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Pakistan’s never-ending nightmare of blasphemy laws has a new victim — a school principal

The latest sentencing by the Lahore court highlights the need for Pakistan to revisit its colonial-era blasphemy laws that are misused regularly.

Premdatta Varma, Bhagat Singh’s co-accused and India’s lesser-known freedom fighter

Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav should be the year when Panjab University finally recognises and honours Premdatta Varma’s role as freedom fighter by installing a plaque.

If you are driving in Lahore and unvaccinated, you won’t go far. No jab, no fuel

The unvaccinated in Lahore have a huge incentive before them now — of being able to access most social places. The stakes are high.

Creating ‘climate of fear’, India says after Maharaja Ranjit Singh statue damaged in Lahore

MEA says such attacks are increasing at an alarming rate and highlight growing intolerance and lack of respect for minority communities in Pakistan.

Pakistanis scratch their heads over Bhansali’s Netflix series on Lahore’s Heera Mandi

Actress Mansha Pasha had said, ‘because in Pakistan, a fictional narrative is often censored, others take up the stories that are native to our country.

Foreigner arrested from Lahore airport over bomb blast outside Hafiz Saeed’s home in Lahore

According to a report in The Dawn, the suspect, identified as Peter Paul David, is said to be the owner of the car used in the blast and was offloaded from a Karachi-bound flight.

3 killed in car bomb blast outside 26/11 attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s house in Lahore

The blast, in which 20 others were injured, took place at the place police picket outside Saeed's residence. It also sparked rumours at the site that Saeed was present in the house.

Lahore university stokes outrage for cancelling event on Bangladesh’s liberation from Pakistan

Lahore University of Management Sciences cancelled its online conference on 50th anniversary of Bangladesh liberation war without explanation earlier this week.

Not going to jail, says singer Meesha Shafi, couple trolled for renting lion cub at wedding

Our prolific feature about Pakistan’s fascinating politics, economy, society, culture, cricket, fashion and more — stories beyond the routine headlines.

Lahore university expels students for hugging & a trick that saved endangered goat species

Our prolific feature about Pakistan’s fascinating politics, economy, society, culture, cricket, fashion and more — stories beyond the routine headlines.

On Camera

Shah Rukh Khan’s India is about love, not hate. Chak De! India to My Name Is Khan

This year, Jawan and The Kerala Story both won National Awards. The irony was impossible to miss. One critiqued the system, the other endorsed its narratives. The dichotomy says more about India’s cultural schizophrenia than any film review ever could.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.