From South Waziristan to Balochistan and Punjab, Pakistan continues to confront terrorist violence that targets security forces and civilians alike. Yet while the world speaks loudly for other states' victims, Pakistani suffering too often receives silence, indifference, or selective concern.
افغانستان کے خلاف جنگ ہمارا انتخاب نہیں، ضرورت ہے۔ مقصد رجیم چینج نہیں، دہشتگردی کو روکنا ہے۔ پاکستان سے شکست کے بعد بھارت کے پاس پراکسی وار کے علاوہ آپشن نہیں۔ افواجِ پاکستان ہر دشمن کا مقابلہ کرنے کیلئے تیار ہیں۔ افغان حکومت کو دہشتگردوں کی سہولت کاری ختم کرنا ہو گی۔ ڈونلڈ ٹرمپ نے وینزویلا آپریشن کے بعد ایران کے بارے میں غلط اندازہ لگایا۔
Pakistan has moved to shut down the impression of informal peace talks with the Afghan Taliban, insisting that there will be no dialogue without concrete and verifiable action against cross-border militancy.
The Diplomat’s piece rests on Ajmal Sohail’s unverified claims, presenting a politically situated Afghan figure as a neutral expert while offering no credible independent evidence for its most serious allegations. It also fails the basic logic test: Pakistan’s all-weather partnership with China makes the claim that Islamabad is targeting Chinese interests extremely difficult to sustain.
پاکستان کو افغانستان میں اپنی فوجی کارروائی ختم کرنے کی کوئی جلدی نہیں اور یہ سلسلہ اُس وقت تک جاری رہے گا جب تک سرحد پار سے پاکستان کو نشانہ بنانے والے گروہ قابلِ تصدیق طور پر غیر مؤثر ثابت نہ ہو جائیں۔
Per a new purchasing managers’ survey released by HBL and S&P, Pakistan’s manufacturing PMI rose to 50.9 in May, returning to expansion as new orders recovered and export orders posted their strongest rise since February 2025.
Pakistan’s major ports are seeing a sharp rise in container and transshipment activity as Gulf disruption redirects cargo towards Karachi, Port Qasim and Gwadar.
Iranian officials are preparing three days of farewell ceremonies and a 24-hour funeral procession for Ali Khamenei, with events expected in Tehran, Qom and Mashhad.
Trump reportedly warned Netanyahu against further escalation in Lebanon as US-Iran diplomacy faced renewed pressure, with Pakistan and Qatar involved in efforts to preserve a fragile regional framework.