The Jaffer Express resumed operations on the Quetta–Peshawar route, five days after service was suspended. Railway officials said the train had been halted due to the destruction of a track and bridge near Spezand in a September 23 bomb blast. They confirmed that repair and restoration work on the damaged infrastructure has now been completed….
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has informed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that it will not pay Rs220 billion to Chinese independent power plants (IPPs) as interest on delayed payments for purchased electricity and will instead seek a waiver from Beijing. The government also told the IMF that despite better power sector performance in the last fiscal year,…
Google is turning its vast public data trove into a goldmine for AI with the debut of the Data Commons Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server — enabling developers, data scientists, and AI agents to access real-world statistics using natural language and better train AI systems. Launched in 2018, Google’s Data Commons organizes public datasets from…
Sep 27, 2025, 07:06 PM ET BOSTON — Jahmai Jones hit a two-run single in the fifth inning, and the Detroit Tigers hung on to defeat the Boston Red Sox 2-1 on Saturday, clinching a spot in the American League playoffs for the second consecutive season. Less than 24 hours after the Red Sox sealed…
Most people may be familiar with the unwritten norms of workplace etiquette, but a company in Hong Kong has decided to offer courses on office manners, including tips on dress codes and body language, for the “digital natives” of Gen Z. Online platforms have been buzzing with discussions about the work culture of Gen Z…
James WaterhouseKyiv correspondent, and Rachel Muller Heyndyk Residential area of Kyiv hit by latest Russian barrage across Ukraine A Russian aerial bombardment that lasted more than 12 hours has killed at least four people and injured 70 others in Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the deaths all occurred in the capital, Kyiv, where many of…
OpenAI has introduced a new feature, ChatGPT Pulse, designed to provide users with a proactive daily feed of personalized updates. Launched in preview for Pro subscribers on mobile, Pulse compiles information overnight using context from users’ chats and optional app connections, such as Gmail and Google Calendar. Each morning, subscribers are presented with a digest…
The youth do not grow discontented because they dream too much, but because their rulers dream too little. Across South and Southeast Asia, a striking rhythm of uprisings has begun to echo —Sri Lanka in 2022, Bangladesh in 2024, Indonesia in 2025, and now Nepal, the latest to witness its young pouring into the streets….
Though many structural and institutional factors influence and regulate individual and group behaviour in a socio-political setting, one of the key entities of social control is the group of people legally mandated by the state to safeguard citizens and apprehend outlaws. It is to these bodies that the label ‘police’ is ordinarily applied. Policing serves…
Another child’s life has been lost in the corridors of a seminary —a place that should nurture, but instead became a site of unimaginable brutality. The tragic death of five-year-old in Gujrat district of Punjab, allegedly at the hands of his teacher and accomplices, is not an isolated case. Only months earlier, a similar incident…
