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PUBLISHED October 26, 2025 Laila clocks out from her office at 5pm., but her second shift begins now. This is the capitalist bargain for the modern woman. The system needed more workers for its machine. It encouraged women to leave their homes, and this was sold as liberation. In reality, it was a raw deal. Capitalism wanted women’s paid labour in the office, but treated their unpaid labour at home as worthless. The promise of empowerment became a trap of double duty. Her day had started hours before the office, waking at 5 a.m. to make breakfast, get her children…

PUBLISHED October 26, 2025 KARACHI: In a country where most people are still learning how the digital world truly works, scams have quietly become part of daily life. From fake online stores that disappear after taking payments, to job postings that demand registration fees, to investment apps that promise double returns overnight, Pakistan’s internet users have been scammed in every possible way. Each time people begin to catch on, the fraudsters evolve. They find a new platform, a new promise, and a new way to exploit trust. But what happens when the very people who built their fame on trust,…

PUBLISHED October 26, 2025 KARACHI: The music of her life used to be the sound of gloves hitting the bag, sneakers gripping the mat, and laughter echoing through the gym after another exhausting round. Fitness wasn’t something Jovita did, it was who she was. “Before cancer, fitness was just part of who I was,” she says, smiling softly at the memory. “I loved being athletic. It made me feel confident and strong. Back then, I focused more on aesthetics and performance than on health itself. I didn’t realize how much it would later become my lifeline.” In those days, she…

PUBLISHED October 26, 2025 KARACHI: Authenticity is the internet’s most sought-after illusion. When social media first promised a democratic space where anyone could speak, the appeal lay in its spontaneous and unorchestrated communication —its sense of being “real”. But as platforms professionalised, so did their users and the line between self-expression and self-promotion blurred. Today, even the most “unedited”, raw story is shaped by the logic of the algorithm. The grainy selfie, the offhand confession, all these have become part of an established visual language that in good ornbad faith evokes trust in users and followers. Brands have welcomed this…

U.S. President Donald Trump and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet shake hands during the signing of a Cambodia-Thailand peace deal at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on October 26, 2025 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesU.S. President Donald Trump landed in Malaysia for the ASEAN Summit on Sunday, where he is set to witness an expanded ceasefire deal between Thailand and Cambodia and oversee pivotal trade talks.Trump’s first order of business at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit will involve watching over a ceasefire deal between Cambodia and Thailand after he helped broker…

PUBLISHED October 26, 2025 In the study of history, we generally focus on the “what” part and seldom on “why”. While what is factual and harmless, the why is both painful and accusatory. The advantage of hindsight is that it can turn yesterday’s brilliance into today’s blunder and yesterday’s success (or the notion of it) into today’s disaster. The departure from an ideology, or the adjustment, is a leadership’s decision but the critical factor is the very nature of the decision-making process and prowess. The Afghan problem resides in its turbulent history, geography and the power contestation – both within…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has constituted eight new working groups to rescue exports and industries from a complete “collapse” after several of his, mostly foreign-funded, economic plans failed to revive investment and growth. The groups, focusing on industrialisation, exports, taxation, transportation, dumping of cheaper foreign goods, and agriculture, were created after the nation’s leading industrialists warned him about the dire consequences of “collapsing” exports. The new working groups comprise of industry representatives, government officials, and members of the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC). Officials said the prime minister acted after five ongoing plans failed to deliver results or restore…

Apex court proposes stricter penalties for unregistered marriages in its report Redefining Access to Justice 2025Police officers walk past the Supreme Court of Pakistan building, in Islamabad, Pakistan April 6, 2022. REUTERS The Supreme Court has outlined key family law reforms, including revising the Nikah Nama to include a column for dowry articles and proposing stricter penalties for unregistered marriages, as part of its broader judicial reform agenda detailed in its report Redefining Access to Justice 2025.Under the family law reforms, the apex court has recommended clearly defining key terms such as ‘maintenance’ and ‘dower’ in the Muslim Family Laws…

Eight terrorists were killed during infiltration from Afghanistan, five others were slain in Bajaur, sources said Security forces foiled a major terrorist plot in North Waziristan, killing three Khwarij and averting what officials described as a “potentially catastrophic attack” by terrorists belonging to the Indian proxy group Fitna al Khwarij, the military’s media wing said, referring to the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement on Saturday, the operation was launched in the Jhallar area of North Waziristan after credible intelligence indicated that Khwarij elements were preparing a vehicle-borne suicide attack. “Based on credible intelligence on…

A man takes photos of the Shenzhong Bridge from a viewing platform on the west artificial island of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link in south China’s Guangdong Province, Oct. 25, 2025. The west artificial island of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link started trial operation for tourism on Saturday.The Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link, spanning approximately 24 kilometers, opened to traffic on June 30, 2024. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)People take photos of the Shenzhong Bridge from a viewing platform on the west artificial island of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link in south China’s Guangdong Province, Oct. 25, 2025. The west artificial island of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link started trial operation for tourism on…