Both neighbours agree to prolong 48-hour truce until conclusion of Doha negotiations Pakistan’s delegation to depart for talks tomorrow aimed at ensuring lasting border stability Security sources reject media reports claiming a Pakistani...

Cabinet-approved summary sent to Centre for ‘final decision’ on TLP ban: Azma

Punjab information minister says summary seeks inclusion of TLP leaders in Fourth Schedule of ATA Says state ‘can’t allow paralysis in name of...

PM orders expedited, dignified repatriation of Afghans, rules out any further extension

Premier Shehbaz says no more extensions will be granted for stay of illegal Afghan residents Directs provinces and federal bodies to coordinate for...

Govt determined to equip institutions with cutting-edge technology for sustainable mineral development: PM

PM Shehbaz inaugurates upgraded GAR Labs, calls development a major milestone to unlock Pakistan’s vast mineral wealth Highlights scientific innovation and global collaboration...

Pak-Afghan peace efforts

It almost seems as if the two combatants in what was not a very intense war seem to have become tired. The most potent symbol of the cost of...

Review passed

The prospects of a mini-budget are no longer as immediate as seemed likely during the IMF review team visit, but with the Staff-Level Agreement that has now been reached,...

The fourth plenum and the future of Chinese modernization

From October 20 to 23, Beijing will convene the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China- an event that has already drawn...

The stranger that stirred the solar system

When news first broke that a foreign body, nicknamed Atlas, had drifted into our solar system from the deep unknown, it ignited imaginations worldwide. Unlike the countless comets and...

India’s Ambiguous Nuclear Weapons Programme

India pursues a nuclear doctrine of credible minimum deterrence and a no-first-use (NFU) policy. However, this narrative masks the fact that India’s nuclear programme is the fastest growing in...

The fire next time

AT PENPOINT The Gaza Peace Plan has had the advantage of leading to a ceasefire, though no one trusts it to last. Gazans were cruelly disappointed in arch when the...