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    India’s opposition rallies at Ramlila Maidan to demand election chief Gyanesh Kumar quit, as BJP stages counter-marches

    Rahul Gandhi, Kharge, Akhilesh Yadav and Mamata Banerjee led the “Vote Bachao, Desh Bachao” rally against the voter-roll purge under heavy security.

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    FBI blames North Korea for $6 billion Binance heist, urges crypto firms to freeze stolen funds

    The bureau said North Korea’s TraderTraitor hackers were laundering the record haul through Ether and published more than 100 wallet addresses to block.

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    Pakistan takes over G-24 chairmanship, Aurangzeb calls for fairer global financial system

    The finance minister set three priorities: development-first policymaking, a bigger voice for developing economies and reform of the international financial architecture.

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    Israelis rally for Arab parties to join opposition and oust Netanyahu as his supporters cry ‘Hamas’

    Protesters in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa urged Gadi Eisenkot to build a 67-seat majority with Ra’am and the Joint List.

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    Tear gas in Paris, water cannon in Cologne as Gen Z cost-of-living protests sweep France and Germany

    Hundreds of thousands marched in a third weekend of protests in France as a youth movement spread to more than 30 German cities.

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Four fiefdoms and a flag

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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  1. The Thursday Times targeted in major cyberattack by Indian hackers

    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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  2. Why Pakistan doesn’t need a treaty to defend Makkah

    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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  3. How Pakistan overtook India in global diplomacy

    What does it take to go from an unanswered White House phone call to a UN Security Council seat in two years? Ask Pakistan. The Makkah Defence Pact. US-Iran mediation. An invite from Damascus. India lost Washington's favor in the same stretch.

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Why Afghanistan is called a global hub of terrorism

UN monitors, US intelligence and Russia all warn of terrorist groups operating from Afghanistan, as Pakistan becomes the country most affected by terrorism.

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  1. Through the Maldives, Pakistan stakes a claim to a bigger Indian Ocean role

    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.

    4 min read

  2. With Badr, four Muslim powers bet on building their weapons together

    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.

    7 min read

  3. Inside the Makkah alliance: DG ISPR on expansion, legal basis and the Muslim world’s test

    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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