Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry has said that the Makkah Defence Alliance — a tripartite agreement between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye — has no “regional aspirations”, adding that it is intended for collective deterrence. The military spokesperson made the remarks during an interview on Al Arabiya English’s programme ‘Global...
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September 15, 2026September 15, 2026World
Iran denies role as Houthis rain fire on Saudi base
• Dozens of missiles, drones target King Khalid air base • Iranian foreign ministry says Yemeni rebel group ‘acts independently’ • Trump claims Iran wants to make a deal, signals his openness to talks • Eslami barred from IAEA meeting under US pressure SANAA: Yemen’s Houthis launched a fresh barrage of missile and drone attacks...
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September 15, 2026September 15, 2026World
China imposes travel curbs to protect ‘national security’
China imposed sweeping travel restrictions on its citizens on Tuesday, including exit bans on those deemed to endanger the country’s “industrial or technological security”. Citizens who violate technology import and export regulations could be banned from leaving China, the State Council said. Those who engage in illegal activities abroad could be “prohibited from leaving the...
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September 15, 2026September 15, 2026Pakistan
Constitution must remain supreme, every exercise of public authority must be within its limits: FCC CJ
Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) Chief Justice Aminuddin Khan on Tuesday stressed constitutional supremacy and observed that every public exercise must be in accordance with it. “The Constitution must remain supreme, and every exercise of the public authority must remain within its constitutional boundaries,” he said while addressing an event in Islamabad. The FCC chief justice...
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September 15, 2026September 15, 2026Pakistan
PMA raises alarm over sharp drop in MDCAT candidates
• Applications plunge from 204,253 in 2022 to 138,000 this year • Association calls trend ‘structural decline’; high tuition fees, poor pay blamed ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) on Monday warned that a sharp decline in candidates appearing for the Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) signals growing disillusionment with medicine as a...
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September 15, 2026September 16, 2026Columns
Until Dopamine Finds a New Prey: Notes from the Edge of 40
In five days, I turn forty. The number sits there like an uninvited guest who has already made itself comfortable on the sofa, feet up, asking for tea. I have spent the last few weeks collecting the scraps of thought that keep floating up half jokes, half grief, half defiance and stringing them into something...
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September 15, 2026September 15, 2026Columns
Dr. Mahrang Baloch: The Last Hope for Dialogue in Balochistan
The structural impasse in Balochistan represents the most complex and enduring domestic challenge confronting our state. Decades of administrative interventions, political engineering, and security-led strategies have failed to produce enduring stability, culminating in an environment characterized by deep alienation, eroding state infrastructure credibility, and a near-total collapse of conventional political mediation. To understand the gravity...
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September 14, 2026September 14, 2026World
New attacks test nerves amid widespread oil disruption
• Prices likely to spike as markets reopen today after weekend attack shuts Saudi pipeline • Diesel prices hit all-time high of $6.20 per gallon in US ADEN: New strikes on Saudi Arabia and on ships in the Gulf tested nerves in the Middle East on Sunday, after an attack on a Saudi oil pipeline and an...
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September 14, 2026September 14, 2026Pakistan
Afridi alters tour; security tightened in capital, Punjab
• KP CM to visit deceased PTI worker today • Gatherings of five or more banned across Punjab • 23,500 cops sought for Islamabad security ahead of Sept 27 sit-in • Sanaullah warns against violence, terror threat LAHORE/RAWALPINDI: While Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has hinted at altering his planned Punjab tour following the...
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September 14, 2026September 14, 2026Pakistan
Security forces kill 3 terrorists, including commander, in Balochistan’s Mastung: state media
Security forces have killed three terrorists during an operation in Balochistan’s Mastung, state media reported on Monday, citing security sources. The troops targeted a vehicle of Fitna-al-Hindustan — a term the state has designated for Balochistan-based groups to highlight India’s alleged role in terrorism and destabilisation across Pakistan — using a quadcopter during the operation, APP and Radio Pakistan reported. The precision strike...