Abdullah Esquire

The author is a student of common law and politics in the EU.
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The strange intimacy between Pakistan and Zohran Mamdani

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.
Britain’s fake gay asylum scandal

Pakistanis at centre of fake gay asylum claims scandal in Britain

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.
English

An ode to Joyland

Joyland doesn’t lecture on patriarchy, but rather makes you live inside its soft violence. It insists on the intimacy of consequences: posture, mood, shame, and what they do to a life.
English

Nawaz’s legacy

Ten years after Lahore’s birthday stopover, a portrait of Nawaz Sharif as the rare Pakistani leader who pursued peace with India and Afghanistan while insisting minorities belonged at the centre of the nation.
International

Kemi Badenoch has declared war on the welfare state

In a blistering London speech, the Conservative leader tore into mental-health diagnoses, child-poverty metrics, and Labour’s welfare vision — igniting the fiercest policy fight of her campaign.
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امریکہ ایران ثالثی کے بعد لیبیا؛ پاکستان ایک اور سفارتی محاذ پر متحرک

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پاکستان لیبیا کے مشرقی اور مغربی حریف طاقت مراکز کے درمیان خاموش ثالثی کر رہا ہے، جس میں امریکہ بھی “مکمل طور پر آگاہ اور شامل” بتایا جا رہا ہے۔ یہ پیش رفت اسلام آباد کے امریکہ ایران مذاکرات میں مرکزی کردار کے بعد سامنے آئی ہے، جس سے ظاہر ہوتا ہے کہ پاکستان ایک بار پھر پیچیدہ علاقائی تنازعات میں سفارتی چینل کے طور پر ابھر رہا ہے۔

Pakistan quietly begins mediating between Libya’s rival factions, reports Reuters

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Pakistan has quietly begun mediating between Libya's rival factions, Reuters reports, with the US fully aware and involved. A proposed 36-month Libya Reunification Plan is being discussed. Pakistan's Libya role follows its central role in the US-Iran Islamabad MOU.

Pakistan army holds Afghan Taliban directly responsible for Indian terror proxies, warns on water treaty and Kashmir

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Pakistan's Corps Commanders' Conference held the Afghan Taliban directly responsible for Indian-sponsored terror groups attacking Pakistan from Afghan soil. Reaffirmed Operation Ghazab-lil-Haq, warned on Indus Waters Treaty and declared Kashmir Pakistan's jugular vein. Field Marshal Munir presides.

Trump called FIFA to reverse Balogun’s red card suspension

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Trump called FIFA President Infantino to review Folarin Balogun's red card suspension. FIFA complied, clearing the US top scorer to play against Belgium. Belgium called it "astonishing."

Norway stun Brazil 2-1 to reach the World Cup quarter-finals

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Norway stunned Brazil 2-0 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup with goals in the 79th and 90th minutes. Norway dominated with 67% possession. Haaland and Odegaard starred. Brazil are out.

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