Confronting the dearth of educated and trained manpower EDITORIAL: Among the many glaring challenges that the budget document has thrown up, the enduring burden of... Updated 12 Jun, 2025 07:43am
Business & Finance Paramount to lay off 3.5% of US staff in latest job cut, memo shows Paramount Global is laying off 3.5% of its U.S. staff in the latest round of job cuts as the company grapples with a... Published 10 Jun, 2025 05:30pm
Business & Finance Thyssenkrupp putting 20,000 jobs at risk in overhaul BERLIN: Germany’s IG Metall union sees around a fifth of jobs at Thyssenkrupp at risk, a senior official was quoted... Published 30 May, 2025 07:48pm
Business & Finance Volvo Cars to cut 3,000 jobs in restructuring STOCKHOLM: Sweden-based Volvo Cars said on Monday it will cut 3,000 mostly white-collar jobs as part of a... Published 26 May, 2025 05:00pm
Opinion Illusion of remittance-driven growth Pakistan’s implicit export strategy isn’t goods — it’s people. And the strategy continues. In a recent... Updated 12 May, 2025 07:15am
Business & Finance Volvo Cars’ battery company Novo Energy to cut half of workforce COPENHAGEN: Volvo Cars’ Novo Energy said on Monday it will cut its workforce by 50% to reduce costs after evaluating... Published 05 May, 2025 06:18pm
Budget 2025-26 Haroon highlights economic roadmap, reiterates PM’s ‘inclusive progress’ vision LAHORE: Haroon Akhtar, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Industry and Production, outlined the... Updated 04 May, 2025 07:11am
Business & Finance ACCA hosts dinner: SSO sector’s role in boosting economic growth, job creation underscored KARACHI: The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) hosted a high-profile Shared Services and... Published 02 May, 2025 06:12am
Opinion Mindset traps that trap growth It’s a lost cause. AI is going to take our jobs. Without the “right connections” there is no future. These are... Updated 30 Apr, 2025 07:40am
Business & Finance UPS to cut 20,000 jobs on likely lower Amazon shipments, profit beats estimates United Parcel Service’s first-quarter profit beat market estimates and the parcel delivery giant said it will cut... Published 29 Apr, 2025 05:30pm
Business & Finance Intel to lay off more than 20% of workforce Intel is set to unveil plans this week to slash more than 20% of its workforce, in a move to streamline operations... Published 23 Apr, 2025 04:48pm
Editorials The great exodus EDITORIAL: In the first quarter of 2025 alone, a staggering 172,000 Pakistanis left the country seeking employment... Published 19 Apr, 2025 06:40am
World Funding shortfall: UN aid chief says to cut 20% of staff in Pakistan, other nations United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs faces shortfall of $58 million Updated 11 Apr, 2025 08:29pm
World Madagascar risks losing 60,000 textile jobs to U.S. tariffs, official says ANTANANARIVO: Madagascar could lose around 60,000 textile sector jobs because of U.S. President Donald Trump’s 47%... Published 09 Apr, 2025 03:10pm
Technology Meta’s content moderation contractor cuts 2,000 jobs in Barcelona MADRID/BARCELONA: Canadian-based tech company Telus is dismissing as many as 2,000 people from its content... Published 04 Apr, 2025 06:49pm
World Sri Lanka warns US tariffs threaten ‘thousands’ of jobs COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s apparel manufacturing industry warned on Thursday that sweeping US tariffs will disrupt the... Published 03 Apr, 2025 03:31pm
Print Unemployment challenge increases in KP due to terrorism PESHAWAR: Due to law and order situation, particularly terrorism has grown up in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and people... Updated 31 Mar, 2025 10:19am
Business & Finance Siemens to cut 8pc of jobs at struggling factory automation business ZURICH: Siemens will cut 5,600 jobs at its Digital Industries business, the engineering company said on Tuesday, in... Published 26 Mar, 2025 08:01am
Business & Finance Aston Martin cuts jobs as weak China demand weighs LONDON: Aston Martin Lagonda announced Wednesday it would cut about five percent of its workforce as weak Chinese... Published 26 Mar, 2025 05:25am
World Trump admin begins mass layoffs at Voice of America WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s administration on Sunday began mass layoffs at Voice of America and other... Updated 17 Mar, 2025 09:23pm
Opinion The future of work The work of the world will be very different by 2030 from what we know today. Several key trends—everything from... Updated 13 Mar, 2025 07:26am
Business & Finance Volkswagen to lay off 1,600 staff at Cariad software unit, Handelsblatt reports BERLIN: Volkswagen plans to lay off 1,600 staff at its Cariad software unit by the end of the year, the Handelsblatt... Published 11 Mar, 2025 08:46pm
World US weekly jobless claims fall more than expected WASHINGTON: The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last... Published 06 Mar, 2025 07:25pm
Business & Finance Thyssenkrupp to cut 1,800 jobs on automotive weakness FRANKFURT: Thyssenkrupp plans to slash around 1,800 jobs due to the prolonged weakness in the car sector it... Published 06 Mar, 2025 06:30pm
Business & Finance DHL to save $1.1 billion by 2027 with 8,000 job cuts, shares rise DHL announced plans on Thursday to cut about 8,000 jobs in Germany this year as part of a strategy to save more than... Published 06 Mar, 2025 05:24pm
Pakistan PM Shehbaz greenlights National Youth Employment Plan Programme to provide market-driven training to Pakistan's youth Updated 06 Mar, 2025 10:47pm
Print PBS conducts first digital census: Around 7.8pc of total population unemployed ISLAMABAD: Around 7.8 percent (187,359,79 population) of the total population (241,499,431) of the country is... Updated 04 Mar, 2025 09:29am
Business & Finance Microchip Technology to lay off 2,000 employees Microchip Technology said on Monday it will cut around 2,000 jobs, or about 9% of its workforce, as the chipmaker... Published 03 Mar, 2025 05:25pm
Business & Finance India’s Ola Electric to cut jobs; over 1,000 roles impacted Ola Electric, India’s top electric two-wheeler maker by sales, said on Monday it is eliminating some roles due to... Published 03 Mar, 2025 05:00pm
World US federal workers receive second email on justifying jobs WASHINGTON: A second email asking US federal workers to justify their jobs was sent on Friday, as part of President... Updated 01 Mar, 2025 09:57pm