The Cockroach Janta Party crossed 20 million Instagram followers and launched a petition to sack Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak. Volunteers took to the streets in cockroach costumes. Congress protesters adopted the movement's symbolism. Seven days old. Still growing. The Thursday Times reports.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Al Nassr beat Damac 4-1 on the final day of the 2025-26 Saudi Pro League season to win the title by two points over Al Hilal. The 41-year-old reached 973 career goals and ended a six-year wait for a major club trophy. Portugal and the World Cup are next.

When India's Chief Justice compared unemployed youth to cockroaches, Abhijeet Dipke turned the insult into a political movement. In six days the Cockroach Janta Party accumulated over 20 million Instagram followers, outpacing every political party in India. Its X account was withheld. It came back. Now it wants a seat in Bihar. The Thursday Times has the full story.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio named Pakistan the primary mediator in US-Iran peace talks, praising Field Marshal Asim Munir's "admirable job." Munir has arrived in Tehran in a final push for a deal. Key sticking points remain. Military options are still on the table. The Thursday Times reports.

The Cockroach Janta Party crossed 20 million Instagram followers and launched a petition to sack Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak. Volunteers took to the streets in cockroach costumes. Congress protesters adopted the movement's symbolism. Seven days old. Still growing. The Thursday Times reports.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Al Nassr beat Damac 4-1 on the final day of the 2025-26 Saudi Pro League season to win the title by two points over Al Hilal. The 41-year-old reached 973 career goals and ended a six-year wait for a major club trophy. Portugal and the World Cup are next.

When India's Chief Justice compared unemployed youth to cockroaches, Abhijeet Dipke turned the insult into a political movement. In six days the Cockroach Janta Party accumulated over 20 million Instagram followers, outpacing every political party in India. Its X account was withheld. It came back. Now it wants a seat in Bihar. The Thursday Times has the full story.

Senior RSS and military remarks in India have reopened the question of dialogue with Pakistan, exposing the limits of New Delhi’s hardline public posture. At the same time, Islamabad is trying to show that its relevance now extends beyond India, through crisis diplomacy involving Iran, the US, the Gulf, China and multilateral finance.

اسلام آباد کی بڑھتی سفارتی حیثیت نے اسے بیانیے کی جنگ کا ہدف بنا دیا ہے۔ نیتن یاہو کے بیانات سے لِنڈسے گراہم کی تنقید تک اور بھارتی میڈیا کے منظم بیانیہ سے پاکستان کے اندر نئے دہشتگردانہ حملوں تک ایک نئی مخالفانہ لَہر اُبھرتی دکھائی دے رہی ہے۔

Pakistan’s growing diplomatic relevance has triggered a sharper narrative war, with foreign criticism, hostile media framing and domestic security incidents being used to cast Islamabad as unstable just as it re-enters the centre of regional diplomacy.

From South Waziristan to Balochistan and Punjab, Pakistan continues to confront terrorist violence that targets security forces and civilians alike. Yet while the world speaks loudly for other states' victims, Pakistani suffering too often receives silence, indifference, or selective concern.

Trump rarely admires foreign figures by accident. His praise for Asim Munir points to something deeper than protocol: a recognition of rank, restraint and the kind of charismatic presence Trump has always found irresistible.

Keir Starmer came to office as the antidote to chaos. Yet British politics has a habit of making stable governments look temporary with startling speed. As Labour faces scandal, voter fragmentation and signs of internal narrowing, the snap-election conversation no longer feels fanciful. And if Britain is pushed back to the polls early, the beneficiary may not be who Westminster once assumed.

An undercover investigation has exposed how migrants, many of them Pakistani, are allegedly being coached to pose as gay in order to claim asylum in Britain, raising difficult questions about visa abuse, organised deception and the damage done to genuine refugees.

Reeves delivers a Budget which expands the state and cuts child poverty, relying on record tax and threshold freezes, but offers little comfort to those worried about stagnant wages, no investment, and threadbare services.

The State Bank of Pakistan’s Half Year Report shows stronger growth, lower inflation, rising reserves and a rare fiscal surplus, but warns that weak exports, low investment, climate shocks and Middle East instability could still test the recovery.

