Pakistani AI startup RLabs wins award at Silicon Valley summit
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
TT Islamabad Bureau
Reporting from the federal capital by The Thursday Times' Islamabad bureau.
NADRA stops flu and meningitis jab bookings for Umrah travellers
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
Power cuts this weekend in Lahore, Islamabad and Rawalpindi: check your area
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
Six satellite internet firms, Starlink among them, still await licences
All six are registered as companies in Pakistan, but none can sell internet until the space regulator signs off and the interior ministry clears their foreign directors and shareholders
Biology silver and a first AI team: HEC honours 23 olympiad students
Pakistan’s teams won 14 awards at this year’s International Science Olympiads, led by Hassan Atif Cheema’s silver medal in biology
Pakistan would consider a visa for Indian Punjab’s chief minister, FO says
Whether Bhagwant Mann can travel is for India to decide, the spokesperson said, adding that Pakistan has issued more than 13,000 pilgrim visas to Indians since the start of 2025 and the Kartarpur Corridor is ready to reopen
Pakistani astronaut to be first foreigner on China’s space station
A Pakistani payload specialist will fly to Tiangong on the Shenzhou-24 mission and return on Shenzhou-23, in the first joint flight of China’s crewed space programme
Misbah Arshad leaves for Miss Universe ‘draped in Pakistani fabric’
Pakistan’s Miss Universe 2026 set off for Puerto Rico in a custom look, three months after winning her crown in a white gown with royal blue crystals
Turkish ship to start searching Pakistan’s seabed for oil and gas this month
A seismic vessel from Türkiye’s state offshore oil company is due in Karachi between November 17 and 20 to begin mapping an offshore block it operates
27 bottled water brands failed safety tests. Check yours against the list
The government’s water research council tested 223 brands from 20 cities between July and September. Most failures were bacterial, and several have names close to big brands that passed
