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Thursday, January 8, 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

Why the Tashkent Declaration was both a moral and semantic victory for Shastri

In his bilateral talks with Ayub Khan, Lal Bahadur Shastri said while India had never accepted the two-nation theory, some elements in Pakistan were bent on making it a ‘two-hostile nation' construct.

2025 marked key point in India’s power sector: Clean energy surge pushed coal power into rare decline

Coal-based power generation fell 3% in 2025 while renewable capacity surged to 40% of India’s installed power mix, according to India Power Sector Review 2025 by CREA.

Bangladesh-Pakistan look to expand ties to defence procurement as Dhaka shows ‘interest’ in JF-17s

Pakistan military said it has assured Bangladesh of fast-tracked delivery of Super Mushshak trainer aircraft during high level defence meet held Tuesday.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.