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By Shaheen Hashim KARACHI: Karachi witnessed a vibrant celebration of music, rhythm and cultural heritage as the Pakistan Print & Electronic Media Foundation (PPEMF), in collaboration with the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA), hosted its much-anticipated event Spring of Music & Rhythm at the National Museum Auditorium on Friday evening. The program, attended by artists, media figures, cultural enthusiasts and distinguished guests, featured an array of captivating performances ranging from Sufi music to classical dance and traditional cultural displays. Renowned performers took the stage one after another, drawing enthusiastic applause from the audience throughout the night. Muhammad Irfan…
By Moin Ullah Shah KARACHI: The District South Police have arrested a man allegedly responsible for the murder of a woman whose body was found near the Sunday Bazaar area close to China Port on 25 November. The deceased, later identified as Shehnaz, wife of Arshad Gul, was discovered with severe injuries to her face, bound hands, and other signs of physical assault. The case has been registered under FIR 926/2025 at Boat Basin Police Station, under Section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code. Using modern investigative techniques and a technical approach, police conducted a thorough inquiry from multiple angles.…
By Atiq Raja In a world that never pauses, where demands pile up relentlessly and distractions are constant, one truth remains steadfast: your first responsibility is to yourself. And yet, despite the simplicity of this notion, it is one that many find remarkably difficult to embrace. People feel guilty when they prioritize their own well-being, apologetic for taking time to rest, hesitant to say “no” even as they struggle to keep afloat. The pressure to constantly give, to always perform, and to never stop has created a culture in which exhaustion is worn like a badge of honor. However, the…
Did Elon Musk really stumble, by accident, upon the world’s largest electronic lobbying machine — a sprawling bot network hiding in plain sight — or was there something far more deliberate behind the moment? Whatever the intention, the outcome was jarring. What unfolded was not just another social-media hiccup or the usual frenzy of online speculation. It was a revelation that many of the accounts spewing hostility, drowning public debate, and targeting entire nations were never human to begin with. More than half, it appeared, were nothing more than automated systems dressed up as real people, avatars engineered to mimic…
By Mehrab Shah Afridi ISLAMABAD: The Population Council convened a Media Coalition Meeting to present new evidence on the reproductive health needs of Pakistan’s most vulnerable populations and to highlight the central role of the media in amplifying district-level disparities and promoting equitable development. Welcoming the participants, Dr Ali Mir, Senior Director at the Population Council, emphasized that Pakistan’s development agenda could not advance without confronting the profound inequities identified through an Index for Pakistan that maps district vulnerabilities. Reflecting on the findings, he said that basic health, education, and livelihood services were failing to reach millions who needed them…
By Dr. Zawwar Hussain In the rapidly expanding world of geospatial intelligence, technology has redrawn almost every surface of the cartographic landscape, yet the fundamental purpose of a map remains unchanged. Whether etched on parchment or streamed through a cloud-based platform, a map is still a communicative artefact — a visual reasoning system, a spatial language and a bridge between lived geography and human understanding.However, the environment in which maps are imagined, analyzed and shared has transformed beyond anything classical cartographers could have foreseen. The modern GIS student is no longer a quiet operator of survey instruments and paper charts.…
By Syed Shamim Akhtar The recent attack on the Federal Constabulary headquarters in Peshawar serves as a stark reminder that Pakistan remains on the front lines of a resurgent wave of militancy, particularly in the northwestern provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. Security forces successfully thwarted what could have been a devastating assault: three suicide attackers, all young men between the ages of 18 and 22 and identified as Afghan nationals, approached the headquarters wearing explosive vests. One of them detonated at the main gate as a parade of 450 personnel was underway, while the other two were shot dead…
Pakistan now finds itself at a critical juncture, one where the persistent threat of militancy along its western border can no longer be met with half‑measures or diplomatic patience alone. Recent reports of between 200 and 300 militants killed along the frontier in just a matter of days, alongside more than 67,000 counter‑terrorism operations conducted nationwide this year, underscore the scale of the challenge the state faces and the intensity with which it has decided to confront it. For Islamabad, the threat is no longer abstract; it is immediate, violent, and embedded across a frontier that has long blurred the…