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This is the story of Syed Ehsan Shah, a young man from Panjgur, who turned uncertainty into a business idea, and that idea into a growing local venture, one fresh fish at a time. Quetta, nestled among rugged mountains and high plains, is a city known for its slow cooked meat dishes. A trip to Quetta is incomplete without soft naans, sajji and rosh – marinated lamb or mutton – along with chapli kababs, Kabuli pulao, and a rich variety of rice dishes. Given this, the idea of a seafood outlet seems almost out of place. Yet, a young entrepreneur…

Can the fox guard the henhouse, is the saying. For Pakistan’s top court, it is the question of whether it can judge itself. The Supreme Court is questioning whether it can determine its own composition as it considers petitions challenging a controversial change to the Constitution that reshaped Pakistan’s judiciary. During Monday’s hearing, judges on the eight-member constitutional bench raised pointed questions about whether they could hear a case challenging the very amendment that created their bench. Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail put it this way: “If we are the beneficiaries [of the Amendment], can we not be on the bench?”…

Quantum computing background concept.Blackdovfx | E+ | Getty ImagesThe rally in quantum computing names continued on Monday after JPMorgan Chase announced it as one of the areas it would invest in as part of a new initiative.The bank said in a release that it would invest up to $10 billion in companies across four areas: supply chain and advanced manufacturing, defense and aerospace, energy technology, and frontier and strategic technologies — which includes quantum computing.Arqit Quantum shares closed up 20%, while D-Wave Quantum ended 23% higher and Rigetti Computing gained 25%. IONQ climbed 16%, and Quantum Computing stock gained 12%.”It…

A sessions court in Lahore has dismissed the bail plea of Khawaja Aqeel alias Gogi Butt, the prime suspect in the Ameer Balaj murder case, due to his non-appearance before the court. The case has gained renewed attention following the death of Gogi’s cousin and co-accused, Khawaja Tareef Gulshan alias Teefi Butt, who was killed in a police encounter last week. Additional District and Sessions Judge Syed Najaf Haider Kazmi, hearing the case on Monday, noted, “Despite repeated summons, neither the accused nor his counsel appeared before the court, even though the interim bail had expired.” The Crime Control Department…

Oracle CEO, Clay Magouyrk, sits down with CNBC’s David Faber on Oct. 13, 2025. CNBCOracle CEO Clay Magouyrk, one of the two people tapped last month to lead the software company, is confident that OpenAI will be able to cover the costs of the massive amount of cloud infrastructure services it consumes.In an interview with CNBC’s David Faber at Oracle’s AI World conference on Monday, Magouyrk said “of course” OpenAI can pay $60 billion for a year’s worth of cloud resources. In July, OpenAI agreed to a five-year deal with Oracle that’s worth more than $300 billion.”Just look at the…

The Pakistan Army team has won a gold medal at the prestigious Exercise Cambrian Patrol 2025, held in Wales, United Kingdom, from October 3 to 13. This year marked the 66th edition of the globally renowned military competition. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the exercise maintained its highly demanding professional standards, testing the endurance, tactical skills, and teamwork of participating patrols from around the world. Teams were required to navigate 60 kilometers of difficult and inhospitable terrain within 48 hours, completing a series of specialised military tasks in a contested environment that simulated real combat conditions. A total…

Kicking off the week with a bang, OpenAI announced another massive data center buildout partnership. This time with Club name and custom semiconductor industry leader Broadcom. Shares of Broadcom soared as much as 10.7% on Monday after the two companies revealed that they have been working for 18 months on custom-designed chips optimized for inference, the process of running AI models on a day-to-day basis. Deployment of 10 gigawatts of the co-designed chips, which will be networked through Broadcom’s Ethernet stack, is set to start late next year. Broadcom stock has gained roughly 54% year to date. The news is the…

The Punjab government has once again pushed local government elections into uncertainty by rushing through a new law, the Punjab Local Government Act 2025, just as the Election Commission of Pakistan had begun delimitations under the existing 2022 law. The ECP had already notified its schedule for delimitations at the union council level under the Punjab Local Government Act 2022 and commenced groundwork across the province. According to the commission’s plan, preliminary delimitations will be completed by October 31, displayed publicly on November 1, followed by objections until November 16 and final publication on December 8. The ECP had also set up…

The entrance to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, is seen on February 7, 2024. Robyn Beck | AFP | Getty ImagesThe Jet Propulsion Laboratory unit of NASA said Monday that it will lay off about 550 employees — 11% of JPL’s workforce — as part of a restructuring.The job cuts “are not related to the current government shutdown,” JPL Director Dave Gallagher said in a message to the unit that was posted on the lab’s website.JPL is a research and development lab funded by NASA — the federal space agency — and managed by the California Institute of…

A salesperson (left) shows vehicles to a shopper at a Toyota dealership.Getty ImagesDETROIT — Look no further than the automotive industry for the latest indication that U.S. consumers could be facing a “K-shaped” economy, where the wealthy keep seeing gains while those who have lower incomes struggle.The average price paid for a new vehicle last month topped $50,000 for the first time ever, Cox Automotive’s Kelley Blue Book reported Monday. Meanwhile, auto loan delinquency rates remain near all-time highs for those with low credit ratings.Consumers who can afford a new vehicle are on a buying spree, while those on tighter…