Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a meeting with Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni at the Prime Minister’s House in Islamabad on Tuesday, as both countries sought to strengthen bilateral cooperation and discuss key regional developments. Read More: Iran’s Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni lands in Islamabad The Iranian interior minister arrived at the Prime Minister’s House accompanied […]
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Supreme Court adjourns hearing on Imaan Mazari, Hadi plea over sentence suspension
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of petitions filed by lawyer-activists Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her husband, Hadi Ali Chattha, challenging the Islamabad High Court’s decision not to suspend their prison sentences in the social media posts case. Read More: IHC to hear Imaan, Hadi sentence suspension pleas on July 24 A three-member bench […]
Police submit supplementary challan against alleged drug kingpin Pinky
Police in Karachi have submitted a supplementary challan against alleged drug dealer Anmol, alias Pinky, in a narcotics smuggling case originally registered in 2018, claiming that the suspect admitted during interrogation to operating a drug trafficking network. Read More: Drug suspect Anmol alias Pinky’s brother arrested in Karachi The case was heard by the Additional District and […]
Return to pre-July 9 position to resume talks, Pakistan and Qatar tell US, Iran
A joint de-escalation proposal by Pakistan and Qatar has urged the United States and Iran to return to their pre-July 9 positions “as a first step” to resume stalled talks to permanently end their months-long war, Pakistani government sources told Anadolu on Monday. The proposal, jointly drafted by Islamabad and Doha after “consulting regional partners”, […]
Canada pledges more than $47 million for security, uplift initiatives in Pakistan
Pakistan and Canada on Monday agreed to expand cooperation in trade, investment, security and development, with both countries reaffirming their commitment to institutionalize bilateral engagement while Canada announced assistance worth over $47 million for security and development initiatives in Pakistan. Addressing a joint press stakeout along with Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand at the Ministry […]
Pakistan credits crackdown as Saudi, GCC deportations for begging fall sharply
Pakistan is witnessing a decline in the number of its nationals deported from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries for begging this year, an official said recently, attributing the drop to the government’s sweeping crackdown against the practice. Several Pakistanis have been deported from Saudi Arabia and other GCC countries in recent […]
Federal government extends austerity measures to curb spending
The federal government has decided to continue its austerity measures during the current fiscal year as part of efforts to control public expenditure and improve fiscal discipline. Read More: Federal cabinet approves PASCO closure plan According to official sources, the federal cabinet has approved the continuation of cost-cutting measures introduced in previous years. Following the decision, […]
Pakistan and the Global South’s Battle for AI Rules
The defining geopolitical competition of the twenty-first century will not be fought solely over trade routes, semiconductors, or critical minerals. It will increasingly revolve around a more fundamental question: Who writes the rules governing artificial intelligence? Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming the world’s most consequential strategic technology. While much attention has focused on the race […]
Pakistan resumes diplomacy amid escalating US-Iran war
Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni will arrive in Pakistan on Monday for a two-day visit amid renewed conflict in the Middle East, sources said. Momeni will be accompanied by a high-level delegation, including senior officials from various Iranian ministries, sources said. During the visit, the Iranian interior minister will hold meetings with Pakistan’s top leadership, […]
Pakistan’s ODA Is Increasing but Changing Shape. So Should Its Utilisation
For seven decades, Pakistan’s development story ran on a familiar script: Western governments wrote checks, and Islamabad built projects. That script effectively ended on January 20, 2025, when President Trump signed an executive order suspending nearly all US foreign assistance. Thirty-nine major USAID-funded projects, worth more than $845 million, were halted overnight, affecting an estimated […]