Sindh Senior Minister and Minister for Information Sharjeel Inam Memon strongly condemned hateful and linguistically-biased speeches delivered at a recent ceremony at the Governor House, describing the choice of words and ideas as deeply regrettable. Speaking in the Sindh Assembly, Memon called Sindh the land of Sufis, peace, and tolerance, and recalled Karachi’s painful history […]
The United Nations on Friday called on governments to clamp down on scam centres, which have mushroomed in Southeast Asia with hundreds of thousands of people trafficked into forced labour. The UN human rights office released a report documenting torture, sexual abuse, forced abortions, food deprivation, solitary confinement and other abuses. “The litany of abuse […]
The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has made it clear that the Supreme Court’s authority to strike down legislation on constitutional grounds no longer vests in it under the present constitutional scheme. “The Constitution (Twenty-Seventh) Amendment Act, 2025 has restructured the constitutional distribution of judicial power. As a consequence, the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court has […]
Poverty in Pakistan has surged to an 11-year high of 29 per cent, while income inequality has reached its highest level in 27 years, as people’s real incomes and consumption nosedived during the past seven years, according to an official survey released by Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Friday. Around 70 million people in Pakistan […]
London Fashion Week launched on Thursday with a rare visit from King Charles III only hours after his brother Andrew’s sensational arrest, overshadowing an event traditionally focused on highlighting new talent. The king surprised crowds when his car pulled up outside a show by British-Nigerian designer Tolu Coker — on a day when headlines were dominated […]
Pakistani actor Ushna Shah has written an open letter to Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, urging immediate action against animal cruelty in the province. In a post shared on Instagram, the actor acknowledged what she described as positive developments under the chief minister’s leadership, particularly in areas such as women’s safety, cleanliness and public order. […]
Pakistani television actor Alizeh Shah has shared a deeply personal Ramadan message, reflecting on what she described as one of the “hardest years” of her life and announcing that she is choosing forgiveness and spiritual renewal. The actor, who rose to prominence at the age of sixteen and went on to star in popular dramas […]
The controversy at this year’s Berlinale crystallised early when jury president Wim Wenders, responding to press questions about Gaza, suggested that filmmakers ought to “stay out of politics” — that work which becomes “dedicatedly political” crosses into the territory of politicians rather than artists. The remark, delivered at the festival’s opening, was less a considered aesthetic […]
Information Minister Attaullah Tarar has said that Pakistan had received an extraordinary welcome during the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace, held in Washington earlier in the day. Talking to the media, the minister said US President Donald Trump specifically praised the leadership of Pakistan, including PM Shehbaz Sharif and COAS and CDF Field […]
In a rare show of cross-party unity, the Balochistan Provincial Assembly on Friday unanimously adopted a resolution demanding a significant increase in the number of seats in the Provincial Assembly from 65 to 85 and in the National Assembly from 20 to 28 for the province. The session, presided over by Speaker Captain (retd) Abdul […]