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Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari during an interview with Sky News on June 9, 2025. Photo: Sky News/ YouTube Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) delegation, led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, has met with Chairperson of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto and President Asif Ali Zardari to seek support for the approval of the 27th Constitutional Amendment. The … Read more
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Pakistan already launches three submarines into China’s Yangtze River from shipyard in Hubei The Pakistan Navy expects its first Chinese-designed submarine to enter active service next year, the country’s top admiral told Chinese state media, bolstering Beijing’s bid to counter regional rival India and project power toward the Middle East. A deal under which Islamabad … Read more
Delay links to PML-N’s demand for early elections, current assembly’s term ends in July, 2 months before elections The in-house change in Azad Jammu and Kashmir has been delayed as the Pakistan Peoples Party high command has yet to nominate an alternative Leader of the House in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Assembly, causing … Read more
Lynas Rare Earths, JS Link sign a deal to develop a neodymium magnet manufacturing facility in Malaysia Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said the development of a 600 million ringgit ($142 million) super magnet manufacturing facility in the state of Pahang will strengthen the nation’s rare earth sector, state media reported. In July, Australia’s Lynas Rare … Read more
US President Donald Trump claimed that Pakistan, China, and Russia are secretly conducting nuclear weapons tests, arguing that the United States should not remain the only major power abstaining from such activities, in a televised interview with 60 Minutes. Trump, who recently directed the Pentagon to resume nuclear testing “immediately,” said that North Korea, Pakistan, … Read more
The low-cost Saudi airline, flyadeal, has started its flight operations to Lahore. The new twice-weekly flights take flyadeal’s total capacity between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan up to 18 scheduled services each week across five cities, which include Karachi, Islamabad, Peshawar, and Sialkot all launched this year. Read: New Saudi airline ‘Flyadeal’ begins operations to Pakistan with … Read more
[ Stocks gain on upbeat tech sentiment but a stronger dollar keeps investors cautious Asian stocks rose on Monday as the US-China trade truce and surging investment in artificial intelligence buoyed risk sentiment, while the dollar firmed to a three-month high on easing rate cut wagers after hawkish comments from policymakers. Investors are still focused … Read more
Trump makes comment Sunday evening while heading back to Washington after Florida vacation A drone view of Christians departing St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church after a Sunday mass in Palmgrove, Lagos, Nigeria November 2, 2025 Photo: Reuters US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the US military could deploy troops to Nigeria or … Read more
A team that faced seemingly insurmountable odds wins its first championship, with wider ramifications for the role women play in public life.