Pakistan received $3.5 billion in workers’ remittances in April 2026, with Saudi Arabia and the UAE leading inflows and cumulative FY26 remittances reaching $33.9 billion.

بھارت آپریشن سندور کا فاتح نہیں تھا۔ بھارت کو حجم میں بڑا مُلک ہوتے ہوئے واضح برتری حاصل کرنا چاہیے تھی مگر ایسا نہ ہوا۔ جنگ کے دوران پاکستان تین شعبوں میں بھارت پر حاوی ریا۔ بھارتی طیاروں کے نقصانات انٹیلیجنس ناکامی کا نتیجہ تھے۔

پاکستان نیوی نے بھارتی درخواست پر بحیرہ عرب میں پھنسے بھارتی جہاز ”ایم وی گوتم“ کے عملہ کو انسانی بنیادوں پر فوری و تکنیکی امداد فراہم کی۔ پاکستان نیوی نے گزشتہ ماہ بھی بحیرہ عرب میں ایک تجارتی جہاز کے 18 رکنی عملہ کو ریسکیو کیا۔

Islamabad and Rawalpindi have found themselves trapped in a strange political theatre: roads sealed, schools disrupted, businesses hit and ordinary routines broken, all in anticipation of talks between American and Iranian delegations that keep being delayed.

Zohran Mamdani is not Pakistani, yet he has stirred a rare warmth in Pakistan. His comfort with Urdu and Hindustani, his visible Muslim identity and his wider South Asian cultural ease have made him feel less like a distant foreign politician and more like someone many Pakistanis instinctively understand.

دہشتگردی کے خلاف جنگ؛ خیبرپختونخوا پولیس کی بہادری و قربانیاں بےمثال مگر صوبائی حکومت کی کمزور حکمتِ عملی اور استعداد و وسائل ناکافی ہیں۔ وی ائی پی پروٹوکولز، سیاسی مداخلت اور کمزور ڈھانچے کی قیمت میدانِ جنگ میں جوانوں کے خون سے ادا کرنا پڑتی ہے۔

What confronts Pakistan today is a hybridised militant ecosystem strengthened by transnational financing, external sanctuaries and the diffusion of advanced weaponry left behind in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of foreign powers.

سال 2026 کے آغاز پر پاکستان سٹاک مارکیٹ میں تاریخی بلندیوں کا سلسلہ جاری، بینچ مارک KSE ہنڈرڈ انڈیکس میں 4900 سے زائد پوائنٹس کا اضافہ، سٹاک ایکسچینج 183964 پوائنٹس کے ساتھ تاریخ کی نئی بلند ترین سطح پر پہنچ گیا۔

Pakistan’s stock market surged to a new all-time high as the KSE-100 Index climbed more than 2,000 points to cross the 174,000 mark amid strong investor confidence

پاکستان سٹاک مارکیٹ میں نئی تاریخ رقم، بینچ مارک KSE ہنڈرڈ انڈیکس میں 2010 سے زائد پوائنٹس کا اضافہ، سٹاک ایکسچینج 1 لاکھ 74 ہزار 400 کی سطح بھی عبور کر گیا۔

A new nationwide corruption survey paints a cautiously positive picture for Pakistan’s state. Most respondents say they did not pay a bribe in the past year and many acknowledge economic stabilisation, but they also demand stronger accountability, cleaner political funding and real protection for whistleblowers.

Nexgen has released a Hybrid SUV at Corolla Altis money, pricing the locally-assembled Jaecoo J5 HEV from 67 million PKR ex-factory (tax-inclusive), rising to 77 million PKR for the Premium trim, with these introductory rates valid until 10 March 2026.

