Top Pakistani TV channel gets rid of anti-establishment cartoonist with no explanation
Pakistani channel Samaa TV tells Sabir Nazar, a leading voice in political satire, you are 'put on hold'.
Junoon’s return to Pakistan is every ’90s kid’s Christmas miracle
Two decades after it was banned in Pakistan, Sufi rock band Junoon is set to perform in Karachi today.
Pakistan’s youth are getting hooked to crystal meth and alarm bells are ringing in the govt
Pakistan's Interior Minister Shehryar Afridi raised the issue Tuesday, but even amid doubts on his facts, there is growing concern over the problem.
This Pakistan journalist chats with goats, interviews buffaloes, and is a viral sensation
Amin Hafeez has won more than a few fans, and critics, with his rather unconventional reportage.
Local tribal council negotiating talks with militants who burnt down schools in Diamer district
Here’s what’s happening across the border: Online petition launched asking Imran Khan to lift ban on release of film ‘Manto’ in Pakistan; Pakistan-Afghanistan border to be completed by December 2019.
Pakistan top court orders Imran Khan’s sister to pay tax and fine on foreign properties
Here’s what’s happening across the border: Imran Khan says Pakistan has arranged peace talks between US and Taliban; journalists in northwestern Pakistani city threaten protest over colleagues' arrest.
Didn’t cut Kulbhushan Jadhav’s mention from Pak finance minister’s interview, says BBC
Here’s what’s happening across the border: US to ensure Pak doesn't use IMF bailout to repay Chinese debt, and Voice of America’s Urdu and Pashto websites blocked in Pakistan.
Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Maneka most Googled person in Pakistan in 2018
Here’s what’s happening across the border: Human rights minister says US ignoring religious intolerance in India, andanti-graft body puts Shahbaz Sharif’s son on no-fly list.
Pakistan rejects US censure on its religious freedom violations
Here’s what’s happening across the border: Shah Mehmood Qureshi asks for India’s help to end the Afghan war; Balochistan cabinet calls CPEC spending in province so far a “joke”.
Pashtun activist Manzoor Pashteen, critical of Pak army, denied entry to Balochistan
Here’s what’s happening across the border: PML-N spokesperson says Imran Khan govt stole her party’s projects, and Mahira Khan-Fawad Khan starrer film first in Pakistan to get same-day release in China.
Electoral bonds are a constitutional hazard but transparency alone isn’t the solution
Supreme Court’s role in setting a reform agenda for political funding has to be limited and not extend to managing how parties function.
Is Supreme Court handling sexual harassment allegation against CJI Ranjan Gogoi correctly?
Two advocates Monday wrote to the Bar Council of India criticising it for its support to CJI Ranjan Gogoi and called the hearing a ‘travesty of justice’.
Defence
Indian Coast Guard increases maritime surveillance following Sri Lanka blasts
More ships and aircraft have been deployed to ensure India faces no security threat after a series of blasts killed 290 in Colombo, a Coast Guard official said.
Modi & Shah have turned India into ‘Jingostan’ & are out to conquer the paranoid country
The Modi-Shah BJP has resurrected dangers & the enemy from the past, and built a scary jingoism. It’s a great diversionary tactic, but it never ends well.