The federal government would not move against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) UK as an organisation but would pursue legal action against specific individuals involved in incitement and threats, if necessary, under UK law, according to the minister of state for interior. “We will not go after PTI UK, but we will target the individuals involved,” Talal […]
پاکستان کی گلیوں، بازاروں اور محلوں میں شام ڈھلتے ہی جو معاشی سرگرمی عروج پر ہوتی ہے، وہ ملک کی غیر رسمی ریٹیل معیشت کی اصل تصویر پیش کرتی ہے،کریانہ اسٹورز، ریڑھی بان،گھریلوکاروبار،چھوٹے تھوک فروش اور اسٹریٹ وینڈرز روزمرہ ضروریات کی فراہمی میں کلیدی کردار اداکرتے ہیں، مگر یہ وسیع شعبہ اب بھی بڑی حد […]
For much of Pakistan’s recent economic history, stability has been treated as a finish line rather than a starting point. In 2025, after years of volatility marked by sudden inflation spikes, high interest rates that followed, unstable exchange rates, and repeated IMF programmes, the country finally appeared to catch its breath. Since the start of […]
Walk through any Pakistani bazaar at dusk and you’ll see the country’s real economy at work. Kiryana shops tally credit in worn ledgers. Hawkers sell fruit at wafer-thin margins. Mobile accessories fly off glass counters as commuters head home. This is Pakistan’s informal retail sector, the everyday economy spanning small shops, micro-wholesalers, market stalls, home-based […]
Pakistani cinema made decisive inroads on the international stage in 2025, with a clutch of locally produced films collecting significant honours across respected festival platforms, signalling both rising confidence at home and a welcome recognition of creative depth abroad. The most historic milestone came through the feature documentary ‘Moklani – The Last Mohanas’, directed by […]
Violence in western and southern Sudan displaced more than 10,000 people within a three-day period this week, according to figures released by the United Nations’ migration agency on Sunday. Since April 2023, Sudan’s regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have waged what the UN has called a “war of atrocities”, killing tens of […]