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Saleem Raza Bradford: The recently announced defence pact between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia has been hailed by some observers as historic and strategically significant, yet a closer look suggests its practical impact may be far more…

Ishtiaq Ahmed Bradford: The term genocide, and the legal framework that defines it as a crime, was directly shaped by the mass extermination of six million Jews by Nazi Germany. For it now to be ruthlessly practiced by Israel against the…

AFP/APP Moscow: A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported. The quake occurred 111 kilometres (69 miles) east of…

Roy Zia Ur Rahman Islamabad: In the midst of worsening climate challenges in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), an unlikely creature has become a symbol of resilience and hope: the pangolin. Recently, a rare pangolin was rescued from a…

Roy Zia Ur Rahman Islamabad: Every WhatsApp user knows the hesitation that follows after typing a message: is it too blunt, too formal, or perhaps too casual? To ease this universal dilemma, WhatsApp has introduced Writing Help—a new…

News Desk Islamabad: Haider Ali, who had been accused by a British-Pakistani woman of assault at a Manchester hotel, was arrested on August 4 at the Spitfire County Cricket Ground in Kent during Pakistan Shaheen’s tour of England. He was…

News Desk Islamabad: Torrential rains measuring a record 526 millimetres have devastated Gujrat, inundating roads, homes, and commercial centres. Floodwaters swept into major city markets and residential areas, crippling daily life…

News Desk Washington: US President Donald Trump has signalled a possible expansion of the American military presence in Poland, reaffirming Washington’s commitment to the NATO ally as concerns over Russia’s war in Ukraine continue to…

AFP/APP Paris: European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are to meet in Paris on Thursday in a new effort to pile pressure on Vladimir Putin after he vowed Russia will fight on in Ukraine if no peace deal is reached.…

News Desk Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Salman Akram Raja on Wednesday said that the recent letters written by two Islamabad High Court (IHC) judges had “exposed the state of the judiciary.” He criticised government…