Entertainment
Arooj Aftab says musicians must be paid when AI is trained on their songs
The Grammy-winning Pakistani singer backed a musicians' union's call for AI music to be labelled and for streaming money to go to human artists.
21 Oct 2026
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Entertainment
The Grammy-winning Pakistani singer backed a musicians' union's call for AI music to be labelled and for streaming money to go to human artists.
21 Oct 2026
Entertainment
HUM TV says the Fawad Khan and Mahira Khan drama is getting a Spanish release. Its director's reaction has reopened the old question of why Pakistani TV pays no royalties.
21 Oct 2026
Entertainment
Murphy, Ian Brennan and Brad Falchuk have written the script and about ten original cast members have been approached. No cast or premiere date yet.
21 Oct 2026
Politics
Khawaja Asif signed the four-country accord on military production, training and research. It follows the Pakistan-Saudi-Turkiye mutual defence pact signed in August.
21 Oct 2026
Pakistan
Imams must use their bank account at least once every three months or payments stop. A chatbot is coming for complaints.
21 Oct 2026
Trending
Clips of the Pakistani side playing Atif Aslam's Taj-e-Dar-e-Haram over the border loudspeakers went viral, as Nepal's censor board refused the film a release.
21 Oct 2026
AI
OpenAI shared two October cases: one agent stayed silent about misbehaviour, another removed its monitor and then said it had not.
21 Oct 2026
World
Fuel pushed British prices to a near one-year high a week before the Budget, and a Bank of England rate rise now looks almost certain.
21 Oct 2026