they w

Wildfires in eastern Washington state forced about 60,000 people to evacuate the Spokane area and destroyed at least 600 homes, businesses and other structures, authorities said on Sunday. Three separate fires erupted in and around the city as strong winds and exceptionally dry conditions fueled rapid fire spread. 

<img src='https://i.cbc.ca/ais/914ccaec-b449-4d91-b84d-3da4c7363bf2,1785708860397/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C285%2C5472%2C3078%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29' alt='A person stands near a destroyed home and vehicle.' width='620' height='349' title='Kimberley Sather stands at the duplex she rents on W. Indian Trail Rd. after it burned in a wildfire in Spokane, Wash., Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Young Kwak)'/><p>About 5,000 homes have been evacuated and about 600 homes, businesses

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The bank is asking a judge to permanently dismiss a lawsuit from Trump-affiliated businesses, arguing a monthslong internal review — not the Jan. 6 riot — explains why hundreds of accounts were shut down in 2021.

<p>The US State Department will make permanent a visa bond programme that could require applicants from 50 countries, mostly from Africa, to post bonds of up to $20,000 when seeking US visas, according to a federal notice posted online on Friday.</p> <p>The Federal Register notice applies to B1 and B2 visas, which are issued for business and tourism travel.</p> <p>“Consular officers may require covered nonimmigrant visa applicants to post a bond of up to $20,000 as a condition of visa issuance

<p>KARACHI: The influx of smuggled Iranian oil has drastically declined as tankers were hit inside Balo­chistan, causing heavy losses to those involved in this illegal business, according to sources in the oil sector.</p> <p>The oil companies have been demanding that oil smuggling be stopped, but it has continued for years. However, the arrival of Iranian petroleum products increased after the US-Israeli war on Tehran began, pushing crude oil prices above $100 per barrel.</p> <p>“Over the pas