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Text

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Voice note

It listens in Urdu, Punjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and English, and replies in text, or in voice if you ask.

Photo or screenshot

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PDF or document

A notice, a form, a judgment, a prospectus.

A link

A news story or an official page. It reads the page and answers from the record.

What comes back.

Ye kaghaz kya keh raha hai?

Seedhi baat[What the notice says, in plain words.]
Deadline: [date]. Bring: CNIC, [document].■■■■ Confirmed · read against [rule], [date]Full explainer: thursdaytimes.com/[slug]

why?

The proof1 [Authority]: [notification], [date]
2 Thursday Times explainer, [reporter], [date]
Checked by [name] at [time].

A plain answer

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The proof row

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The link to our story

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A few words it knows.

You never need them. They are shortcuts for the things people ask most.

You sendIt does
dailyTurns the morning digest on, at the time you choose. Send it again to turn it off.
kaamLists the services it can walk you through. “kaam passport” goes straight to one.
checkWith a forward: checks it and sends the verdict back, ready to pass on.
urdu · englishSwitches the language it answers in. It will also follow the language you write.
remind meSets a reminder before a deadline from any notice or service.
whySends the proof behind the last answer: every source, and who checked.
deskReaches a person at The Thursday Times rather than Thursday AI.
exportSends you a copy of everything held against this number.
deleteDeletes everything Thursday AI holds about this number, and confirms.
stopNo more messages until you write again.

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