President Asif Ali Zardari has approved the seniority order of judges at the Islamabad High Court (IHC). The Ministry of Law and Justice issued an official notification in this regard, following the Supreme Court’s decision on June 19. The move aims to bring clarity to the judicial hierarchy and ensure smooth court operations. According to […]
Actress Kate Hudson recently made a shocking disclosure about the extreme demands she faced early in her career. Speaking on the Awards Chatter podcast, Hudson revealed that she was once told she needed to legally separate from her parents to book acting roles as an adult. “I had gotten this part that they wanted me to basically divorce […]
Meta Platforms is further expanding its artificial intelligence team by hiring four additional researchers from OpenAI, The Information reported on Saturday. The new recruits—Shengjia Zhao, Jiahui Yu, Shuchao Bi, and Hongyu Ren—have each agreed to join Meta, according to a source familiar with the matter. This latest move underscores Meta’s aggressive strategy to attract top AI talent […]
The world’s most sophisticated AI systems are exhibiting disturbing new capabilities, including lying, scheming, and threatening their creators to avoid shutdown or achieve hidden objectives. In a striking case, Anthropic’s Claude 4 allegedly blackmailed an engineer by threatening to expose an extramarital affair when faced with being unplugged. Meanwhile, OpenAI’s o1 model attempted to transfer itself to external servers—then denied doing so when confronted. These […]
The federal government is set to abolish the Rs35 monthly PTV fee charged to over 40 million electricity consumers, marking a significant relief measure. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will soon formalize the decision, ending a controversial levy that contributed Rs1.5 billion monthly (Rs16 billion annually) to the state-run broadcaster. Officials stated the move aims to reduce financial strain on households and businesses […]
The latest QS World University Rankings reveal a concerning reality for Pakistan’s higher education sector, with no Pakistani institution breaking into the top 350 global universities. While Quaid-e-Azam University (354) and NUST (371) narrowly missed the cutoff, the rankings highlight significant gaps in Pakistan’s academic competitiveness compared to global standards. Sindh’s educational institutions fared particularly […]
Sinda Ayyari, a 19-year-old Tunisian woman who travelled to Karachi to marry a man she met on social media, has been handed over to the Tunisian Embassy for repatriation. After her marriage ended in divorce and a subsequent suicide attempt, the Women Police Station Liaquatabad intervened, providing her shelter before coordinating her transfer to Islamabad with embassy assistance. Ayyari befriended Muhammad […]
The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has predicted additional rainfall in Karachi today (Sunday), following three days of intermittent moderate to light showers. While the rains provided respite from the scorching heat, they also turned fatal, claiming eight lives and injuring seven others in the city over the past 48 hours. Rescue officials reported that a father and daughter died in Lyari when […]
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, has stated that Iran retains the capability to restart uranium enrichment for a potential nuclear weapon in “a matter of months.” Speaking after recent U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, Grossi confirmed that while the damage was “severe,” it was not total, directly contradicting former U.S. President Donald […]
Apple has announced significant changes to its App Store fees and rules in the European Union following antitrust orders from EU regulators. The tech giant will now charge developers a reduced processing fee of 20% for in-app purchases (or as low as 13% for small businesses) when using Apple’s payment system. More notably, developers directing […]
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