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Pakistan-Saudi Arabia: A Comprehensive Assessment of Strategic Ties and Media Narratives

This article provides a balanced, fact-based overview of the bilateral relationship between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, examining economic, energy, defense, and people-to-people links, and the role of media narratives in shaping public understanding. Key facts are highlighted with corrections wher...

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Pakistan-Saudi Arabia: A Comprehensive Assessment of Strategic Ties and Media Narratives
Pakistan-Saudi Arabia: A Comprehensive Assessment of Stra...

This article provides a balanced, fact-based overview of the bilateral relationship between Pakis...

A gentle reminder about Iran
A gentle reminder about Iran

ON Aug 1, 1990, when much of Iraq was observing Ashura, the 10th of Muharram, to mark the martyrd...

Trump warns of ‘bad things’ if no deal reached with Iran
Trump warns of ‘bad things’ if no deal reached with Iran

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has ordered the start of nuclear talks with the United States...

Iranian president orders start of talks with US: local media
Iranian president orders start of talks with US: local media

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian ordered the start of nuclear talks with the United States, th...

Age of strategic adjustment
Age of strategic adjustment

CANADIAN Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech at Davos was one of the clearest enunciations of the...

CORPORATE WINDOW : Saving Basmati exports
CORPORATE WINDOW : Saving Basmati exports

Pakistan’s rice exports are no longer slowing down — they have already collapsed. Rice exports fr...

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Trump hopeful of Iran deal after Tehran warns of regional war
Trump hopeful of Iran deal after Tehran warns of regional war

US President Donald Trump on Sunday said he was hopeful of agreeing a deal with Iran after the country’s supreme leader warned that any US attack on the Islamic republic would trigger a regional wa...

Analysis by AFP

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Iran’s Khamenei likens protests to ‘coup’, warns of regional war
Iran’s Khamenei likens protests to ‘coup’, warns of regional war

Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday likened recent anti-government protests to a “coup”, warning that any US attack on the Islamic Republic following Washington’s military deployments in the Middle Eas...

Analysis by AFP

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Diesel hiked by Rs11.30, petrol stays unchanged
Diesel hiked by Rs11.30, petrol stays unchanged

ISLAMABAD: While maintaining the price of petrol for the next fortnight, the government has increased the price of high-speed diesel (HSD) by Rs11.30 per litre. The announcement by the Petroleum Di...

Analysis by Kalbe Ali

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Explosion reported at building in Iranian city, cause unknown
Explosion reported at building in Iranian city, cause unknown

An explosion took place on Saturday at a building in the Iranian city of Bandar Abbas on the Gulf coast, state media reported, though the cause of the blast was as yet unknown. State television sai...

Analysis by AFP

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Iran army chief warns US, Israel against attack; says forces on high alert
Iran army chief warns US, Israel against attack; says forces on high alert

Iranian army chief Amir Hatami on Saturday warned the United States and Israel against an attack, saying his country’s forces were on high alert following Washington’s heavy military deployments in...

Analysis by AFP

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