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Freelancers earned $1.76bn last year, up 78 per cent. Upwork’s wallet payouts and new certification refunds help, but getting paid, staying safe and building skills still cost too much
Meta says millions more teenagers will be moved into restricted accounts, even if they have listed an adult birthday
The Punjab government blames fireworks across the border in part, and an assessment of how much came from where is due on Tuesday
Water has broken into the extension twice in 15 months. Pakistan needs this dam, which is why it needs the inquiry findings on the table and not another assurance
The American band played for students in Islamabad and headlined a concert for the United States’ 250th anniversary, the US Embassy says
The defence minister says power and funds must move from provincial capitals to local institutions, as the MQM-P renews its demand for new administrative units in Sindh
A spy memo, a board inquiry and a confession from Jensen Huang: what the scandal at the world’s most important chipmaker means for the contest between Washington and Beijing, and for Pakistan
A combative new chief of staff, prosecutors pointed at Democrats and a cage-fighting promoter offered the press podium: what Trump’s first four days after the midterms say about the next two years, and what they mean for Pakistan
In his first sit-down interview since the midterms, the US president put hostility towards Israel alongside the Iran war and fuel prices, and said he did not disagree with JD Vance’s verdict on the defeat
The military says the terrorists used the mosques in Muzak village to store explosives and run torture cells, and that a clearance operation is continuing in the area
The Punjab chief minister removed an officer who moved an intermediate exam for her visit and ordered no closures for her tours. The order now needs to become a rule for every province
WAPDA says a weak rock mass gave way during tunnel excavation and that no one was hurt; the Haripur administration says a protective bund breached and an inquiry will look into the cause
An engineer from Multan built two robot waitresses in his own workshop, mostly from local parts. Now families are crossing the city to watch them bring food to the table
The firm, led by NUST graduate Harris Ahmed, beat 17 international startups at Plug and Play’s November summit with technology that trains people and machines in simulated worlds
The president’s post came hours after Iran’s foreign minister told Washington to accept Tehran’s two-day offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face war
The chip giant’s directors say they have no reason to believe secrets were compromised, as Huang tells staff he was unfaithful to his wife and is ‘deeply sorry’
Hindus across Sindh and Punjab marked the festival of lights with diyas, sweets and fireworks, often joined by Muslim neighbours, as the country’s leaders sent their greetings
The city’s first Muslim mayor marked the festival with a wordless two-minute short of New Yorkers building a rangoli and lighting clay lamps, ending on a single line: ‘Happy Diwali, New York!’
Iran’s foreign minister says the US midterm result leaves the White House with a choice: meet Tehran’s conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, or see its forces ‘rain down hell’
The Yashar leader has 28 days to turn the backing of 67 lawmakers into a coalition that can replace Benjamin Netanyahu, and warned that anyone who blocks it will be remembered for failing Israel
The president blamed the Democrats’ sweep for a one-day, $3 trillion stock market loss and promised Republicans would be back ‘bigger and stronger than ever before’
Pilgrims can no longer register or pay for the vaccines Saudi Arabia requires through Pak ID or e-Sahulat, and are being told to go to Border Health Services directly
Pakistan recovered from 61 for five to chase down 209 with three wickets to spare in Oman and go top of Group A at the Under-19 Asia Cup
The province’s home secretary says witnesses, prosecutors and judges in terrorism cases will be shielded, as the police get money to close gaps in manpower, surveillance and counter-drone defences
As global investors gather for PMIF26, Pakistan must look beyond mineral extraction and invest in the infrastructure, skills and industries that can turn its geological wealth into lasting prosperity
The new auto policy starts from an honest diagnosis. It will be judged on the dates, the enforcement and the sums the government has not yet shown
Hydrogen chloride rising from fresh cracks on the flanks of the Alba Mons volcano suggests magma may still be stirring beneath the planet’s surface, scientists say
The Punjab chief minister says intermediate Computer Science papers postponed for her visit will be held on Tuesday as first scheduled, after removing the official who recommended the delay
“90% of Indians have feudal, not rational, mindsets, full of casteism and communalism, which I often call ‘gobar’, so they are unfit to vote,” writes former Supreme Court of India Justice Markandey Katju.
Saudi Arabia says an Aramco administrative building in the capital was hit in an attempted attack, with no one hurt, as air defences destroyed four Houthi missiles fired at Riyadh and the south
Alan Walker flew in. Fred again.. and Lost Frequencies reworked hits made after office hours. Inside the bedroom-studio boom that has put Pakistani songs on the world’s decks, and across the border
Eight companies, from SpaceX to Blue Origin, will compete to fly cargo to the Moon, and a nuclear-powered rover built from Mars rover spares is headed for the lunar south pole in 2028
The Democrats leader says the prime minister cannot be part of “fixing Israel” and accuses him of nurturing Hamas rule, hours after Herzog chose Eisenkot to form the next government
The Yashar leader will be formally tasked at 5pm on Sunday and will then have 28 days to build a coalition, as Netanyahu calls for a unity government instead
The president wants White to bring Khabib Nurmagomedov, Islam Makhachev and four other fighters as his assistants, “even though some are not from our Country”
Days after losing Congress, the president says Democrats are threatening the attorney general, Republican donors and young conservatives, and names Senator Elissa Slotkin
From temple courtyards in Karachi to Tharparkar, families are preparing for the festival of lights on Sunday, with a holiday in Sindh on Monday and state celebrations in Punjab
Feeders across Islamabad and Rawalpindi go off on Sunday, and parts of Lahore and nearby districts from Sunday to Tuesday, for maintenance. Here is who is affected and how to prepare
Thousands of lights were reflected in the sacred pool at Amritsar as Sikhs prepared for Bandi Chhor Divas and Hindus for the festival of lights, which falls on Sunday
The drug regulator’s new formula label is welcome. But Pakistan has had a strong law against formula marketing since 2002, and it has barely been enforced
