Over 20 terror outfits with 13,000 foreign fighters operate from Afghan soil: int’l assessments UN flags surge in TTP cross-border attacks, Durand Line tensions rise with terror spillover hits Central Asia, Chinese nationals...

Defiant KP CM Afridi says ‘no talks under threat’, vows to reclaim province’s rights

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Tuesday said he was prepared to engage even with those he personally disliked for the sake...

SC names advocate Salman Safdar to review living conditions, health of Imran Khan in jail

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday appointed senior advocate Salman Safdar as a friend of the court to independently review the living conditions and...

Pakistan attaches great significance to its close brotherly relations with Uzbekistan: President Zardari

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday said that Pakistan attached great significance to its close brotherly relations with Uzbekistan, underscoring the importance of...

Pakistan backs down

The excuses are already being trotted out that the greater good of the game was at stake, but the fact remains that Pakistan has backed down from its initial...

Basant’s careful return

The return of Basant to Lahore over the long weekend brought feelings of both nostalgia and anxiety for those that remember the festival in all its glory. While the...

The Imperial Presidency

  WASHINGTON WATCH News broke this week that President Donald Trump was conditioning approval of an infrastructure spending bill on renaming New York City’s Penn Station and Washington’s Dulles Airport in...

Beyond domestic discontent

For weeks, Iran has been convulsed by some of the most intense anti-government protests in its modern history. What began in late December 2025 as localized demonstrations against deepening...

Markets without referees

In 2012, a book came out that reframed international thinking on development, Why Nations Fail, by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson, challenged decades of received wisdom, in insisting that...

Security, sovereignty and the information battlefield

In Pakistan’s former tribal districts, particularly Tirah Valley, security operations are increasingly misrepresented through emotionally charged and strategically curated narratives. These portrayals, amplified by PTM-aligned networks and foreign-based echo...