Mahnoor Cheema: The British Pakistani Student With Six Reported World Records
Mahnoor Cheema, an 18-year-old British Pakistani student from west London, passed 24 A Level subjects with distinction in a single sitting in August 2025, a feat reported as a world…
Malala Yousafzai: Still the Youngest Nobel Laureate in History
Some records are broken within a few years. This one has stood for more than a decade: Malala Yousafzai became the youngest Nobel laureate in history on 10 October 2014,…
Ahsan Ramzan: The Lahore Teenager Who Became a World Snooker Champion at 16
In March 2022, a 16-year-old from Lahore walked into the IBSF World Snooker Championship in Doha as the 27th seed, on his international debut, and walked out with the trophy.…
Shaheen Shah Afridi Becomes Pakistan’s All Time Leading T20I Wicket Taker
The Shaheen Shah Afridi T20I record is now official: on 24 February 2026, at Pallekele in Sri Lanka, Shaheen took 4 for 30 against England in the T20 World Cup…
Joyland: The First Pakistani Film at Cannes Won the Jury Prize
Joyland was the first Pakistani film at Cannes, and it did not just attend: it won. Saim Sadiq’s debut feature premiered at the 75th Cannes Film Festival on 23 May…
NUST Ranked 3rd in Southern Asia in QS Asia University Rankings 2026
NUST ranked 3rd in Southern Asia in the QS Asia University Rankings 2026, climbing from joint sixth in the previous edition and finishing as the highest placed university in the…
Jahangir Khan Won 555 Squash Matches in a Row
Pakistan’s Jahangir Khan won 555 squash matches in a row between November 1981 and November 1986, the longest unbeaten run in men’s squash and a winning streak no athlete in…
Pakistan Climbs to 95th in the Global Innovation Index 2026 and Regains Overperformer Status
Pakistan has climbed four places to 95th in the Global Innovation Index 2026 and regained its status as an innovation overperformer, the label the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) gives…
41 Aga Khan University Researchers Named Among the World’s Top 2% Scientists
Forty-one Aga Khan University researchers have been named in the 2026 edition of the World’s Top 2% Scientists list, the annual Stanford University and Elsevier ranking of the most influential…