Politics

AFP Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit North Korea next week, marking his first trip to Pyongyang in seven years and underscoring Beijing’s efforts to strengthen its diplomatic role amid shifting global alliances.…

News Desk Tehran:The military campaign launched by the United States and Israel against Iran was intended to weaken the Islamic Republic, but recent diplomatic developments suggest the parties may be moving toward an interim agreement…

Maryam Siddiqui Islamabad: We are no longer living in an era where only openly oppressive regimes rely on surveillance to maintain control. In today’s digital environment, almost every human activity leaves a trace, and power…

News Desk  Islamabad: In Pakistan, celebrity culture has traditionally revolved around three worlds: cricket, music, and television.  These industries produce the country’s biggest stars, people whose fame crosses generations and…

Basit Ali Lahore: Since the advent of the Indo-Pacific construct, minilateralism refers to the genesis of alliances, corridor politics, and strategic goals pertaining to particular fears that include a small number of nations to…

Sher Ahmed Durrani Islamabad: Pakistani politics is often described through a tired and misleading binary: religious fundamentalism versus liberal excess. This framing may be convenient, but it is deeply inaccurate.  More importantly,…

APP Peshawar: The Awami National Party (ANP) on Monday opposed the PTI resolution regarding the creation of Hazara province in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly. During the Assembly session, ANP parliamentary leader Arbab Usman…

News Desk Doha: The Second World Summit for Social Development concluded in Doha on Thursday with calls for countries to move swiftly from commitments to implementation, ensuring that the Doha Political Declaration delivers measurable…

News Desk Islamabad: Pakistan on Sunday strongly condemned the International Cricket Council (ICC) for what it termed a “selective, biased and premature” statement regarding the reported deaths of Afghan cricketers, warning that such…

AFP/APP Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron will name a new prime minister within the next 48 hours, his office said on Wednesday, following the resignation of outgoing premier Sébastien Lecornu, which has plunged the country deeper…