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Saturday, September 13, 2025
TopicSatire

Topic: satire

‘Pakistanis can’t take a joke’—Anwar Maqsood’s comment on Navy raises demand of his ban

'You will find illegitimate children everywhere in the world, but you’ll only find an illegitimate government in Pakistan,' said the 85-year-old satirist at a college event in Karachi.

‘Aavasavyuham’ director puts sequel plans on hold. Film’s cult following has him spooked

After his first film was made fun of at an engineering college, director Krishand added humour and focused more on the music in Aavasavyuham.

Pakistani YouTuber who sang satire on power prices goes missing. People blame Gen Asim Munir

‘Bill Bill Pakistan' had close to 2 million views on YouTube. The song highlights the severe hardships faced by ordinary Pakistanis due to the economic crisis triggered by government policies.

Mirza Ghalib returns. Uses Instagram, attends Ambani wedding, told to ‘go to Pakistan’

The satirical play ‘Ghalib in New Delhi’ has been staged 589 times since 1997 and evolved. ‘Ghalib’ has commented on 5 PMs, multiple governments, and changing social issues.

Troubles of trigger-happy America, and why Erdogan hates turkeys

The best international cartoons of the week, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Non-violent way to send illegal immigrants back, and life-guard Mahinda runs away in Sri Lanka

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Whose body, and whose choice? Plus prisoner no. 666 is a Covid threat

The best international cartoons of the week, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Modi’s positive equation with NRIs, and how bulldozer politics helps India’s economic standing

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

MAGA Corona ready to fly after Trump appointee voids mask mandate & Boris Johnson’s human shield

The best international cartoons of the week, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

The grades PM Modi got in his ‘pariksha’, and Pakistan surprised to know it has a constitution

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

Russian-style socialism dominated Nehru’s imagination. It was disastrous

It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.