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Pakistan has performed its first-ever CAR T-cell therapy at the Armed Forces Bone Marrow Transplant Centre, with a 21-year-old patient making a full recovery. Pakistan joins the ranks of countries offering this cutting-edge cancer treatment.

Pakistan’s cybercrime agency has arrested 13 suspects in Lahore, Gujranwala, Faisalabad and Multan over anti-state social media campaigns, marking a more assertive move from the unit under NCCIA Punjab Director Muhammad Ali Waseem, who recently took charge.

The second phase of the Pakistan–Bangladesh Knowledge Corridor is set to launch soon, with Islamabad offering 500 scholarships at leading universities in a move that highlights growing educational and diplomatic ties between the two countries.

China has selected Muhammad Zeeshan Ali and Khurram Daud for astronaut training linked to a future Tiangong mission, with one expected to become the first foreign astronaut to enter the Chinese space station after completing evaluations in China.

Pakistan’s electricity shortages eased after a sharp rise in hydropower generation, cutting outages in some areas from around six hours a day to less than three and giving the country’s strained grid a measure of temporary relief.