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KARACHI: As the final weeks of 2025 draw to a close, activity at the departure lounges of Pakistan’s international airports has become a visible marker of a deeper national shift. In a year shaped by fiscal tightening and digital friction, the country has solidified its position as one of the world’s most aggressive exporters of human talent. This is no longer limited to labourers seeking wages in the Gulf. It increasingly reflects a sustained outflow of high-value professionals, particularly digital workers, whose departure is systematically hollowing out the nation’s intellectual…

BEIJING: China and Pakistan have signed a package of cooperation documents and launched joint programmes to advance vocational education, with a focus on integrating industry needs with skills training. The agreements were announced at the “Seminar on International Cooperation and Exchange: Integration of Industry and Education in Vocational Education between China and Pakistan” held in Beijing. At the ceremony, 21 documents were signed and five cooperation platforms were unveiled, covering professional standards, shared teaching resources, faculty and curriculum development, and enterprise-linked training bases. Under the Professional Standards and International Teaching…

KARACHI: Even a week after the end of the goods transporters’ 10-day strike, the movement of import and export containers from various container terminals at Karachi Port has not returned to normal. According to Sheikh Waqas Anjum, General Secretary of the Karachi Customs Agents Association, the arrival of thousands of consignments that remained stuck at the port during the strike onto city roads has exposed serious weaknesses in the traffic management system. With the influx of cargo trucks, traffic pressure has increased not only on the roads surrounding the port,…

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has reminded telecom consumers that all SIMs must be registered in the user’s own name. The use of SIMs registered in another individual’s name is considered a violation of applicable regulations, and any misuse of a SIM shall be the sole responsibility of the registered user. In a press statement released on Thursday, the telecom-industry regulator further emphasised that consumers must ensure responsible use of their SIMs and telecommunication connections. “Users shall be individually accountable for all calls, messages, and data usage made through…