A Republican still walks the White House corridors and America’s shared interests with Pakistan have not moved. Any promise of relief for Imran Khan from a Democratic majority will fail, just as the last one did.
INTERNATIONAL
The Democrat beat Mike Rogers after a campaign in which Trump called him a ‘jihadist’ and a fellow Democrat endorsed his rival
ECONOMY
The dispute over the 2005 privatisation has run for 20 years, with 32 of 3,246 properties still to be transferred
INTERNATIONAL
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned Washington not to ignore the vote, as Trump says the war will end when he says so
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The same three slots now apply across Pakistan, so here is how to plan your cooking and stay safe at home
INTERNATIONAL
He blamed Republican candidates and warned he would ‘veto everything’ if the new majority does not work with him
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They took seven Senate seats including Texas and Maine, and will hold full control of Congress from January for the first time since 2023
Chief executive Melanie Perkins says the design company needs to be ‘refounded’, in changes affecting 1,271 people
The 36-year-old telescope still works well, and administrator Jared Isaacman says it deserves the effort
Oil’s sharp fall on hopes of an Iran deal is a welcome reprieve. Pakistan should spend it on storage, a pricing rule, a fairer levy and the solar shift its people have already begun.
The price came down because of a sentence in Washington. It can go back up because of another one.
Pakistan's four provinces are not an administrative map. They are four estates, kept intact by the men who profit from the distance between citizens and the state.
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An extensive security investigation uncovered a sustained Indian intrusion into the publication’s digital infrastructure. With normal operations restored, The Thursday Times says its commitment to independent journalism remains unchanged.
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Pakistan's commitment to defending Makkah predates the pact it just signed, and its silence on specifics isn't hesitation, it's strategy.
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UN monitors, US intelligence and Russia all warn of terrorist groups operating from Afghanistan, as Pakistan becomes the country most affected by terrorism.
“Provided by the de facto authorities in conjunction with weapons permits and travel documents.”
A maritime security pact signed during President Muizzu’s visit gives Islamabad a foothold in waters New Delhi has long treated as its own backyard.
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Signed in Doha with little fanfare, the Badr memorandum joins Turkish factories, Qatari capital, Pakistani scale and an Indonesian market. Read as industrial policy rather than a pact, it may matter more than it looks.
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DG ISPR Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry details the Makkah alliance's secretariat, its Article 51 legal basis, and a maritime coalition spanning Hormuz and Bab al-Mandeb, in an interview with Independent Arabia.
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Free consultations, e-prescriptions, referrals and family health records on one public platform: Balochistan has built a model the rest of Pakistan can learn from.
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I grew up in a PML-N house where the general was the villain of every story. Fifteen years on, I've stopped believing it.
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He spent a career negotiating at the table of power. Now, locked out of the room, Maulana Fazlur Rehman has begun to sound like the man he helped remove.
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The strongest defence of the Haramain would be one that keeps the turbulence of the region far from their gates. That is more than deterrence; it is stewardship of a trust larger than any single state.
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“The world has eroded its supply buffers,” Sultan Al Jaber tells the ADIPEC energy conference in Abu Dhabi, with diesel stocks at a 35-year seasonal low in some markets
OpenAI chief says there must be “no room for debate” over human control, and names energy as the one challenge he faces today
The exchange suspended deposits and withdrawals and says it will cover all losses, as an analytics firm blames North Korea’s TraderTraitor unit and bitcoin slides to a six-week low.
Higher oil prices and a joint venture exit lifted the Saudi oil giant’s earnings, even as the Iran war cut its output and its facilities came under fire.
Civil defence alerts were issued and lifted across southern Saudi cities, while Houthi media say seven people were wounded in coalition strikes in Hodeidah province.
Saudi authorities have not commented on the claim about a strike in the kingdom’s oil-rich Eastern Province.
The dispute over the 2005 privatisation has run for 20 years, with 32 of 3,246 properties still to be transferred
The new rates apply from Wednesday, a day after the last revision, as the minister had hinted
The airline has its licence and is leasing six aircraft for its first phase, the provincial transport secretary says
The army chief met the Maldivian president in Islamabad on the second day of the first visit by a Maldivian head of state in 11 years, as the two countries signed a defence and maritime security pact.
The 16-article agreement between Türkiye, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia treats an attack on one as an attack on all, bars withdrawal for a decade and gives Pakistan the first turn as secretary-general.
An AK Party lawmaker told Reuters the request would follow ratification of the Makkah defence pact, which Ankara sent to parliament on Tuesday. There has been no official confirmation from Ankara, Riyadh or Islamabad.
Goalkeeper Jesus Owono has faced abuse since the collision, as Messi and Mbappe lead tributes to the Tenerife striker
The 30-year-old suffered head and chest injuries against Andorra on Monday, and his condition worsened on Tuesday morning
The club is eighth, six points off the top, after being widely seen as favourites for automatic promotion
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