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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
TopicPunjab Province

Topic: Punjab Province

Pakistan army personnel beat cops with rifles, lathis. Police officer calls it ‘minor incident’

PTI member Raoof Hussain tweeted that the clash between the cops and army personnel reflects a malady that penetrates deep into the societal fabric of Pakistan.

“Only doing my job”—Syeda Shehrbano is a hero in Pakistan. She rescued a woman from angry mob

Syeda Shehrbano has been nominated for Pakistan’s highest gallantry award, Quaid-e-Azam Police Medal by the Punjab police.

India summons Pakistani charge d’affaires & lodges protest over ransacking of Hindu temple

MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said India also conveyed its grave concerns over continued attacks on the freedom of religion of the minority communities in Pakistan.

Pakistani actor praises Rajkummar Rao in ‘White Tiger’, PIA pilot ‘spots’ UFO from cockpit

Our prolific feature about Pakistan’s fascinating politics, economy, society, culture, cricket, fashion and more — stories beyond the routine headlines.

In Pakistan’s Punjab province, CM looks to promote qawwali programmes through cable TV

CM Usman Buzdar has asked officials to organise qawwali programmes on local cable in a move that is likely to have been inspired by Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Pakistan claims it arrested an Indian spy, identify him as Raju Lakshman

Pakistani police said it arrested Raju Lakshman on 31 July while he was entering Dera Ghazi Khan town from Balochistan province.

Pakistan building nuclear weapons storage unit deep in the mountains

The facility in Punjab province consists of 3 tunnels, interconnected under the mountain with each other; can store 12-24 nuclear weapons

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Air India crash report shows an institutional reform of AAIB and aviation ministry is in order

The civil aviation ministry could have recognised the enormity of the Air India crash and prepared the AAIB and its investigating team for its sensitivities.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.