An Afghan man who entered the US under Operation Allies Welcome has been charged in Texas over an alleged TikTok bomb threat, as Republicans seize on a second high-profile case to question how Afghan evacuees were screened and whether Biden’s flagship resettlement programme is a security risk.
آکسفورڈ یونیورسٹی میں پاک بھارت اسٹوڈنٹس مباحثے میں پاکستانی طلبہ نے 106 کے مقابلے میں 50 ووٹ لے کر دو تہائی اکثریت سے کامیابی حاصل کی، جبکہ ایک روز قبل آکسفورڈ یونین کے باضابطہ مباحثے سے بھارتی وفد عین وقت پر دستبردار ہو کر پاکستان کو بلا مقابلہ فتح دے چکا تھا، جس سے بھارتی بیانیے کی کمزوری نمایاں ہو گئی۔
امریکی نیشنل گارڈ پر مبینہ افغان سیاسی پناہ گزین کے حملے اور ہلاکت کے بعد صدر ٹرمپ نے افغانستان، ایران، صومالیہ، یمن، کیوبا اور وینیزویلا سمیت 19 “تشویش والے” ممالک کے گرین کارڈ ہولڈرز کے کیسز دوبارہ کھولنے اور افغان امیگریشن معطل کرنے کا اعلان کر دیا۔
After a National Guard patrol was gunned down in Washington, President Donald Trump turned swiftly from outrage to action, ordering a sweeping review of green cards issued to people from 19 “countries of concern” and freezing all Afghan immigration cases. The move has alarmed Afghan communities and rights groups, who say one man’s alleged crime is being used to reopen settled statuses and to push a much wider “reverse migration” agenda.
President Donald Trump has confirmed that National Guard soldier Sarah Beckstrom has died from her injuries after an ambush-style shooting near the White House. With the suspect identified as an Afghan asylum seeker who once served in a CIA-backed unit, her killing has rapidly become a test case for America’s Afghan resettlement promises, its security vetting system and the contested deployment of Guard troops in the nation’s capital.
Lahore has been designated the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's Tourism and Cultural Capital for 2026-2027, under a resolution signed at the same Bishkek summit where Pakistan assumed the SCO chairmanship, with four flagship cultural events planned in the city.
Pakistan formally assumed the chairmanship of the SCO Council of Heads of State on September 1, taking over from Kyrgyzstan at the conclusion of the Bishkek summit. It's Pakistan's first time holding the role since joining as a full member in 2017, and Islamabad will host the organisation's 2027 summit.
The defence pact signed by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye three weeks ago will be known as the Makkah Defence Alliance, its secretariat has been established in Riyadh, and its first secretary general will be appointed from among Pakistanis, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced in Istanbul on Monday.
The Court of Arbitration in The Hague has issued its Award on the Status of the Indus Waters Treaty and its Decision on Interim Measures, finding that India's decision to place the treaty in abeyance is not permissible and that the accord remains fully in force, according to Pakistan's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Neither text has been published yet, with publication expected within about a week.
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye convene the first session of the committee created under the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement in Istanbul on Monday, each sending their foreign minister, defence minister and military chief. It is the first institutional step since the pact was signed three weeks ago, and the agenda covers defence capabilities, interoperability and, according to Pakistani reporting, joint production.
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