Politics & Public Policy
ISLAMABAD: It has been widely reported that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has been formally invited to China as a state guest to attend a grand...
TIANJIN/ISLAMABAD — August 28, 2025: Russian President Vladimir Putin will travel to China for a four-day visit, with the Shanghai Cooperation...
Pakistan’s geography gives it a unique strategic position. It acts as an overland bridge linking China and Afghanistan. Along its northern frontier...
The China-Afghanistan-Pakistan trilateral dialogue began in 2017 and was revived after the Taliban took power. Its fifth session in November 2023...
In a surprise announcement, President Donald Trump has nominated Sergio Gor as the next US Ambassador to India — while simultaneously appointing him...
NEW DELHI — India’s Election Commission (ECI), long paraded as the guardian of the “world’s largest democracy,” now finds itself in the dock —...
Current Affairs
ISLAMABAD/BEIJING — August 28, 2025: Sources have confirmed that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif...
ISLAMABAD — August 27, 2025: Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Lieutenant...
ISLAMABAD: It has been widely reported that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has been formally...
LAHORE — August 28, 2025: Punjab is facing one of its worst flood emergencies in decades as the...
World Affairs

From Black Day to Binding Cause: Why August 5 Still Matters
Today marks six years since August 5, 2019—a date remembered across Pakistan and Kashmir as "Youm-e-Istehsal" (Day of Exploitation). On...
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Economy
The Audit Report 2024-25 has laid bare the massive wrongdoing by Pakistan’s sugar industry....
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Terrorism
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