A Lahore court ordered musician Meesha Shafi to pay 5 million PKR as compensation to Ali Zafar. The ruling stems from a dispute that became Pakistan’s most prominent #MeToo case.
Analyst Burhan-ud-din Awan said that Pakistan’s ‘backdoor diplomacy and foreign policy, supported by Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir’ have played a significant role in bringing Iran to the negotiating table.
Rimsha Colony, one of the largest informal settlements in Islamabad, is home to thousands of working-class residents, many of them Christians employed as sanitation workers and domestic labourers.
Aimal Wali Khan, the leader of the Awami National Party, has long spoken out against the cross-border tensions between the Taliban and Islamabad, and Pakistan's support for the regime in Kabul.
Some Pakistanis expressed their anger against the Pakistani military, with one user saying that ‘the generals have failed at everything they have done since 2022 and they will continue to fail’.
Local reports said Hamza Ahmad Khan told his sister that he was in the custody of Pakistan’s National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency, detained in connection with ‘defamatory posts’ made online.
Pakistan’s decision to withdraw the boycott came after an ICC delegation held meetings with PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi regarding the team’s participation in the ICC T20 match against India.
According to Dawn, Islamabad has 30,000 manholes, of which 1,657 are bare. In 2025, uncovered sewers led to the death of 24 people in Karachi, five of them children.
An estimated 80,000 people have now already left Tirah for Peshawar. Many say the evacuation has been rushed, poorly coordinated and dangerous, unfolding amid heavy snowfall.
French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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