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THE post began with an apology. The writer Amitava Kumar explained that Facebook had blocked his Substack link in India, so he was sharing his essay as plain text instead. I read that line twice. Then I laughed, because I recognised it. In Pakistan, we know this routine well. The link that won’t ope...
Salman Ali Agha celebrated his return to the Pakistan side after his unceremonious axing from the Test team two months ago with his third One-day International century in the tri-series opener against Sri Lanka at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Sunday. Salman’s 107 off 90 balls, which included 10...
Maldives’ President Dr Mohamed Muizzu will undertake a three-day state visit to Pakistan from Oct 20-22 at the invitation of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the Foreign Office (FO) said on Sunday. President Muizzu will be accompanied by First Lady Sajidha Mohamed and a “high-level delegation comprisi...
Egypt is ready to provide Saudi Arabia with the support it needs to defend its security and stability, the presidency said on Sunday. Earlier in the day, the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis said two officers were killed when their helicopter crashed near the Yemen border, after the rebel gr...
PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said on Sunday that if the opposition was willing to fight against terrorism and “we agree on a plan”, governor’s rule and emergency imposed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa could end. He made these remarks while speaking to the media in Karachi, where he was visiting the...
This piece was originally published on June 1, 2022. Over the last few decades, there is a severe burden of ‘resilience’ that has been thrust upon the inhabitants of some large cities in Pakistan, whether it is in the form of persistent rates of crime, diseased public utilities, unbreathable air, fl...
The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis on Sunday said two officers were killed when their helicopter crashed near the Yemen border, after the group claimed it shot the aircraft down. Meanwhile, Egypt is ready to provide Saudi Arabia with the support it needs to defend its security and stabilit...
Maldivian President Dr Mohamed Muizzu will undertake a three-day state visit to Pakistan from Oct 20-22 at the invitation of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the Foreign Office (FO) said on Sunday. President Muizzu will be accompanied by First Lady Sajidha Mohamed and a “high-level delegation comprisi...
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday inaugurated a Daanish School in Islamabad, saying the initiative aimed to provide quality education to talented students from underprivileged backgrounds and give them opportunities equal to those available to children from affluent families. Daanish schools, ...
With a sports car that somersaults through the air, Elon Musk is back in the headlines for technological daring — but his plunge into politics and his return to US President Donald Trump’s side mean the world’s richest man no longer enjoys the unqualified praise of years past. “All the things that w...
Pakistan’s first astronaut will undertake a space mission from a Chinese space centre on November 25, Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal said on Sunday. The minister made the announcement while addressing the concluding ceremony of World Space Week in Narowal, held in collaboration with the Pakistan Spac...
The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis on Sunday said two pilots were killed when their helicopter crashed near the Yemen border, after the group claimed it shot the aircraft down. The coalition blamed a “technical malfunction” for the incident, which inflicted its first military fatalities si...
