Pakistan Unveils New Rs75 Commemorative Coin to Mark ‘Marka-e-Haq’ and Independence Day

Pakistan Unveils New Rs75 Commemorative Coin to Mark ‘Marka-e-Haq’ and Independence Day

Pakistan has announced the issuance of a new Rs75 commemorative coin, with the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP)…

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Mabruka Khan
Queen Maeve’s long absence from The Boys wasn’t just about plot. It also came down to actress Dominique McElligott stepping away from acting, according to showrunner Eric Kripke, who said the team did try to bring her back before the series wrapped up. In a new interview cited by Entertainment Weekly, Kripke said he reached out to McElligott early enough to know whether the writers should build toward a return. His account was pretty straightforward: he asked whether she’d be open to coming back for a day, but she declined, saying she had “kind of retired from acting” and was also unavailable on the relevant dates. Kripke described the exchange as respectful and completely non-dramatic. That fresh explanation adds a real-world layer to a character exit that, story-wise, had already been carefully mapped out years earlier. Back in 2022, after Maeve’s apparent farewell in the Season 3 finale, Kripke told TVLine that he never planned to kill her off. Instead, he said the series had been “intentionally building to a happy ending” for Maeve from the very beginning, arguing that the character had earned some peace after everything she’d been through. That older comment matters, because it explains why Maeve didn’t simply get dragged back into the chaos for one more big superhero swing. In Kripke’s view, her arc had already landed where it was supposed to land: alive, out of the spotlight, and reunited with Elena. He also made clear at the time that he did not want to fall into the well-known “Bury Your Gays” trope by killing off a bisexual character for dramatic effect. So the absence ends up being the result of two overlapping realities. One is creative: Kripke believed Maeve’s story had already reached its intended emotional conclusion. The other is practical: when there was a chance to bring her back briefly, McElligott was no longer acting. Even so, Kripke said the show still wanted Maeve to be felt in the final stretch. He explained that the recaps and references were meant as a kind of tribute, framing Maeve as part of a lineage of powerful women in the series — with that thread passing through Annie and beyond. In other words, Maeve may not have physically returned, but the show didn’t want viewers to forget what she represented. For fans, that probably won’t erase the disappointment. Maeve was one of the show’s most complicated and compelling figures, and plenty of viewers hoped she’d reappear before the end. Still, Kripke’s explanation makes one thing pretty clear: her absence wasn’t about the character being discarded. It was the combination of a completed arc and an actor who, by Kripke’s account, had moved on.

‘The Boys’ Creator Says Queen Maeve’s Absence Wasn’t a Story Snub — It Became a Real-World One

Queen Maeve’s long absence from The Boys wasn’t just about plot. It also came down to actress Dominique…

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Mabruka Khan
Saudi Riyal Stays Above Rs75 in Pakistan Open Market on May 21

Saudi Riyal Stays Above Rs75 in Pakistan Open Market on May 21

The Saudi riyal was quoted at Rs75.20 for selling and Rs74.20 for buying in Pakistan’s open market on…

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Mabruka Khan
UAE Dirham Holds Near Rs76 Mark as Pakistan Open Market Quotes Rs76.90 on May 21

UAE Dirham Holds Near Rs76 Mark as Pakistan Open Market Quotes Rs76.90 on May 21

The UAE dirham was being quoted at Rs76.90 in Pakistan’s open market on Thursday, May 21, 2026, according…

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Mabruka Khan
UK pound holds firm against rupee in today’s trade

UK pound holds firm against rupee in today’s trade

KARACHI: The British pound remained expensive against the Pakistani rupee on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, with currency market…

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Mabruka Khan
PSX jumps 1,900 points as buying returns after sharp sell-off

PSX jumps 1,900 points as buying returns after sharp sell-off

KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange bounced back on March 31, with renewed buying lifting the benchmark KSE-100 Index…

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Mabruka Khan
IMF pushes provinces for over Rs400 billion extra in FY27 budget

IMF pushes provinces for over Rs400 billion extra in FY27 budget

Islamabad: Pakistan’s provinces are being asked to raise more than Rs400 billion in additional taxes in the 2026-27…

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Mabruka Khan
CCP approves CDC investment in Naymat Collateral Management Company

CCP approves CDC investment in Naymat Collateral Management Company

Pakistan’s competition regulator has approved the proposed investment by the Central Depository Company of Pakistan Limited (CDC) in…

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Mabruka Khan
NA clears bills on bank-loan recovery, airports authority changes

NA clears bills on bank-loan recovery, airports authority changes

Pakistan’s National Assembly has passed two more government-backed measures, one tightening the legal route for banks to recover…

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Mabruka Khan
Rs1.51 trillion PSDP comes under scrutiny as Shehbaz sharpens pre-budget development push

Rs1.51 trillion PSDP comes under scrutiny as Shehbaz sharpens pre-budget development push

The federal government has begun reviewing a proposed Rs1.51 trillion Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for FY2026-27, with…

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Mabruka Khan
Pakistan Oxygen CEO Matin Amjad to step down on June 25

Pakistan Oxygen CEO Matin Amjad to step down on June 25

Pakistan Oxygen Limited has announced that its Chief Executive Officer, Matin Amjad, has resigned, with his departure set…

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Mabruka Khan
Pakistan’s current account slips back into $324 million deficit in April

Pakistan’s current account slips back into $324 million deficit in April

Pakistan’s external account took a sharp turn in April, slipping into a $324 million current account deficit after…

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Mabruka Khan
Fasset lands $51 million Series B to scale stablecoin banking across emerging markets

Fasset lands $51 million Series B to scale stablecoin banking across emerging markets

Fasset, a Los Angeles-headquartered digital banking and investment platform, has raised $51 million in Series B funding to…

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Mabruka Khan
Petrol price in Pakistan stands at Rs399.86 per litre on May 9, 2026

Petrol price in Pakistan stands at Rs399.86 per litre on May 9, 2026

The petrol price in Pakistan stood at Rs399.86 per litre on May 9, 2026, according to the official…

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Mabruka Khan
U.S. President Donald Trump said Russia and Ukraine had agreed to observe a three-day ceasefire running from Saturday through Monday, and said the pause would also include a prisoner swap. According to AP, Trump announced the arrangement on social media and cast it as a possible opening toward a broader end to the war. The claim is significant, but it comes with an obvious caution. At this stage, the announcement is being reported as Trump’s statement about what both sides agreed to, and ceasefire politics around this war have often been messy, short-lived and disputed almost immediately. That makes verification on the ground just as important as the announcement itself. The timing matters too. AP says the truce would overlap with Russia’s Victory Day period, a politically loaded moment in Moscow that already carried security concerns and symbolic weight. Recent reporting has also described earlier unilateral or competing truce proposals around the same commemorative window, with each side questioning the other’s sincerity. That is why the real test is not the headline but whether the ceasefire actually holds. Even a short pause could reduce immediate fighting and create space for diplomacy, but previous temporary truces tied to holidays or political messaging have struggled to survive contact with the battlefield. So for now, this is a potentially important diplomatic development, but still one that needs careful watching. If Russia and Ukraine do observe the truce for the full three days, it could become a rare moment of de-escalation. If not, it will join the long list of ceasefire claims that sounded promising before events on the ground caught up.

Trump says Russia and Ukraine will observe three-day ceasefire

U.S. President Donald Trump said Russia and Ukraine had agreed to observe a three-day ceasefire running from Saturday…

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Mabruka Khan