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Pakistan ready to spend $36 mn more to bail out Roosevelt Hotel, its prime asset in New York

Our prolific feature about Pakistan’s fascinating politics, economy, society, culture, cricket, fashion and more — stories beyond the routine headlines.

Slept on floor of Kuala Lumpur airport for 2 days, say passengers of seized Pakistan plane

Our prolific feature about Pakistan’s fascinating politics, economy, society, culture, cricket, fashion and more — stories beyond the routine headlines.

Imran Khan assures justice to family of 22-year-old ‘killed on purpose’ by Islamabad Police

Our prolific feature about Pakistan’s fascinating politics, economy, society, culture, cricket, fashion and more — stories beyond the routine headlines.

‘Fault in our taars’ to Imran’s ‘dark mode’ — how Pakistan hilariously lit up its blackout

As Pakistan plunged into long hours of darkness after massive breakdown in national power grid Saturday, the blackout led to hilarious tweets.

Why Hazaras in Pakistan’s Quetta have refused to bury 11 coal miners killed in IS attack

Eleven coal miners were abducted and killed Saturday in a terror attack claimed by Islamic State. Their families have since been leading a sit-in demonstration with the bodies.

5 police officers in Islamabad arrested and remanded after they ‘shot dead’ 21-yr-old

Usama Nadeem was shot six times by the police in the head, chest and back. The accused have been sent to three-day physical remand.

In Pakistan’s Punjab province, CM looks to promote qawwali programmes through cable TV

CM Usman Buzdar has asked officials to organise qawwali programmes on local cable in a move that is likely to have been inspired by Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Peshawar’s women polio workers accuse seniors of harassment, threaten to boycott vaccine drive

Female polio workers hold protest, urge heath minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa district to take note of situation that has allegedly led to some of them losing their jobs.

‘Can’t rule out foul play’ — activist Karima Baloch’s husband demands probe into her death

Thirty five-year-old human rights activist Karima Baloch was found dead in Toronto. A vocal critic of the Pakistan government, she had been granted asylum in Canada in 2016.

‘Soft diplomacy’ Pakistan style — Qatar royals get special permission to hunt endangered bird

New Delhi: The Pakistani government granted special permission to the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and 14 other members of his family,...

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.