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Street brawls, bottle fights, stolen cakes—chaos erupts on Pakistan’s Independence Day

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif led Pakistan’s 79th Independence Day celebrations in Lahore, with official ceremonies and public festivities held across the city.

At centre of abduction & sexual assault case involving Pakistan Dy PM’s grandson, a crypto deal offer

Ishaq Dar's grandson, Muhammad Raza Dar & 3 others were arrested last week after allegedly abducting & sexual assaulting a Dutch and a Venezuelan woman.

Lahore’s Aitchison College has a classroom named after an Indian—it’s a tale of two friends

In 1986, when Aitchison celebrated its centenary, Harcharan Singh Brar returned as part of a delegation of alumni from India, and met his friend Syed Babar Ali.

Pakistan court upholds death penalty for 2 men convicted of 2020 gang rape of French woman

The case saw massive protests in 2020 after a French woman of Pakistani origin was attacked on 10 September 2020 while traveling with her three young children on the Sialkot-Lahore Motorway. It also led to new laws against rape in the country.

Pakistan defers move to restore Hindu-era names of Lahore areas. Will gather public opinion now

According to a Dawn report, the decision has been deferred because some extremist elements took on CM Maryam Nawaz by giving the issue a religious colour.

In Lahore, Islampura is now Krishan Nagar—Pakistan is changing street names to honour history

Backed by Nawaz Sharif, the 50 billion PKR project aims to restore the city’s syncretic, multi-faith identity after decades of neglect.

Mera Lyari, Pakistan’s answer to Dhurandhar, sold 22 tickets on opening day. Out of cinemas now

Sharjeel Inam Memon, a senior minister in Sindh province, publicly described Mera Lyari as a corrective step to what he called “India’s negative propaganda.”

Pakistani police detain Sheema Kermani, other Aurat March organisers—‘shrinking liberties’

The incident occurred when Sheema Kermani went to Karachi Press Club to obtain an NOC for the upcoming Aurat March, an annual protest to combat patriarchal violence in Pakistan.

2nd attempt in less than a year: LeT co-founder Amir Hamza shot at by unidentified gunmen in Lahore

Amir Hamza was recruited by LeT commander Lakhvi. Attack took place Thursday in Lahore when Hamza was travelling in vehicle owned by Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi’s TV channel.

Anne Hathaway’s Devil Wears Prada bag puts Pakistani brand in the spotlight

Founded in 2016 by Hirra Babar, Warp is a Lahore-based contemporary leather goods label showcasing modern designs.

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.