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Thursday, April 9, 2026
TopicPakistan Day

Topic: Pakistan Day

Atif Aslam gets ‘cancelled’ for singing for Pakistani Army

The five-minute song, Sab Ka Shajra Pakistan, reportedly aims to honour national unity, resilience, and a collective commitment to progress.

Pakistan doesn’t need a grand military parade on borrowed money. This isn’t nation-building

Pakistani military’s India-centric cadet and defense colleges are echo chambers that do not intellectually equip officers for combating the enemy within.

PAF fighter pilot dies as F-16 crashes during Pakistan Day rehearsals

Wing Commander Noman Akram was the Commanding Officer of Sargodha-based 9 Squadron, which participated in Pakistan’s response to the Balakot air strikes.

LiLo, Maradona at Pakistan Day, and a rising tide of Chinese visitors

Pakistan to host Lindsay Lohan, Diego Maradona and more celebrities on Pakistan Day event on 23 March. Number of Pak visas for Chinese increase since CPEC.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Too early to draw lessons from US-Israel & Iran war, India monitoring like a hawk—Navy chief

Indian Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi said that the ongoing conflict in West Asia illustrates that speed is no longer merely an enabler of warfare but a distinct capability.

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.