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The Supreme Court of Pakistan has dismissed Zahir Jaffer’s review petition and upheld his death sentence for the murder ...
06/04/2026

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has dismissed Zahir Jaffer’s review petition and upheld his death sentence for the murder of Noor Mukadam. The court also rejected a request to form a medical board — a last-ditch attempt by the defence to introduce a mental health argument — and found no grounds whatsoever to revisit its earlier judgment.

Noor Mukadam was 27 years old. She was beheaded in Zahir Jaffer’s Islamabad residence in July 2021. The case shook Pakistan not just because of its brutality but because of what it exposed — that wealth, connections, and the right family name can delay justice for years even when the evidence is overwhelming.

Zahir Jaffer’s family hired lawyers, filed appeals, and exhausted every procedural avenue available to them. The system gave them every opportunity to find a crack. Today the Supreme Court sealed them all.

This verdict matters beyond one case. It is a signal — still rare enough in Pakistan to be remarkable — that money and influence do not automatically buy a different outcome in a courtroom.

Noor’s family fought for this for four years. They did not give up. Neither did she get the life she deserved.

Justice came. It was late. But it came.

Via Supreme Court of Pakistan / Dawn / Geo News

Private airline South Air has announced new flight routes connecting Dera Ismail Khan and Chitral with major Pakistani c...
06/04/2026

Private airline South Air has announced new flight routes connecting Dera Ismail Khan and Chitral with major Pakistani cities. The routes are being developed in coordination with ongoing efforts to reopen DI Khan International Airport.

Chitral is one of Pakistan's most scenic and culturally significant regions — and one of its most isolated. Getting there by road involves mountain passes that close entirely in winter. A direct flight changes lives, not just travel times.

Private aviation filling the gaps that PIA abandoned is both a sign of progress and an indictment of what public aviation has failed to do.

DI Khan. Chitral. These are not secondary destinations. They are cities with populations, economies, and people who deserve the same connectivity as Lahore and Karachi.

The International Cricket Council has confirmed Pakistan will host the Women's T20 World Cup in 2028 — the country's fir...
06/04/2026

The International Cricket Council has confirmed Pakistan will host the Women's T20 World Cup in 2028 — the country's first-ever hosting of a women's cricket World Cup.

Pakistan has historically invested almost nothing in women's cricket compared to the men's game. Facilities, broadcast coverage, sponsorship, and public attention have all been heavily skewed. Hosting a World Cup changes the equation — not because the ICC said so, but because millions of fans will now have to show up for women's cricket on home soil.

This is a chance to build a generation of female cricketers with a home crowd behind them.

The question isn't whether Pakistan can host the tournament. It's whether the system will invest in women's cricket beyond the photo opportunities.

A young woman in India battling final-stage cancer had one wish before she died — to marry the man she loved. He didn't ...
06/04/2026

A young woman in India battling final-stage cancer had one wish before she died — to marry the man she loved. He didn't ask for a venue or a date. He got married in the hospital room, right there, in her last days.

Terminal illness strips everything ordinary away. What remained for this woman was one person and one request. He said yes.

Stories like this travel because they remind us of something the noise drowns out. That love, when it's real, doesn't need the right conditions. It shows up anyway.

There is no lesson here that needs explaining.

06/04/2026

Deputy PM Ishaq Dar chaired the Austerity Measures Committee and approved revised commercial hours for summer. Shops, markets, and malls can now stay open until 9 PM. Restaurants and cafés until 11 PM. Takeaway and delivery services remain unrestricted.

The original early closing policy was introduced to reduce electricity consumption. Summer heat pushes shopping and dining later into the evening — which is when people can actually bear to go outside.

The adjustment makes sense. The original policy was always a blunt instrument applied to a nuanced problem.

Pakistan's energy crisis isn't solved by making restaurants close at 8 PM. It's solved by fixing the generation capacity and circular debt that have been unfixed for 20 years.

Extend the hours. Fix the grid. In that order.

Reports indicate the federal government is planning to slash property purchase taxes by up to 83% from July 1 as part of...
06/04/2026

Reports indicate the federal government is planning to slash property purchase taxes by up to 83% from July 1 as part of Budget 2026-27. The proposed reduction targets advance and withholding tax rates across multiple property slabs.

Pakistan's real estate market has been choked by transaction costs for years. High taxes at the point of purchase discourage documented sales, push deals into the informal sector, and keep the property market opaque.

An 83% reduction is not an adjustment. It is a reset. If implemented, it could unlock billions in stalled property transactions almost immediately.

The risk is that this benefits large investors more than first-time buyers. Budget design will determine which Pakistanis actually feel this change.

Pakistani cricket star Zulqarnain Sikandar was photographed planting a tree in the shaded area near Masjid-e-Nabawi in M...
06/04/2026

Pakistani cricket star Zulqarnain Sikandar was photographed planting a tree in the shaded area near Masjid-e-Nabawi in Madinah — quietly, in his own hands, with a shovel in the ground.

No press conference. No campaign hashtag. No brand deal visible in the frame. Just a man in ihram-style clothing doing something quietly meaningful in the most sacred city on earth.

Public figures in Pakistan are usually photographed at ribbon cuttings and press conferences. This image landed differently because it wasn't designed to.

That's usually how the real moments work.

The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics has formally recommended a national minimum wage of Rs. 45,000 per month...
06/04/2026

The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics has formally recommended a national minimum wage of Rs. 45,000 per month for FY2026-27 — a 12.5% increase over the current notified wage of Rs. 40,000.

The recommendation is aligned with ILO principles and uses a hybrid framework that weighs purchasing power, household adequacy, and market affordability.

The current minimum wage of Rs. 40,000 has not kept pace with inflation. A bag of flour, school fees, utility bills, and rent in any major city already exceeds that figure before the month is halfway done.

12.5% is a technical number. What families on minimum wage need is a liveable wage. Those are two different conversations.

The recommendation is on the table. Whether the budget acts on it is the only question that matters.

CM Murad Ali Shah signed off on a Rs. 100 billion master plan to modernise Civil Hospital Karachi — one of the largest a...
06/04/2026

CM Murad Ali Shah signed off on a Rs. 100 billion master plan to modernise Civil Hospital Karachi — one of the largest and oldest public hospitals in Pakistan. The plan includes 500 new beds, new surgical and medical towers, upgraded emergency services, and housing for doctors and staff.

Funding will be split equally between the Sindh government and private philanthropists. A joint public-private board will oversee implementation to ensure accountability.

Civil Hospital Karachi sees millions of patients annually — overwhelmingly the poor, the uninsured, and those with nowhere else to go. It has been underfunded, overcrowded, and under-equipped for decades.

Rs. 100 billion and a joint oversight board is a serious commitment. Pakistan has seen serious commitments dissolve before.

The people who sleep on hospital floors waiting for treatment don't have time for another broken promise.

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