Sunday, July 26th, 2026
India funding elements in Kashmir, says Tarar
The minister highlighted that election rallies organized by the PPP and PML-N drew massive crowds, demonstrating public support for mainstream politics Saifullah Ansar/DNA ISLAMABAD, JUL 26 — Federal Information Minister Attaullah Tarar has accused India of being behind the recent unrest in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), alleging that New Delhi sought to destabilize the region and damage relations between the Kashmiri people and Pakistan. Speaking to reporters, Tarar said that the people of AJK have “rejected violent trends” and stood firmly with Pakistan’s democratic process. The minister highlighted thatRead More
First Test: Bad light forces early stumps on opening day of Pakistan-West Indies clash
Kavem Hodge struck an unbeaten 83 to guide West Indies to 194-3 at stumps on the opening day of the first Test against Pakistan at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad on Saturday. Resuming the final session at 127-3 after 43 overs, West Indies continued their recovery before bad weather and fading light brought proceedings to an early close. The hosts finished the day on 194-3 after 67 overs. Kavem Hodge and Shai Hope carried forward West Indies’ fightback, adding a 50-run partnership for the fourth wicket as theRead More
‘Blood and Toil’ launched at IoBM
Muhammad Omar Iftikhar The Global and Regional Studies Center (GRSC) at the Institute of Business Management (IoBM) hosted the launch of Blood and Toil, authored by Brigadier Tariq Khalil, SJ, SI(M), IS Gallantry (Bar), (Retired), on Saturday, July 26, 2026. Blood and Toil is a memoir that chronicles Brigadier Tariq Khalil’s military career while highlighting the values of discipline, sacrifice, resilience, ethical leadership, and national duty. Drawing on his personal experiences, the book offers readers a firsthand perspective on military life and a deeper understanding of Pakistan’s armed forces andRead More
The Privatization of National Imagination: AI, Advertising and the Synthetic Pakistan
By S Shujahat Ali Turn on TV or go to youtube, Ads have been increasingly using AI and AI generated advertising does not merely sell products. Increasingly, it sells realities. And those realities are constructed from the data on which algorithms are trained , not necessarily from the emotions, experiences and lived realities of the people they claim to represent. The danger is not only misinformation in the traditional sense. It is subtler. AI can slowly manufacture a synthetic Pakistan: polished, homogenized, algorithmically optimized and emotionally manipulative. A Pakistan thatRead More
Shocks and Aftershocks
by Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal In the autumn of 2005, the earth rose in wrath against the ancient hills of Kashmir. On the eighth day of October, a violent convulsion of 7.6 magnitude tore through the region, its epicentre lying a mere 19 kms northeast of Muzaffarabad. The tremor was felt far beyond Pakistan’s borders, reverberating through Afghanistan and Tajikistan, across the valleys of India, and even into the remote expanses of Xinjiang. It proved one of the deadliest natural disasters of that decade, claiming thousands of lives and reducing entireRead More