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AFP/APP Johannesburg: Leaders of the world’s largest economies will gather in Johannesburg on November 22–23 for the G20 summit — the first time the meeting is being held on African soil. The summit comes amid heightened global instability…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: In a country where nearly half the population lives below the poverty line, as reported by the World Bank, the sight of an elderly man balancing heaps of snack packets on his motorbike through the narrow…

APP United Nations: Pakistan has underscored the need for a “sincere and meaningful” dialogue addressing the security concerns of all sides in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, now in its fourth year, in order to promote peace in the…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: In the bustling market of Muzaffarabad, under the green-and-white flutter of national flags, a little girl holds up a badge with quiet pride. Behind her stands an elderly woman, her back bent with the weight…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: Pakistan’s riverbanks are once again teeming with desperation. Thousands of people — families, farmers, labourers now live in makeshift shelters, huddled under plastic sheets and tin roofs, waiting for food,…

Ali Nawaz Rahimoo Tharparkar: Climate change is no longer a distant threat for Pakistan. It is here, it is now, and it is disrupting lives, livelihoods, and the environment in devastating ways. From record-breaking floods to…

News Desk Islamabad: The United Nations has stressed the importance of sharing natural resources under mutually agreed treaties, in response to a recent threat by India’s Home Minister Amit Shah that New Delhi would never restore the…

Asem Mustafa Awan Islamabad: In the scorching summer heat of Islamabad, a young boy shoulders a heavy metal cart filled with water cans. This daily chore replaces what should be a morning in school—his future traded for survival. This…

News Desk  Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman and former Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has warned that the threat of war between nuclear-armed neighbours Pakistan and India is at its most dangerous level in years,…

News Desk Islamabad: China has stepped up construction on the Mohmand Dam project in Pakistan following India’s recent threat to suspend the decades-old Indus Waters Treaty and cut off water supplies to Pakistan. According to China’s…