Astonishing remarks by the daughter of former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani have drawn global attention, prompting Iran’s judiciary to take notice. According to international news agencies, an Iranian court…
ISLAMABAD: Are Pakistan and India threatening each other with nuclear strikes as their respective military and political leaders exchange threatening statements? You don’t use threats and terms such as “wipe…
Pakistan has refused to pay Rs 220 billion in interest to China and has informed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that it will not make this payment to the Chinese…
ISLAMABAD: When the foreign ministers of four regional countries urged the Taliban government in Kabul to effectively check terrorism in the territory under their control, it was not their first…
Islamabad – President of the Islamabad High Court Bar Association, Syed Wajid Ali Shah Gilani, was manhandled and assaulted by a group of lawyers during a protest on the High…
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed a defense pact officially dubbed as “strategic mutual defence agreement” (SMDA) at a time when both of them face military threats from their regional rivals.…
While Arab states in the Middle East hardly appeared willing or capable to confront Israel in the wake of the latter's air strike on Doha, Pakistan seems to be the…
Islamabad: Netanyahu dragged Pakistan into Israel’s war this week at the United Nations Security Council. In a move as reckless as it was cynical, the Israeli prime minister invoked Osama…
Israel’s Doha air strikes two days ago were in fact a blow to US Gulf security architecture--a security architecture under which most of the oil-rich Gulf Sheikdoms lead a life…
Karachi, the bustling heart of Pakistan and the provincial capital of Sindh, is once again facing the wrath of the monsoon. Torrential rains have lashed the city, bringing life to…
Pakistan’s most populous province and its agricultural heartland, is battling one of the worst flood crises in its recent history. What began as a seasonal bout of heavy monsoon rains…
Is US-China military conflict a real possibility? If for a moment we ignore the strategic, political and military aspects of the issue and focus our attention on what the Americans…
At the sidelines of a recent Chinese military parade, the official photographer of the Chinese government had an opportunity to take the photo of four leaders--Chinese President, Xi Jinping, Russian…
This time Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was firmer and stiffer in his remarks at the SCO summit meeting in China. He was not at all conciliatory towards India. He…
In Pakistan’s modern history two dates--May 7, 2025 and June 27, 2025--will go down as days when two critical threats to the country's national integrity and security got crystallized. On…
Climate Communication in Early Warning Through Digital Media: Lessons from Floods in Pakistan and India The devastating floods in Pakistan and India have underscored the critical importance of effective climate…