پاکستان کی پہلی رینج ایکسٹینڈڈ الیکٹرک گاڑی فورتھنگ فرائیڈے ریوو باضابطہ لانچ کر دی گئی جو 1150 کلومیٹرز رینج کی حامل ہے۔ کیپیٹل سمارٹ موٹرز کے اقدام کو ملک میں طویل فاصلے کی کلینر ٹرانسپورٹ کی جانب پیش رفت میں اہم سنگِ میل قرار دیا جا رہا ہے۔

Pakistan’s first-ever range-extended EV, the Forthing Friday REEV, has officially launched with an impressive 1,150km range as Capital Smart Motors marks a turning point in the country’s push for cleaner long-distance transport.

Atlas Honda has launched the CG150 motorcycle and its first electric scooter, the Icon e, in a bid to capture both budget-conscious and eco-conscious riders in Pakistan as it expands into the electric mobility segment while reinforcing its grip on the traditional two-wheeler market.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Al Nassr beat Damac 4-1 on the final day of the 2025-26 Saudi Pro League season to win the title by two points over Al Hilal. The 41-year-old reached 973 career goals and ended a six-year wait for a major club trophy. Portugal and the World Cup are next.

ٹی ٹوئنٹی ورلڈ کپ 2026 میں پاک بھارت ٹاکرا؛ اب تک کس کا پلڑا بھاری رہا، کون سے کھلاڑیوں نے نمایاں کارکردگی کا مظاہرہ کیا اور ناقص کارکردگی دکھانے والوں میں سرِفہرست جگہ بنانے والے کون ہیں؟

ٹی ٹوئنٹی ورلڈ کپ میں شرکت اور بھارت کے خلاف میچ کا بائیکاٹ؛ بنگلہ دیشی مؤقف کی حمایت میں پاکستان کا قومی وقار، اصولی مؤقف اور کھلاڑیوں کی سلامتی کے پیشِ نظر فیصلہ عالمی کرکٹ میں عدم مساوات اور دوہرے معیار کے خلاف واضح پیغام ہے۔

পাকিস্তান টি-টোয়েন্টি বিশ্বকাপ ২০২৬-এ অংশ নেবে, তবে জাতীয় দল ১৫ ফেব্রুয়ারি ভারতের বিপক্ষে নির্ধারিত ম্যাচে অংশগ্রহণ করবে না। বাংলাদেশের অংশগ্রহণে অস্বীকৃতির পর পাকিস্তান এই সিদ্ধান্ত নিয়েছে জাতীয় স্বার্থ, খেলোয়াড়দের নিরাপত্তা এবং নীতিগত অবস্থানের ভিত্তিতে।

A robot dog clip has derailed India’s AI summit after online users identified the device as a Chinese-made model. Congress and Rahul Gandhi seized on the claim, turning it into a credibility crisis for the event.

Raqami Bank, backed by the Kuwait Investment Authority, is set to launch in Pakistan with a planned $100 million investment, positioning itself as the country’s first fully Shariah-compliant digital retail bank under the State Bank of Pakistan’s new digital banking framework.

نائب وزیراعظم و وزیرِ خارجہ اسحاق ڈار نے ملک کی پہلی گوگل کروم بُک اسمبلی لائن کا افتتاح کرتے ہوئے اسے ڈیجیٹل معیشت کی سمت فیصلہ کن موڑ قرار دیا ہے۔ گوگل کی مقامی موجودگی، ایک لاکھ ڈیویلپرز کی تربیت، گیمنگ و اسٹارٹ اپ پروگرامز اور اے آئی پر مبنی عوامی خدمات کے منصوبے پاکستان میں روزگار، سپلائی چین اور برآمدی صلاحیت کو نئی سمت دیں گے۔

China has announced that two Pakistani astronauts will undergo joint training with Chinese crews, with one set to join a short-duration space mission as a payload specialist. The move represents a historic milestone in Pakistan-China scientific and technological collaboration under their expanding space partnership.

Heads of state, quite unsurprisingly, aren't the best decision-makers—Ammar Masood explains.

Former Pakistani Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar discusses the ongoing, seemingly unending, issue of inflation which has been spurred on by the Khan administration.

Reham Khan details her explosive marriage with Imran Khan and the challenges she endured during this difficult time.

It is no revelation that, when a national government suffers numerous pitfalls, a scapegoat is sought to be identified from a sea of figureheads—Hina Butt explains.