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Wednesday, February 18, 2026
TopicMaryam Nawaz

Topic: Maryam Nawaz

Basant is back in Pakistan but not without the politics—Lahore vs Karachi, PTI vs PML-N

Many have labelled it a vote-bank tactic, while others are defending Basant as Lahore’s ‘love letter to itself that it forgot to post’.

Maryam Nawaz eclipsing the bride, ‘guard chacha’ Shehbaz—Pakistanis on their royal wedding

Junaid Safdar tied the knot with Shanzeh Ali Rohale on 17 January. It’s his second marriage, and Pakistanis are angry at the royal wedding.

Pakistanis want Maryam Nawaz to arrest husband. A 2017 anti-Ahmadi speech has surfaced

Seen as a vocal critic of secularism, Muhammad Safdar Awan, a former military personnel, has repeatedly targeted the Ahmadi community.

Maryam Nawaz lied. Imperial College London is not opening a campus in Lahore

Former chairman of the National Vocational and Technical Training Commission, Javed Hassan, said as an alumnus of Imperial College London, he was ‘bemused by the bold claim of a campus in Nawaz Sharif IT City’.

An amended law in Pakistan is giving govt free hand to book journalists. 99 cases in 2025

Pakistani journalists, digital rights advocates, and civil society have long been waging a war against the PECA law, which was originally passed in 2016 to combat cybercrime.

Pakistanis are battling dual crisis—floods and Maryam Nawaz’s ‘narcissism’

While the people of Punjab wade through knee-deep waters, the narrative surrounding Maryam Nawaz’s flood response has taken on a life of its own.

Pakistani Lion on the loose, rich owner watches—Lahore had one wild weekend

In Lahore alone, four lions were seized, four individuals arrested, and one property sealed.

Punjab govt renames Jinnah heart institute after Maryam Nawaz. Backtracks after backlash

One person wrote on X that Maryam Nawaz is proving to be a bigger narcissist than Imran Khan.

Maryam Nawaz brings new law to control publicity campaigns. Pakistanis call it ‘peak fascism’

The Punjab Public Awareness and Dissemination of Information Bill, 2025 seeks to create a legal framework for ‘awareness’ around government initiatives, ostensibly to promote transparency and public engagement.

Maryam Nawaz fired doctor who had already resigned. ‘TikTok mentality,’ say Pakistani doctors

Maryam Nawaz has been labelled as authoritarian, arrogant and autocratic by Pakistanis. According to a former doctor at the Mayo Hospital, the facility's funds are short of Rs 3.5 billion.

On Camera

Imagine if Epstein files named Rahul Gandhi or MK Stalin. What would BJP and TV media do?

The questions are not going to go away. But future generations will know who refused to ask the tough questions and who didn’t.

Tamil Nadu FM presents interim budget, attacks Centre for ‘artificially inflating’ state’s debt

DMK govt accuses Centre of withholding funds, tightening borrowing, unilateral deductions from state accounts. Says Centre's accounting & funding decisions have 'artificially inflated' debt burden.

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.