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Pakistani celebrities' social media accounts remain blocked in India
Awaz The Voice
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July 3, 2025
Pakistani actors Mahira Khan (Left) and Hania Aamir (Right); cricketer Shahid Afridi (middle) New Delhi The social media accounts of several Pakistani actors and cricketers remain blocked after it was reported that certain celeb accounts were now...
Islamabad makes double helmet rule compulsory for all motorcycle riders
Daily Times
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July 3, 2025
The Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) has made it mandatory for both riders on a motorcycle to wear helmets, regardless of gender. The new rule applies equally to male and female passengers, aiming to improve road safety and reduce accident-related...
Pakistani man ends life after failing to get father’s release in Electricity Theft Case
Daily Pakistan
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July 3, 2025
GUJRANWALA – A disturbing incident has been reported from Gujranwala where a young man ended his life after failing to arrange amount needed for his father’s release from jail in a power theft case. According to victim’s family, officials from...
Noida businessman claims that his wife is a Pakistani spy !
Sanatan Prabhat
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July 3, 2025
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) – A businessman named Lokesh Rathi claimed that his wife was a Pakistani spy. He said that he got her information from the matrimonial bureau. He married her in the year 2019. They lived together for only 3 months. After...
Mawra Hocane And Other Pakistani Artists’ Instagram Banned In India Again Within 24 Hours Of Reappearing
News24
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July 3, 2025
Within the 24 hours after the Instagram pages of some Pakistani artists became visible in India, they have been banned once again. For the unversed, the Instagram accounts of several stars from Pakistan were blocked in India post Operation...
Afghan refugees stuck in Pakistan as Germany halts entry programme
The Malaysian Star
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July 3, 2025
BERLIN/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -In a cramped guesthouse in Pakistan's capital, 25-year-old Kimia spends her days sketching women — dancing, playing, resisting —in a notebook that holds what's left of her hopes. A visual artist and women's rights...
URAAN Pakistan Data Centre laying foundation for modern governance: Ahsan Iqbal
The Nation
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July 3, 2025
ISLAMABAD - Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives, Professor Ahsan Iqbal on Wednesday visited the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) where he was given a comprehensive presentation on the dynamic data collected by PBS during...
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Uproar in Balochistan after missing activist found killed; deceased’s father ‘disappeared’ in 2015
Firstpost
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July 3, 2025
Massive outcry erupted in Pakistan-administered Balochistan province following the disappearance and killing of a young Baloch activist by Pakistani military personnel. The activist named Zeeshan Ahmed had been campaigning for the safe return of...
Essential Digital Tools for Pakistanis Living in Urban Areas
TechBullion
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July 3, 2025
Share Share Share Share Email Urban life in Pakistan is moving faster than ever. Whether you live in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, or Faisalabad, digital tools are now essential for handling daily tasks efficiently. From paying bills to ordering...
Unmasking ‘Imaan’: Inside Pakistan’s Blasphemy Racket and the Woman Used Behind Hundreds of Traps and Killings
Fact Focus
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July 3, 2025
Qindeel Azeem For over a year, one name haunted Pakistan’s digital underworld—“Imaan.” She lured hundreds of young men online with promises of love, work, or escape. Some were never seen again. Others ended up in torture cells or facing death...
World News | Pakistan: Paank Reports Rise in Enforced Disappearances in Balochistan, Seeks UN Intervention
Latestly
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July 3, 2025
Balochistan [Pakistan], July 3 (ANI): The Human Rights Department of the Baloch National Movement, known as Paank, has reported a rise in enforced disappearances throughout Balochistan from July 1 to 2, with at least nine young Baloch men taken in...
AirAsia X strengthens Karachi–Kuala Lumpur route with high demand
TravelDailyNews Asia-Pacific
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July 2, 2025
AirAsia X marks one month on the Karachi–Kuala Lumpur route with 80% load factor, signaling strong long-term travel demand. AirAsia X (AAX) celebrated one month of operations on its Karachi – Kuala Lumpur route, recording an average load factor of...
This is the dark truth of Keir Starmer's catastrophic failure to stop immigration - and exactly who is raking in YOUR cash as illegal migrants continue to flood in: MATT GOODWIN
Daily Mail
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July 3, 2025
When future historians look back at this lamentable Labour government, they will identify it as the administration that presided over the obliteration of a British identity, culture and way of life that has existed on these islands for centuries....
Gender gap rethink
Dawn
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July 3, 2025
THE World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2025 has placed Pakistan among the bottom 10 nations globally. However, a critical examination reveals that the report’s framework — while useful for global benchmarking — misses key nuances,...
Accountability essential for prosperous Pakistan
Pakistan Observer
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July 3, 2025
In a recent gathering at the monthly meeting of Hamdard Shura, titled “Need for Accountability Process,” intellectuals and scholars emphasized the importance of accountability in making Pakistan a developed, prosperous, and dignified nation....
TikToker Kashif Zameer Arrested Again in Lahore with 13 Armed Guards
Pakistan Today
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July 3, 2025
Controversial TikToker Kashif Zameer has been arrested again in Lahore, this time in the Iqbal Town area, following the circulation of videos on social media showing him and his private armed guards brandishing weapons in public. The Crime Control...
The measure of minds: rethinking merit in a race-shaped education system
Daily Times
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July 3, 2025
By Mobeen Arshad Education should be about liberation not competition. But in our academic culture, it often feels like the only students who matter are those at the top of the merit list. In this article, I want to highlight a forgotten majority:...
Mohammed Ashraf's 'lynching' in Mangaluru | Activist Manavi speaks up
The Federal
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July 3, 2025
On April 27, Mohammed Ashraf was allegedly lynched in Kudupu, a village on the outskirts of Mangaluru, during a local cricket match. The report published by the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) called his murder a “hate crime”. Activist...
‘Afghanistan is not just about the Taliban’: Refugee artists in Delhi use music to preserve their culture
The Indian Express
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July 3, 2025
As Afghanistan sees a surprising uptick in tourism despite years of conflict, thousands of miles away in New Delhi, it is the ache of displacement and “desire for homeland” that unites Afghan refugees. On World Refugee Day, June 21, this shared...
‘Afghanistan is not just about the Taliban’: Refugee artists in Delhi use music to heal and preserve their culture
The Indian Express
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July 3, 2025
As Afghanistan sees a surprising uptick in tourism despite years of conflict, thousands of miles away in New Delhi, it is the ache of displacement and “desire for homeland” that unites Afghan refugees. On World Refugee Day, June 21, this shared...