How zakat, the traditional charity tax, is helping Pakistan fight its coronavirus battle
Several people in Pakistan offering zakat, usually given around Ramzan, early to help poor and needy who are especially vulnerable to the pandemic.
Pakistani designer panned after her husband sends Covid-19 positive cook back to village
Pakistani fashion designer Maria Butt’s husband was arrested Tuesday for sending their cook, a coronavirus patient, back to his village without alerting authorities.
Pakistan media mogul’s ‘illegal’ arrest sparks protests, even in UK
Journalists have been protesting against the arrest of Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, the Editor-in-Chief of Jang-Geo Group, calling it an attack on press freedom.
Pakistan prepares for Aurat Azadi March but Lal Masjid clerics call it obscene
A group of goons and clerics vandalised a mural painted by a few women on the walls of a house in Islamabad, claiming it was 'obscene'.
First woman journalist in Pakistan’s Swat says press club denied membership due to gender
Shaista Hakim alleges that her journalistic credentials of 9 years were never acknowledged by the local journalistic community in Swat because she is a woman.
Sidhu, Saudi Crown Prince or Erdoğan — Imran Khan says anyone can be Pakistan PM
Pakistan's PM Imran Khan has the same joke for visiting world leaders, and there's a montage to prove it.
Peshawar school massacre victims’ parents move court over mastermind Taliban leader’s escape
Ehsanullah Ehsan, a former spokesperson of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, had masterminded the attack on Peshawar Army Public School and shot at Malala Yousafzai.
Foreign investors in Pakistan ‘cautious’ but optimistic about its future growth potential
A survey conducted among leading foreign investors of Pakistan showed 75% of respondents indicated willingness to recommend new FDI in the country to their parent companies.
Superheroes: Four-part web series on trials of urban Pakistani women to release soon
The series is produced by Teeli, a YouTube channel that calls itself an "alternative source" of entertainment in Pakistan.
Pakistan saw a spike in militancy in the New Year, but an 85% drop over the last decade
An Islamabad think-tank has found 27 people were killed in 15 instances of militancy last month following a ‘historical pattern of a rise in violence at the beginning of the year’.
What’s Pakistan without Saudi loan, oil and free royal jet rides for Imran Khan?
Pakistan was asked to repay $1bn of the Saudi loan, which it did by borrowing from China, but Qureshi called it an economic favour to the Arab nation in Covid-19.
Delays feared in RBI’s debt recast plan as Kamath panel seeks clarity on members, deadline
RBI has given the Kamath committee no deadline to submit its suggestions on loan restructuring plan, while two of its five members are yet to join.
Defence
30,000 additional troops in Eastern Ladakh, Army faces stiff task housing them for winter
There is an infrastructure shortage in Eastern Ladakh, stemming from the fact that such large-scale movement of troops was unheard of in the region, and due to the challenging terrain.
Modi redefined secularism with Ram Mandir as Hindu voters were fed up of Sonia-Left version
Assumptions that Indian secularism died with Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan are bunk. It is enshrined in the Constitution, and is worth preserving.