Provincial Minister for Information and Culture Punjab, Azma Bokhari, has said that a new phase of positive developments has begun for Pakistan, and the country is now poised for a significant leap forward. She emphasized that Pakistan has attained an important position on the global stage, where the world is not only observing but also […]
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US-Iran mediation efforts put Islamabad in spotlight
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that Islamabad is ready to host talks between the US and Iran to settle the conflict in the Middle East. In a post on X, PM Shehbaz said Pakistan welcomes and fully supports ongoing efforts to pursue dialogue to end the war in the Middle East. “Subject to concurrence […]
Domestic, regional dynamics take spotlight at high-level huddle
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday reviewed the country’s overall political, economic and security landscape during a meeting at President’s House. According to a statement issued by the President’s Secretariat (Media Wing), the prime minister called on the president and discussed the prevailing domestic situation as well as regional and […]
At UN, a world stage for disputes often out of the spotlight
The Middle East. Trade tensions. Iran’s nuclear program. Venezuela’s power struggle. Civil wars in Syria and Yemen. Familiar flash points such as these got plenty of airtime at the U.N. General Assembly’s big annual gathering this week. But some leaders used their time on the world stage to highlight international conflicts and disputes that don’t […]
S Africa’s failing health system in spotlight ahead of vote
Six psychiatric patients are tied to their beds in two tiny, dimly lit cubicles in the emergency ward of South Africa’s biggest hospital, where the country’s dire healthcare crisis is starkly evident. Some of the group are restrained using just medical bandages, while one screaming female patient is tied to a bed that is itself […]