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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.

Pakistanis can’t get enough of U19 coach Sarfaraz Ahmed. ‘He’ll transform new generation’

‘Sarfaraz is the ideal person. The least selfish Pakistani cricketer ever. And a winning mindset. He will transform our upcoming generation of players,’ wrote a Pakistani X user.

Pakistan offloaded 66,000 travellers this year. They were going to Riyadh to be beggars

Federal Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar accused trafficking gangs of “smuggling beggars abroad” and “tarnishing” Pakistan’s reputation.

Pakistan announces a film to counter Dhurandhar ‘propaganda’. It’ll celebrate Lyari

‘Lyari’s spirit cannot be silenced. While misinformation spreads, Mera Lyari will showcase the true story of pride, resilience, and progress,' said a PPP leader on X.

Pakistan doesn’t want Norwegian diplomat to attend Imaan Mazari’s trial. It’s ‘unwarranted’

Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday summoned the Norwegian ambassador Per Albert Ilsaas, urging him to “respect established diplomatic norms.”

This Pakistani professor is reviving Sanskrit in a Lahore university. ‘This is shared heritage’

For the first time since Partition, a university in Pakistan is teaching Sanskrit. It started as sociology professor Shahid Rasheed’s passion project—‘languages build bridges’

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.