Karachi police formulate anti-drug policy with educational institutions

KARACHI: Recognising the growing threat of narcotics consumption in the city’s educational institutions, the city’s South Zone police have prepared an anti-drug policy in collaboration with the heads of 22 universities and schools.

Speaking to _Dawn_ on Monday, South Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Syed Asad Raza said: “Recognising the need for a coordinated, proactive and sustainable…

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FIA offloaded nearly 39,800 passengers in 2025 to curb human smuggling, official says

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) offloaded 39,786 passengers in 2025 under a “lawful, intelligence-driven and risk-based system” to curb irregular migration and human smuggling, a top official said on Sunday.

Speaking to a select group of senior journalists, Immigration Additional Director General Nouman Siddiqui said passenger offloading, often criticised publicly, was…

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The War in Iran Has Triggered a Helium Crisis

The war in Iran has cut off access to a large share of global helium resources, which are needed for lifesaving medical procedures and semiconductor production. This crisis could have been avoided if the US hadn’t sold its stockpile to private companies.


Pipes for exploratory drilling for helium lie ready in a field in Germany. (Bernd Wüstneck / dpa / picture alliance via Getty…

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Can America Handle a $30 Minimum Wage?

In 2012, in what _The New York Times_ called “the biggest wave of job actions in the history of America’s fast-food industry,” workers in New York City walked off their jobs and held a protest demanding a $15 minimum wage. The so-called Fight for $15 was born, and over the next few years workers in cities around the country joined the protests, while the federal minimum wage continued to languish…

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Subhed of the Day

None of This Would Have Been Legal If They’d Sent Competent Adults. But the Fact That They Sent Smirking Little Sh%$s Makes It So Much Worse.

—Liz Dye at Law and Chaos , describing how the DOGE bros comported themselves when forced into sworn depositions. (%$ mine)

Yeah, these smirking assholes make it much worse. (BTW, the hed is, "DOGE Bros Had More Fun Burning Down Government Than…

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The ‘AI slop’ backlash kills Sora

OpenAI just killed Sora.

That’s an amazing development. When the company rolled out the video-creation site, and later the app, reviewers called it a trailblazer because it combined video creations with sound effects, spoken dialog, and the ability for users to generate a specific character using a reference image and reuse them in multiple videos (a Sora 2 feature called “Character”).

Sora was…

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Repatriation of Afghans via Torkham resumes

KHYBER: Deportation and return of undocumented Afghan nationals via the Torkham border resumed on Thursday after the border was reopened for one-way pedestrian movement following its month-long closure due to clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Officials at a temporary transit point established near the Hamza Baba mausoleum in Landi Kotal told _Dawn_ that as many as 50 Afghans, who were…

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PM Shehbaz meets Rubio after Board of Peace summit in Washington

WASHINGTON: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday, with the two sides discussing cooperation in critical minerals, energy, counter-terrorism and prospects for increased American investment, according to a State Department statement.

Earlier Thursday, the Pakistani leader also addressed the inaugural session of a Gaza peace forum led by President Donald…

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