The power players in Pakistan’s politics are clear as day. And one of them has spoken. While the ISPR director-general’s press conference yesterday was, on the surface, a briefing on national security and foreign relations, it unmistakably veered into the realm of politics, with pointed remarks regarding the PTI and Imran Khan. Held without any immediate trigger, the presser ostensibly …
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said on Friday that terrorist outfits were being provided “sanctuaries, support, and are allowed unrestrained activities on Afghan territory”. Key takeaways: Number of terrorists killed in 2024 highest in last 5 years Pakistan has reservations on sanctuaries provided to terrorists on Afghan soil May 9 ‘not a case …
Homelessness in the United States reached a new peak in 2024, driven by factors such as persistent inflation and soaring housing costs, according to a government report released on Friday. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) revealed in its annual assessment that an estimated 771,480 people were homeless on a single night in January 2024, marking an 18% …
Iran, preparing for the potential return of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” policy, announced on Saturday that 2025 would be a pivotal year for its nuclear issue. In 2018, Trump withdrew from a 2015 agreement brokered by then-President Barack Obama, in which Iran had agreed to limit its uranium enrichment—key to producing nuclear weapons material—in exchange for the …
China has green lit the construction of what will become the world’s largest hydropower dam, marking the start of an ambitious project on the eastern rim of the Tibetan plateau, which could have significant downstream impacts on India and Bangladesh. The dam, located in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River, is estimated to produce 300 billion kilowatt-hours of …
