As conflict once again engulfs parts of the Middle East, voices from the entertainment world have stepped beyond premieres and publicity cycles into the charged arena of geopolitics, urging restraint, prayer and, in some cases, outright opposition to military escalation. In Pakistan, several prominent actors publicly mourned the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali […]
Actors Gohar Rasheed and Kubra Khan have offered a candid glimpse into their marriage, revealing the emotional negotiations, hesitations and quiet certainties that shaped their journey from friendship to Nikah, and the subtle changes that followed. Speaking during a Ramzan transmission on a private TV channel this month, Gohar disclosed that Kubra had initially turned […]
The quiet power of short filmmaking is finding loud expression at the upcoming 98th Academy Awards, where nominated works are exploring themes ranging from personal loneliness to communal conflict and the fragile search for human connection in a rapidly changing world. The live-action short category has emerged as one of the most stylistically diverse fields […]
Three decades after redefining survival horror, Japan’s Capcom has delivered another commercial juggernaut, announcing that ‘Resident Evil Requiem’ has surpassed five million units in global sales within days of its February 27release, underscoring the franchise’s enduring pull in a fiercely competitive games market. The milestone arrives in a symbolic month for the series, which celebrates […]
The first blow that the US and Israeli military might inflicted on Iran on the morning that they began operations brought them perhaps the ultimate objective that they must have sought as their prime end; they decapitated Iran’s spiritual leader and its most senior military, political and spiritual leadership. If regime change were the ultimate […]
Both the US and Israel possess advanced air forces, electronic intelligence architectures, precision strike platforms and integrated joint force networks that might dwarf Tehran’s capabilities in scale and technology. Yet in modern conflict theory, superiority does not always translate into decisive victory. A nation like Iran, strategically constrained in airpower and external projection, can nonetheless […]
The SBP’s admission that it has purchased $24 billion from the local market over the past three years to build foreign exchange reserves is both striking and revealing. While the move may have helped inflate the country’s reserve position on paper, it exposes the fragile foundations on which Pakistan’s external stability currently rests. Foreign exchange […]
The women of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa have long been the province’s most under-utilised asset. Their potential has been locked behind gates of tradition and systemic neglect. In this context, the provincial government’s launch of the Women Empowerment Policy 2026-2030 is an official admission that the status quo is economically and morally unsustainable. By setting targets for education, […]
Dear Hammad Nasar, One is quite familiar with the expressions: Urdu speaking, Urdudaan and Urdu medium, literal and colloquial. Urdu-speaking people are not just the ones who natively speak Urdu or the descendants of the immigrants from the Indian partition, tough and edgy. They are also the tradition bearers: the farshi ghararas, the paandaans, the […]
Defending champions India withstood Jacob Bethell’s brilliant hundred in a thrilling match to beat England by seven runs on Thursday to book a place in the final against New Zealand national cricket team. Put in to bat, India racked up a commanding 253-7 as Sanju Samson struck a commanding 89, supported by fluent contributions from […]