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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicPakistani Women

Topic: Pakistani Women

Mahnoor Cheema’s high IQ would have been wasted in Pakistan. In UK, she’s breaking records

Pakistan’s tragedy is not just in losing its women’s potential, but in refusing to even see that loss as its own destruction.

Meet the woman who made Pakistan’s first AI chatbot. She was told they didn’t have the talent

The response to Zahanat AI has been overwhelmingly positive. ‘People are excited because this is ours—created by Pakistanis for Pakistanis,’ said founder Mehwish Salman Ali.

Hina Munawar to be Pakistan’s 1st woman operations manager for men’s cricket team

Before her appointment to the PCB, Hina Munawar served in the Frontier Constabulary in Swat, where she was involved in high-level security and operational management.

Woman throws Divorce Mubarak song-and-dance party. Pakistani men gasp with ‘Best wishes for BHAI’

An entrepreneur in US, Shehrose Noor Mohammad danced to Bollywood tunes at a party sponsored by her friends. People targeted her, saying there's nothing celebratory about divorce, which 'shakes Allah's throne'.

Pakistani woman calls out motivational speaker who said on TV that 95% women are ignorant

In the light of their recent comments, Sahil Adeem and Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar’s other misogynistic comments have also surfaced. Some support them, but most are calling out their worldview.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.