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Youtube’s new feature could help in marketing and to promote website traffic. PHOTO: PIXABAY A landmark social media addiction trial resumed Monday with a YouTube executive insisting that the Google-owned company’s aim was to give people value, not hook them on harmful binge-viewing. YouTube vice president of engineering Cristos Goodrow was pressed to defend the company’s self-styled “big, hairy, audacious goal,” set more than a decade ago, to increase viewer time to more than a billion hours a day by 2016. As he did last week when Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg testified in the same Los Angeles court, plaintiff’s…

. The government has extended a fresh olive branch to the opposition. This new talks offer has come from the Advisor to the Prime Minister on Political Affairs, Rana Sanaullah, in response to a fiery speech on the floor of the Upper House by the Leader of the Opposition in Senate, Raja Nasir Abbas, wherein he demanded the formation of a parliamentary committee to meet the incarcerated former prime minister, Imran Khan, and examine his health condition. Sanaullah’s hint at a grand huddle to “strengthen and take forward” the 2006 Charter of Democracy is worth appreciating. In fact, that is…

Photo: Timothee Chalamet shares major learnings after working with ‘favourite’ director Christopher Nolan Timothée Chalamet has opened up about what it was like working with acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan. The actor recently sat down with his Interstellar co-star Matthew McConaughey for a candid conversation with Variety, where the pair reflected on their experience collaborating with the celebrated director. During the discussion, McConaughey asked Chalamet what he had taken away from working with Nolan. “Shit, man,” the actor began before praising the filmmaker. “Nolan is my favorite director to this day. ‘The Dark Knight’ made me want to act. ‘Inception’ inspired me.…

At current prices, the looted gold is worth around $70 million. PHOTO: PIXABAY KARACHI: Prices of gold and silver increased in international and domestic markets on Tuesday. In the international bullion market, the price of gold per ounce rose by $34 to reach $5,172. In local markets, the price of gold per tola increased by Rs3,400, reaching Rs539,962. The price of gold per 10 grams also rose by Rs2,915, reaching Rs462,930. Silver prices also saw an upward trend. The price of silver per tola increased by Rs192 to Rs9,286, while the price per 10 grams rose by Rs165 to Rs7,961.…

‘War in the region is in no one’s interest,’ says envoy Reza Amiri MoghadamIranian Ambassador to Pakistan Reza Amiri Moghadam speaking at the Islamabad Institute of Strategic Studies PHOTO: EXPRESS ISLAMABAD: Iran on Tuesday voiced concern over rising tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan and called for continued efforts to ease relations. Speaking at the Islamabad Institute of Strategic Studies, Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Reza Amiri Moghadam said, “War in the region is in no one’s interest.” He added that the common enemies of Pakistan and Iran are promoting terrorism and separatism, warning: “We must remain vigilant.” Late Saturday night, Pakistan…

. When subversion intersects with an insurgency, the movement shifts from purely armed confrontation to a broader strategy designed to weaken the state from within. The classical insurgency doctrine emphasises that militant violence alone rarely defeats a state; in fact, an armed struggle combined with political, psychological, economic and informational tools erodes legitimacy and fractures institutional cohesion of a country. Subversion therefore operates as a parallel line of action alongside insurgent attacks. While militant operations aim to sap the strength of security forces with an attrition mindset, subversion targets governance credibility, public trust and administrative functionality of a state with…

PUBLISHED February 22, 2026 KARACHI: For more than a week, Pakistan’s T20 World Cup campaign was framed less by cricket and more by choice. The initial decision to boycott the match against India shifted the conversation from team balance and match-ups to principle and precedent. When Bangladesh requested reconsideration, and Pakistan eventually agreed to take the field, the narrative pivoted again. The question was no longer whether the game would be played, but what it would mean once it was. Amid that uncertainty, the team itself remained a source of expectation. Back home, fans spoke less about politics and more…

In Jalisco’s state capital Guadalajara, schools remain closed and most public transportation suspended. A soldier stands guard on a street in a tourist area a day after a series of blockades and attacks by organized crime following a military operation in which cartel boss Nemesio Oseguera, “El Mencho,” was killed in Jalisco state, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, February 23, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS Mexico has deployed 10,000 troops to quell clashes sparked by the killing of the country’s most-wanted drug lord that have claimed dozens of lives, officials said on Monday. Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera, leader of the Jalisco New Generation…

A photo of a TTP member. PHOTO: FILE Russia’s Foreign Ministry has said that between 20,000 and 23,000 terrorist fighters are currently operating in Afghanistan, with more than half of them foreign nationals. According to the ministry’s report, the total number of terrorists from international organisations active in Afghanistan is estimated at 20,000 to 23,000, and more than half are foreign fighters. Key groups include ISIS, with about 3,000 members; the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), with between 5,000 and 7,000 members; Al-Qaeda, numbering between 400 and 1,500 members; the Islamic Movement of East Turkestan (ETIM), with 300 to 1,200 members; the…

PM’s spokesperson says security forces responded immediately to silence the aggressionA Pakistani soldier keeps vigil at the border fencing along with Afghanistan. PHOTO:AFP/FILE Security forces responded immediately to stop unprovoked firing by the Afghan Taliban at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border on Tuesday amid intense friction between the two countries, according to the prime minister’s spokesperson. “The Afghan Taliban regime initiated unprovoked firing along the Pakistan-Afghanistan Border in Torkham and Tirah sub-sectors. Pakistan’s security forces responded immediately and effectively, silencing the Taliban aggression,” said Mosharraf Zaidi, who is Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s spokesperson for foreign media. He warned that any further provocation…