Web archive - October 16, 2025

Pakistan, Islamabad

Explained: Pakistan-Afghanistan border conflict

Why Pakistan and Afghanistan went from signing deals to exchanging fire in weeks

Entertainment

Jim Carrey in talks to star in live-action ‘The Jetsons’ movie

Jim Carrey is in talks to play George Jetson in Warner Bros.’ upcoming live-action adaptation of 'The Jetsons'

Business

Relief for consumers as government slashes petrol by Rs5.66 per litre

Price of high-speed diesel reduced by Rs1.39 per litre

Pakistan

Nayyab Ali becomes first trans woman from Pakistan shortlisted for UN Special Rapporteur

She serves as Executive Director of Transgender Rights Consultants Pakistan and as Human Rights Fellow at Harvard

Entertainment

Kate McKinnon joins ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ season 3 as Aphrodite

Kate McKinnon will play Aphrodite, the goddess of love, in season 3 of Disney+’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Pakistan

Karachi's decades-old Afghan camp emptied as land mafias clash with police

Afghan camp was established in 1984 on more than 200 acres of govt-owned land, containing about 3,000 housing units

Pakistan

Section 144 extended as Punjab govt mulls TLP ban after violent protests

Provincial home department gives TLP one-month deadline to surrender illegal arms, register legal weapons

Entertainment

Keira Knightley responds to Harry Potter boycott question with laughter, amid JK Rowling controversy

Knightley addresses Harry Potter boycott over JK Rowling’s trans views after joining audiobook as Professor Umbridge

World

Makkah to get 900,000 new prayer spaces as MBS launches ‘King Salman Gate’

4.6-square-mile mixed-use project will improve access to the Grand Mosque

Entertainment

Oscar-nominated actress Penelope Milford dies at 77 in New York

Oscar-nominated actress Penelope Milford, known for her role in Coming Home, has died at the age of 77