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Dawn columnist Abbas Nasir’s farewell op-ed divides Pakistan: Govt pressure or self-interest?

Veteran journalist Abbas Nasir cites advertising pressure and threats to editorial independence in the final column, which focussed on tensions in the Persian Gulf.

Ali Zafar wins defamation case on #MeToo allegations—activists rally behind Meesha Shafi

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.

‘Global player, next for Nobel, clear headed’—Pakistanis think Munir can bring peace to Iran

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.

Pakistan asks Christians to vacate Islamabad colony. Says it’s govt land

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.

Frontier Gandhi’s great-grandson slams Pakistan over Taliban ties, posts ‘Jai Hind’ on India’s win

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.

Pakistanis are fed up with wars. They are now asking Taliban to ‘deal’ with Asim Munir

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’.

‘Attack on dissent’—Pakistan arrests Canadian scholar over ‘defamatory posts’

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.

Pakistanis say BCCI, ICC won’t survive without their team—‘we are not optional’

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.

Pakistan crackdown on manhole cover thefts. ‘Full blown emergency’

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.

Pakistan Army displacing people to fight TTP. Shehbaz govt says they’re moving voluntarily

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.

On Camera

The US birthright citizenship dilemma—What makes a citizen?

Political sentiment is clearly moving against easier immigration, let alone granting of citizenship to “people not like us”.

Air India CEO Campbell Wilson steps down amid turbulent times, to remain till successor is announced

Development comes days after Air India’s biggest rival IndiGo hired aviation industry veteran Willie Walsh as its next CEO replacing Peter Elbers.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

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 insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

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.