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Thursday, September 25, 2025
TopicPakistan government

Topic: Pakistan government

Pakistan formally recommends ‘genuine peacemaker’ Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

Trump lamented that he ‘won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize no matter what I do’. Nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 will only begin in October this year.

No Pakistani general has survived an extended term. Gen Asim Munir won’t be any different

Another five-year term for Gen Asim Munir after 2027 could open up a Pandora’s box, as it has for previous Pakistani generals during their second extended tenures.

‘India acting as judge, jury, executioner; prepared for any eventuality’: Pakistan disinfo continues

Foreign Office spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan says Pakistan reserves right to defend itself; urges the international community to respond to the situation.

Pakistan’s Parliament just signed its suicide note. New law gives army chief even more power

This added power for COAS Asim Munir isn’t very good for the ruling PML-N coalition. A more confident army chief could easily abandon the government and enter negotiations with Imran Khan.

Pakistani businesses don’t like tax compliance. Tajir Dost Scheme faces massive protests

The traders’ strike saw widespread market closures in Lahore, Multan, and Faisalabad. Traders in Islamabad also participated, marking a rare show of unity among various business sectors.

Beep Pakistan is where govt officials will chat. Pakistanis say ‘sounds like censor’

Government officials have claimed that Beep Pakistan is more advanced and capable than WhatsApp and will have Zoom-like facilities.

Pakistan demands UN probe into source of TTP funding, warns of global threat

Pakistan's representative to the UN in New York, Munir Akram, also urged interim Afghan government to sever ties with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

Pakistan bans 2023 Oscar contender, Joyland, which explores queer love

We have to make sure we don't let these violent, insensitive extremists win again, says the cast of the film.

Quaid-e-Azam University land grab—In Pakistan, public good is sacrificed in blink of an eye

A govt agency has now seized land in the middle of Islamabad’s oldest university. Pakistan’s future is bleak if no one cares about education and public property.

On Camera

‘I am Assam,’ Zubeen Garg had said. He was the soundtrack to our lives

Zubeen Garg's funeral entered the Limca Book of Records as the fourth-largest such procession in the world.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.