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By Uzma Ehtasham Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s remarks at the Pak-China Agri-Investment Conference were not merely a celebration of bilateral friendship. They were an attempt to sketch a future for Pakistan that draws confidence from China’s experience while responding to the country’s own long-standing structural weaknesses. At the heart of his argument was a simple but ambitious proposition: that with the right mix of technology, training and political will, Pakistan could compress years of slow progress into months of visible change, particularly in agriculture, information technology and artificial intelligence. This vision comes at a moment when Pakistan is cautiously emerging…

Pakistan’s recent acceptance of an invitation to join the so‑called Board of Peace marks a moment of cautious realignment in its foreign policy. The move, confirmed by the foreign ministry, came after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif received a letter of invitation from former US President Donald Trump, extending to Islamabad a role in an initiative that, at least in diplomatic parlance, aims to help secure “lasting peace” in Gaza. The government has framed this decision as consistent with Pakistan’s longstanding support for Palestinian self‑determination, including its backing for an independent Palestinian state based on pre‑1967 borders with Jerusalem as its…

By Zardad Wazir For decades, Pakistan’s tribal districts have occupied a central role in the country’s political landscape, yet they have often remained on the margins of governance and development. Among these, Lower South Waziristan has long been emblematic of both strategic importance and persistent neglect. Isolated by rugged terrain and fraught with security challenges, the region has endured cycles of political promises that rarely translated into tangible improvements. Now, a new chapter appears to be unfolding. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), once hailed as a force of renewal and reform, is undertaking what observers describe as a substantial reorganization in the…

By S.M. Inam India is facing an ideological and diplomatic crisis rooted in the hardline doctrine of Hindutva, a worldview that has steadily reshaped the country’s politics and global standing. A state that continues to describe itself as the world’s largest democracy now increasingly resembles an exclusionary Hindu majoritarian project, where religious minorities are marginalized and dissent is treated as disloyalty. Hindutva is no longer merely distorting India’s internal social balance; it is pushing the country towards diplomatic isolation and exposing it to mounting international scrutiny. What once remained implicit is now being openly documented by major international publications, which…

By Atiq Raja Venezuela is more than a headline, more than the product of crisis charts and political rhetoric. It is a land where nature’s grandeur collides with human complexity, where centuries of history converge in the laughter of a street musician and the roar of the world’s tallest waterfall. It is a country whose identity has been forged by its people’s unyielding spirit as much as by the sweep of its landscapes. To understand Venezuela is to see it not as a static category of hardship or beauty, but as a living narrative of contrasts and enduring possibility. Geographically,…

News Desk TEHRAN: Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, issued a stark warning that Tehran would respond with full force if the United States were to launch any attack. In an article published in a US newspaper, Araghchi described recent protests across Iran as initially peaceful but said they had been “hijacked by foreign elements,” inflaming unrest and leading to violence. He revealed that the government had temporarily shut down the internet and other communication networks to prevent the spread of chaos, though services were now being gradually restored. Araghchi noted that most of the fatalities during the protests were police…

By Mehrab Shah Afridi ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party leader Naveed Qamar asserted in the National Assembly that statements made by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz parliamentary leader Khawaja Asif regarding the 18th constitutional amendment should be interpreted as the party’s official position. Qamar referenced Asif’s recent remarks on the Gul Plaza fire, in which he criticized the amendment and warned that efforts to recentralize municipal services could have serious repercussions for governance and provincial autonomy. “You have tried many experiments with the country, and with each one you have divided it further,” Qamar said, sharply condemning proposals to transfer provincial resources to…

By Tanveer Ahmed HUNZA, GILGIT-BALTISTAN: Following special directives from the caretaker chief minister of Gilgit-Baltistan, Justice (retd) Yar Muhammad Khan, the Gilgit-Baltistan Disaster Management Authority has dispatched relief supplies for earthquake victims in the Chipurson Valley of Hunza district. Senior officials, including caretaker ministers and heads of various government departments, have also been sent to the affected areas to review the situation and oversee relief activities. According to official sources, restoration work on roads damaged by the recent earthquake in Chipurson Valley has been completed, restoring ground connectivity to the area. The reopening of the road has removed obstacles to…

By Dr. Ejaz Anjum LAHORE: Serious allegations have surfaced against a Lahore- and Sargodha-based fertility specialist, Dr. Sajida Shahnawaz, over the provision of unapproved and scientifically unrecognized stem cell fertility treatments to infertile couples across Pakistan. The controversy has drawn widespread attention after Dr. Ejaz Anjum, a US-based Kashmiri physician with more than two decades of experience in IVF and stem cell research, publicly challenged Dr. Shahnawaz’s claims. Dr. Anjum, currently serving as Head of Mother and Child International Hospital in Mirpur, accused Dr. Shahnawaz of misleading the public with claims of “stem cell therapy” that, according to him, have…