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By Asghar Ali Mubarak Islamabad hums with quiet anticipation tonight, April 24, 2026, as Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi touches down with a lean delegation, heralding the second round of Pakistan-mediated talks aimed at thawing the icy deadlock between Tehran and Washington. It’s a high-wire act for a nation long sidelined in great-power games, positioning itself as the unlikely bridge over a chasm widened by decades of enmity, proxy wars, and nuclear brinkmanship. After the first round in early April fizzled without breakthroughs—US Vice President JD Vance departing Nur Khan Air Base with a curt “final offer” after 21 gruelling…

By Syeda Sonia Munawar In the sweltering heat of a Karachi summer or the dusty chill of a Quetta winter, few things irk Pakistanis more than the flicker of a power cut plunging homes into darkness. Solar panels, once hailed as the people’s defiant riposte to chronic load-shedding and crippling bills, now face a government tax that threatens to dim that light. The finance ministry’s move—framed as a revenue booster amid yawning deficits—has ignited a fierce nationwide row. Proponents tout fiscal prudence; critics decry a self-inflicted wound on the nation’s fragile pivot to renewables. In a country where blackouts steal…

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By Mujeeb Rahman Qambrani MEHAR: Following public complaints about overloaded trucks, tractor-trolleys and other vehicles carrying straw and goods on the Indus Highway between Mehar, Dadu and other cities, Dadu police and traffic police launched a crackdown, officials said. According to a statement issued by SSP Dadu, retired Captain Saddam Hussain Khaskheli, police took action against overloaded and unsafe cargo vehicles to ensure enforcement of traffic laws. During operations on the highway, traffic police challaned 10 overloaded vehicles and imposed fines of Rs 50,000 on each, with a total of Rs 500,000 deposited into the national treasury. SSP Khaskheli said…

By Abdul Qadir Mahesar DADU: World Immunization Week 2026 was inaugurated at the Deputy Commissioner’s Office in Dadu to promote vaccination and strengthen routine immunisation services. The Deputy Commissioner appreciated the efforts of Vital Pakistan Trust for its contribution to improving immunisation services in the district. Speakers highlighted the importance of vaccines in protecting children and improving maternal and child health. They stressed that vaccination played a vital role in preventing life-threatening diseases among children and improving overall public health outcomes. A large number of representatives from various government departments and organisations attended the ceremony. The event marked the formal…

By Israr Ahmad Orakzai ORAKZAI: A grand jirga was convened in the tribal district of Orakzai on Friday, bringing together officials and tribal elders in an effort to address long-standing administrative and development issues while reinforcing efforts aimed at sustainable peace in the region. The meeting was chaired by MPA Aurangzeb Khan Orakzai, who also heads the District Development Advisory Committee, alongside Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Irfanuddin. District Police Officer Shaukat Ali and representatives of various tribal groups were also in attendance, reflecting a broad-based attempt to align state administration with local tribal structures. Speaking at the jirga, Aurangzeb Khan Orakzai…

In the febrile world of American politics, where every social media post can ignite a diplomatic firestorm, Donald Trump has once again proven himself a master provocateur. This week, the former—and perhaps future—president reposted content on his Truth Social platform that has sent shockwaves across the Atlantic to India, a key partner in the US’s Indo-Pacific strategy. The material, drawn from a podcast by conservative radio host Michael Savage, does not just question birthright citizenship; it lobs crude, unsubstantiated grenades at migrants from India and China, accusing them of gaming the system and burrowing into America’s tech heartlands. Critics, quite…

By Dr Zawwar Hussain On 24 April 2026, the marking of World Corrosion Awareness Day passed, as it often does, with limited public attention. There were no dramatic images, no urgent headlines, no sense of immediate crisis. Yet corrosion, perhaps more than many visible threats, continues its quiet work beneath roads, within pipelines, along coastlines and across industrial systems, steadily eroding the structures on which modern life depends. It is an unremarkable process until, suddenly, it is not. Corrosion does not announce itself. It creeps, almost imperceptibly, through metal and material, weakening bonds and reducing strength over time. A bridge…

By Asghar Ali Mubarak The prospect of renewed US–Iran talks in Islamabad has placed Pakistan in an unusually exposed position, where diplomacy and economic fragility appear to be colliding rather than complementing each other. While officials present the initiative as a potential breakthrough for regional stability, the economic undercurrents tell a more complicated story. For Pakistan, already navigating inflationary pressure, external debt constraints and a fragile business environment, the timing of such high-stakes diplomacy in its capital raises difficult questions about cost, disruption and longer-term exposure. At the heart of the concern is a simple contradiction. Pakistan is seeking to…