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By Mohammad Basir-Ul-Haq Sinha There is a particular kind of humiliation that does not announce itself with sirens or explosions. It arrives quietly, in the form of an unanswered invitation, a cancelled flight, a statement from a foreign minister that does not even bother to mention your name. This is the humiliation that now finds Donald Trump, a man who built his political identity on the seductive fiction that he alone could bend hostile powers to his will. This week, in the diplomatic twilight of Islamabad, that fiction came undone. Let us be clear about what actually happened, because the…

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By Abdul Qadir Mahesar DADU: Barrister Pir Mujeeb-ul-Haq, president of the Pakistan Peoples Party district Dadu and a member of the provincial assembly, distributed party tickets to nominated candidates for the 2026 local by-elections at the party secretariat, Pir House Dadu. For Taluka Khairpur Nathan Shah, Ismail Laghari was nominated as a candidate for district council member from Union Council Chhandan, while Amjad Ali Khan, son of Lutfullah Buro, was named for Union Council Buro. Muhammad Azeem, son of Jan Muhammad Babar, was nominated from Union Council Sawro. Party leaders including Mumtaz Ali Jokhio, Imdad Hussain Daud, Khalid Hussain Mirani,…

Oman remained the quiet conduit for de-escalation, even as hardened positions in Washington and Tehran exposed the fragility of diplomacy behind closed doors By Pervaiz Mughal ISLAMABAD: Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, held a fresh round of high-level talks in Islamabad after returning from Oman, as Pakistan continued its careful effort to keep fragile diplomatic channels open between Tehran and Washington. The visit, his second to the Pakistani capital in as many days, came at a moment of uncertainty after Donald Trump abruptly cancelled a planned visit by his envoys, raising fresh doubts over the trajectory of the stalled peace…

The abrupt return of Abbas Araghchi to Islamabad, rather than continuing on to Moscow after his visit to Oman, is not the sign of a disrupted itinerary so much as a revealing pause in a region where diplomacy rarely proceeds in straight lines. In the careful theatre of international relations, such deviations are seldom accidental. They tend instead to signal reassessment, urgency, or the quiet recognition that a conversation elsewhere has acquired new weight. That Tehran chose to retrace its steps, even briefly, suggests that Islamabad has assumed a renewed significance in a set of negotiations that extend far beyond…

By Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal It has been nearly a quarter of a century since I first made Islamabad my home, a city whose measured calm and ordered avenues often conceal the quiet struggles of those who dwell within it. I still recall a remark made to me in 2004 by my Additional Secretary in the National Assembly, Tariq Shafiq, who observed with a mixture of candour and concern that securing official accommodation in Islamabad was no ordinary undertaking; rather, it was a trial that could test one’s patience, endurance, and, at times, even one’s very survival. In those days, such…

By Asghar Ali Mubarak Pakistan’s recent diplomatic posture has begun to acquire a clearer shape, one that departs from the familiar language of security preoccupations and instead foregrounds economic purpose. The shift is neither accidental nor rhetorical. It reflects a recalibration born of necessity, where the state increasingly recognises that its long-term stability depends less on strategic alignments and more on sustainable growth, regional connectivity and a reputation for reliability. In that sense, Islamabad’s emerging role as a mediator and facilitator is not simply about avoiding conflict; it is about constructing the conditions in which economic life can take root…

By Khpalwak Mohmand There are moments in the slow burn of international affairs when a piece of legislation, not yet even law, functions less as a statute and more as a mirror. It holds up a reflection not merely of the government that drafts it, but of the world that watches it pass. The recent noise from the Israeli parliament regarding the legal status and treatment of Palestinian prisoners is precisely such a moment. Before a single clause is finalized or a single vote counted, we are forced to ask ourselves a question that no longer belongs only to the…

By Abdul Qadir Mahesar DADU: Extreme heat, described by residents as almost apocalyptic, has gripped Dadu while prolonged electricity outages of up to 16 hours have left the public exhausted. According to details, unannounced and extended power cuts by Sukkur Electric Power Company have worsened the situation in Dadu and surrounding areas. Although 8-hour load shedding had been announced, residents said outages had stretched to 12 to 16 hours daily, particularly during the night, making life increasingly difficult. They said the situation had become unbearable for working men, women, children and the elderly, who were forced to endure sleepless nights…