Waqar Zaka is selling his prize 2026 Mercedes G-Wagon to fund education for underprivileged Pakistani children, sparking widespread discussion about private support for school access.
Author: Areeba Ahmed (Areeba Ahmed)
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Why Is Hania Aamir’s Face on Every Board in Karachi?
If you’ve spent even a few minutes on Karachi’s roads this week, chances are you’ve noticed something unusual. Whether you’re driving along Shahrah-e-Faisal, passing through Clifton, navigating the busy streets of DHA or waiting at a signal in Gulshan, one face seems impossible to escape. Hania Aamir is everywhere. Giant billboards featuring the actress have...
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Tabish Hashmi Kicked Out of GEO News? Or Was It a Publicity Stunt
To understand why the last week has been such a bad one for Tabish Hashmi’s credibility, it helps to understand why anyone believed him in the first place. He is not a career broadcaster who drifted into hosting because a network needed a face. He built an audience from nothing, on the strength of being...
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How Many “Reached Safe” Texts Does It Take to Feel Safe
There is a ritual most young people in Karachi perform without thinking about it anymore. A text sent the moment you walk through your own front door.
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Azad Kashmir Is Not a Law and Order Problem
A detailed opinion piece examining the timeline behind Azad Kashmir's JAAC ban, internet blackout and the July 27 Rawalakot killings.
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IMF Board Approves Fresh Tranche Under Extended Fund Facility After Completing Review
The International Monetary Fund’s Executive Board has approved the disbursement of the latest tranche under Pakistan’s 37-month Extended Fund Facility, releasing funds after concluding a review mission that assessed the country’s progress on fiscal, energy and tax reform benchmarks. The approval brings total disbursements under the programme to well over half of its total value...
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SBP Cuts Policy Rate to 9 Percent as Inflation Eases Further, Signals Room for More Easing
The State Bank of Pakistan’s Monetary Policy Committee has trimmed the benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 9 percent, extending an easing cycle that has now brought borrowing costs down from the 22 percent peak reached during the height of the country’s inflation crisis. The central bank cited a sustained decline in headline...
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Before AI, Pakistan Needs Actual Electricity, Water and Bread on the Table
The numbers behind Pakistan’s basic necessities crisis are not hidden, they are published, repeatedly, by the same institutions the government cites when it wants to talk about macroeconomic stability. Taken together, they make the AI data centre pitch look less like ambition and more like a country skipping several chapters of its own story. Start...
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Women in Pakistan and the Gap Between Law and Life
Pakistan has strong laws on paper protecting women, from workplace harassment legislation to honour killing reforms. Yet enforcement gaps, low female workforce participation, and rural education drop-offs mean progress rarely reaches daily life. Areeba Ahmed examines why.