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For Pakistani women in this KP town, access to open spaces is no walk in the park

Local clerics, along with hundreds of students, lawyers and even journalists, stormed the park on Sunday demanding that women be stopped from enjoying the facility.

Pakistan creates Salman Khan’s Bigg Boss masala with Tamasha Ghar. Of course, viewers love it

The fresh element in Tamasha Ghar is that, unlike Salman Khan in Bigg Boss, host Adnan Siddiqui lives with the contests in the house.

Pakistan has a new best friend this week — Qatar

The public response to the deployment of the Pakistani armed forces in Qatar for the football world cup has been overwhelmingly negative.

Arrest looms on Imran Khan but help can come from the opposition camp—Asif Ali Zardari

FIR registered against Imran Khan after he threatened to file cases against police officers and political opponents due to aide Shahbaz Gill’s alleged torture.

Singing in each other’s tongue—Buhe Bariyan in Beijing echoes China-Pakistan friendship

China has been known to frequently deploy a soft approach to diplomacy by frequently holding events that see singers and dancers engage in other cultures.

Pakistan assembly just got its first lesson on pronouns

Trans woman Bubbli Malik requested the Speaker to address by saying the words ‘Hazreen-e-Mehfil’, meaning ‘people present at the gathering’, rather than ‘Ladies & Gentlemen’.

Nawaz Sharif plans return from exile. Pakistanis join Imran Khan in throwing down a challenge

PMLN government led by Shehbaz Sharif is planning to make relevant amendments to lift the Supreme Court’s ban on Nawaz Sharif and ease him back into Pakistani politics.

A hockey turf in Pakistan ripped off for Imran Khan’s political pitch. Not so sportsmanlike

For Imran Khan's 13 August rally at National Hockey Stadium in Lahore, the astroturf has been removed to accommodate the large crowd. Pakistanis are not happy.

Elections to auctions—lions are Pakistan’s obsession. But without welfare concerns

Lahore Zoo had to cancel a lion auction amid criticism from WWF and animal rights activists. It has put a big question mark on Pakistan’s animal welfare policy.

Pakistani India-baiter confuses Neeraj Chopra with Ashish Nehra, Sehwag leads meme brigade

Pakistani conspiracy theorist Zaid Hamid hoped to congratulate Javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem for bagging gold at CWG. As usual, his facts weren’t right.

On Camera

How Modi govt’s Atmanirbhar policy could have hobbled BSNL’s efforts to catch up in 4G race

Restrictions on use of equipment from global vendors have necessitated new indigenous technology being developed, tested & deployed—further delaying BSNL's 4G & 5G launch.

IAF chief AP Singh red-flags Tejas delay, says China ahead in technology & production capacity

Air force chief says HAL needs to churn out 24 aircraft per year. It is important for IAF to have indigenous weapons systems to deal with any security challenges, he says.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?