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AI tried matchmaking Ellyse Perry and Babar Azam — real people took the bait

In the AI-generated image, Ellyse Perry is down on one knee with a ring as Babar Azam stands with his hand extended in a cricket ground. Both are seen wearing jerseys of Australia's Big Bash League.

What are Hamas commanders doing in Pakistan?

As part of Hamas' efforts to gather international support, Hamas' envoy in Tehran, Khaled Qaddoumi, has also been participating actively in rallies and events in Pakistan.

Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman joins PSL after IPL removal. Pakistanis say ‘masterstroke’

The PSL announced Mustafizur Rahman’s entry in the league in a post on X, saying that ‘batters better shake carefully’.

Pakistan’s deleted article and the birth of a new youth icon

A scathing op-ed on youth dissent vanished online, reportedly after instructions from the Pakistan Army’s media wing ISPR, fuelling debate, dissent, and backlash.

ISPR censoring media coverage of UAE-Saudi Arabia tensions in Yemen, says US news outlet

While The Express Tribune initially reported on tensions in the Gulf, those articles went missing from its website the next day. It was only Dawn that continued to report on the matter. But even that was selective.

Pakistani newspapers’ advice for government in 2026—‘try governance, not control’

Pro-government newspapers painted a picture of geopolitical resurgence. Others highlighted the steady squeeze on fundamental rights and structural issues that threaten economic growth.

This Belgian content creator is making Pakistanis dance

Edouard Jacqmin has impressed Pakistanis, who are convinced that he will settle in the country.

Pakistan’s Asia One hasn’t paid salaries for months. Journalists say ‘we refuse to learn’

Pakistani journalists rallied against Asia One, seen as a front for the country’s Army, after a letter went viral where employees were asking the authorities to pay their dues.

Brain drain or gain? Pakistanis blame ‘hard state’ amid exodus of doctors, engineers

Across social media, Pakistanis have a consensus: while the country is going nowhere, its people are going everywhere.

‘National icon sold off like scrap,’ says Pakistani economist about PIA privatisation

PIA was once seen as the pride of not just Pakistan but South Asian aviation. Then came a decades-long decline and billions in losses.

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Trump tariffs, import dependence are holding back America’s manufacturing renaissance

Better tax, regulatory, and monetary policy should indeed provide a tailwind for manufacturing, but the sector will probably continue to struggle.

Designed to oversee corn & crude futures, Wall Street regulator grapples with crypto, sports gambling

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is on the precipice of gaining new crypto oversight as lawmakers continue to negotiate major legislation.

The curious case of Pakistan’s JF-17 ‘orders’

Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines. 

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.