Why AI-Powered Search Is Replacing Traditional Google Queries — And What Comes Next
There was a time when “Google it” was the universal answer to any question you couldn’t answer yourself. You typed a few keywords, skimmed through ten blue links, clicked on something that looked right, and hoped for the best. That era is not over yet — but it is ending faster than most people realize. […]
Internet and Call Packages: Affordable No More?
For most Pakistanis, a mobile phone is not a luxury. It is a lifeline. It is how a daily-wage worker in Karachi calls his family in Mirpur Khas. It is how a student in Quetta attends an online class. It is how a freelancer in Lahore transfers money through JazzCash and bids for international projects. […]
Trump Applauds Pakistan While Warning Iran After Shock Diplomatic Setback
It was supposed to be the week that diplomacy finally broke through. Iran’s foreign minister was in Islamabad. US envoys were packing their bags. The world held its breath. And then, in a matter of hours, the whole thing fell apart — Trump cancelled the trip, Iran’s diplomat flew home, and the second round of […]
US Says It Has Not Requested Iran Ceasefire Extension But “Ongoing” Talks Are “Productive”
The language coming out of the White House on Wednesday was careful, measured, and deliberately ambiguous — the kind of diplomatic phrasing that tells you a great deal about just how complicated this moment really is. The United States, pressed by reporters on the state of its ceasefire with Iran, delivered a message that was […]
How Many Ships Have Passed the Strait of Hormuz — and How Many Were Attacked?
The Strait of Hormuz is just 21 nautical miles wide at its narrowest point. Before February 28, 2026, roughly 3,000 vessels passed through it every month — oil tankers, container ships, LNG carriers, bulk carriers — keeping the world’s energy supply flowing. Today, that number has collapsed to a trickle, and every ship that attempts […]
Iran Warns US Naval Blockade Threatens Ceasefire
The fragile ceasefire brokered by Pakistan between the United States and Iran is under its most severe stress yet. Iran has issued its starkest warning to date — directly threatening that the US naval blockade of its ports is not just an economic pressure campaign, but an act that puts the ceasefire itself at risk […]
Can Pakistan Juggle US-Iran Mediation With Saudi Defence Commitments?
On the morning of April 11, 2026, two images captured Pakistan’s impossible balancing act perfectly. In one room in Islamabad, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was guiding US Vice President JD Vance to his seat for what would become the first direct US-Iran negotiations since 1979 — a historic diplomatic moment that Pakistan had worked weeks […]
Field Marshal Asim Munir and Mohsin Naqvi in Iran for Giving Mediation Another Chance
Pakistan is refusing to give up. Even as US-Iran ceasefire talks have stalled, tempers have flared, and both sides have traded accusations, Islamabad has continued to do what it does best in this crisis — keep the diplomatic channel alive. The latest chapter in Pakistan’s extraordinary mediation story saw Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir and […]
Arif Habib Consortium to Buy Remaining 25% PIA Shares
Pakistan’s most consequential privatization just reached its final chapter. The Arif Habib-led consortium has formally submitted its financial instruments to acquire the government’s remaining 25% stake in Pakistan International Airlines, completing one of the most historic ownership transfers in the country’s corporate history and making PIA a fully private airline for the very first time. […]
PM Gives Pakistan Digital Authority Direct Control Over Hiring for AI Jobs
Pakistan just made one of its most significant moves yet in the race to build a serious artificial intelligence workforce inside the government. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s office has issued a sweeping directive that hands the Pakistan Digital Authority (PDA) direct, mandatory veto power over every single AI-related hiring decision across all federal ministries and […]