Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, accompanied by Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir and senior members of his cabinet, performed Umrah late Thursday night during an official visit to Saudi Arabia. The high-profile visit, conducted at the invitation of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, underscores the strengthening ties between Islamabad and Riyadh […]
Like many projects of the Punjab government, the Suthra Punjab project too has been reserved for affluent areas. Despite the passage of four months, its scope could not be extended to the entire province, due to which the residents of low-income areas are still forced to dispose of garbage on their own. The Punjab government […]
Security forces targeted a group of terrorists during an intelligence-based operation in Kolpur, Kachhi District, Balochistan, the military’s media wing reported on Friday. The operation, launched based on reports of the presence of terrorists affiliated with the Indian-backed proxy group Fitna al Hindustan, was confirmed by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). The security forces swiftly […]
Veteran television and theatre actor Sania Saeed recently appeared on The Rafay Mahmood Podcast and spoke about a myriad of topics including the cold-blooded murder of the 17-year-old influencer Sana Yousaf. “Everyday, I wake up with the news of women dying,” said a visibly emotional Saeed. “There’s fatigue even in our compassion. How much more […]
Pakistani screenwriter and poet Khalilur-Rehman Qamar has made a startling claim regarding last year’s viral “Taghoot scandal,” stating that the controversial talk show confrontation was “pre-planned” and not spontaneous. Speaking on a podcast this week, Qamar alleged that the televised clash between Islamic scholar Saahil Adeem and a female guest was orchestrated for dramatic effect. […]
Stephen K. Bannon, a former White House chief strategist and influential figure in conservative circles, called for a series of investigations targeting billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, as tensions between Musk and President Donald Trump escalated sharply this week. In a phone interview with The New York Times, Bannon urged the Trump administration to cancel Musk’s […]
Without question, Deemak is the most divisive Pakistani release of the year. For those who still invoke “support local cinema” regardless of a film’s craft or coherence, this is perhaps the moment they’ve been waiting for. A harsher critique of director Rafay Rashdi’s horror-family drama might be too easy — were it not for the […]
Former Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) minister and senator Abbas Khan Afridi passed away on Thursday after sustaining severe burn injuries in a gas leakage explosion at his residence in Azeem Bagh area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province’s Kohat district. Afridi, along with three others, was initially shifted to CMH Kohat, PTV reported. Due to the severity of […]
President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to cut off government contracts with billionaire Elon Musk’s companies, while Musk suggested Trump should be impeached, turning their bromance into an all-out brawl on social media. The hostilities began when Trump criticized Tesla CEO Musk in the Oval Office. Within hours, the once-close relationship had disintegrated in full […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has admitted for the first time that Israel supported armed local groups in Gaza to help weaken Hamas, confirming reports of Israeli-backed Palestinian clans operating inside the besieged enclave. In a video message posted on social media on Thursday, Netanyahu said the government had “activated” powerful family-based factions in Gaza, following […]