Pakistan’s PTV decided to host a football show on the FIFA World Cup final and invited former cricketers Shoaib Akhtar and Bazid Khan as experts. It sparked widespread discussion online.
Criticism of the bill also came from within the governing Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, with former Pakistani railway minister Khawaja Saad Rafique condemning the proposal.
The violence began on 6 July when militants allegedly attacked a police outpost guarding the Mangi Dam construction site in Balochistan's mountainous Ziarat district.
According to Lahore police, the case came to light after the father of one of the women, both foreign nationals, contacted authorities, reporting that the alleged kidnappers had demanded a ransom of $1.5 million.
TV dramas are mainstay of Pakistan’s entertainment industry. The characters are mostly Muslim, even though the country is home to millions of minority groups.
Geo News apologised, claiming that the incident was an editorial error. Meanwhile, Pakistanis argued that the suspension was politically motivated rather than purely regulatory.
Ranked 198th in the world, Pakistan has never qualified for the FIFA World Cup. Now, in a complicated and unexpected way, they have a connection to it.
Government tells Parliament toll collections touched Rs 70,278 crore in 2025-26, Rajasthan has highest number of toll plazas, while expenditure on operating plazas is not maintained centrally.
Our education system is a destroyer of all talent by enforcing learning by rote, pushing students to coaching classes to ‘crack’ competitive exams. And then, papers leak.
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