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Karachi and Comic Con not oxymoron. This Pakistani city has a subculture of anime

The Karachi Comic Con, in its fifth edition, has built a space for ‘geeks’ and ‘nerds’ in Pakistan to be themselves. And it featured blasphemy and Partition too.

‘Uncivilised ghosts’: Unruly men gatecrash Karachi Eat food festival, harass and grope women

The tenth edition of three-day Karachi Eat, a food festival which began as a movement to reclaim public spaces, ended in utter chaos on 8 January.

Imran Inc: How Pakistani Generals manufactured ‘Mr Clean’ using disgraced billionaire’s funds

Fighting extradition to the US, Pakistani businessman Arif Naqvi is at the centre of a storm over his role in financing the rise of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf.

IndiGo’s Sharjah-Hyderabad flight diverted to Pak’s Karachi airport due to technical defect

This is the second Indian Airline to make a precautionary landing in Karachi in 2 weeks. No emergency was declared and the aircraft made a normal landing.

Karachi submerged in floods, Pakistanis ask govt about its ‘rain emergency plan’

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif said he was 'deeply saddened' by the damage caused and said that he had 'offered to extend every possible support' to the Sindh govt.

China condemns Karachi varsity blast and demands punishment to perpetrators

China also asked Pakistan to scale-up security for its nationals working in the country and demanded a thorough investigation in the matter.

No ‘Merry Christmas’ on cakes, people ask Karachi bakeries: ‘Are Christians lesser Pakistanis?’

Enraged by the incident, some users online accused Delizia of forgetting what the white in the Pakistan flag stands for — minority religion.

Minorities in Pakistan living nightmarish life, says BJP’s Sirsa after Karachi temple vandalism

BJP's Manjinder Singh Sirsa hits out at Imran Khan govt, says minorities in Pakistan 'don't have freedom of religion'.

12 killed as blast in underground sewage system rips through bank in Karachi

Police in Pakistan said they are investigating whether it was a gas pipeline or a build-up of methane that led to explosion. Most casualties were people inside the bank.

Karachi’s Safari Park finally knows the sex of its elephant. It’s Sonia, not Sonu

The startling revelation of the elephant's sex left Pakistani Twitter amused, wondering why zookeepers couldn't spot something this 'hard to miss'.

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Epstein files and what it means for the American anger against elites

All academic institutions, it is at Harvard, the richest and perhaps the most powerful academic institution in the world, that Epstein’s ties appear to have flourished most.

To meet fund crunch, Karnataka to auction plots in Bengaluru, raise Rs 4,000 crore

Siddaramaiah govt’s five schemes strain finances as GST changes hit revenues; debt to jump nearly Rs 80,000 crore. State also plans to auction liquor licences & extend bar timings.

Turkiye delivers second MILGEM-class corvette Khaibar to Pakistan Navy, two others in making

Contract for construction of four MILGEM-class ships was signed in 2018. PNS Bedir is to be delivered by June 2026, while PNS Tariq is due for delivery in first quarter of 2027.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.