In a surprise move, the US Defence Department announced that Indo-Pacific Command – the Hawaii-based headquarters responsible for American forces across the Pacific and eastern Indian Ocean – would revert to its original name: Pacific Command, or PACOM. Officially, the explanation was institutional memory. The Pentagon said the restoration of the USPACOM designation honoured the […]
Qatar confirms Pakistan-led Iran-US mediation, tears apart Indian propaganda
Qatar has confirmed that it supported Pakistan-led mediation in the Iran-US peace process, a statement that has undercut Indian media attempts to minimise Islamabad’s role in one of the region’s most sensitive diplomatic breakthroughs. “We are supporting the Pakistani-led mediation, working within the mediation team in support of the efforts of our brothers in Pakistan. […]
CDF Munir helped avert major regional war: security sources
Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir played a decisive role in Pakistan’s mediation during the US-Iran crisis, helping prevent a wider regional war that could have carried grave consequences for the Middle East and the Muslim world, security sources told journalists during an important media session. The briefing covered key national security matters, […]
How Islamabad Pulled the Middle East Back From the Brink
It is not often that Pakistan finds itself at the centre of a global narrative in which the world says “thank you.” Yet the flurry of congratulatory messages–from Beijing to Brussels, from Ankara to Tokyo–landing at Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s desk suggests that Islamabad has stepped into a diplomatic role few predicted for it just […]
Deal close, war not over
Smoke was still rising from Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday when the diplomats trying to end the Iran war began another round of calls. Just one news cycle earlier, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had declared in a social media post (shared by US President Donald Trump), “We are closer to a peace deal than ever […]
Iran war day 103: US-Iran clashes test truce
A fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran appeared to be hanging by a thread on Wednesday after the two sides exchanged fresh military strikes; President Donald Trump warned Tehran it would “pay the price” for delaying a deal, and Iran said it had targeted US-linked military facilities across Jordan and the Gulf. The […]
Strikes Signal Pakistan’s Harder Line as Taliban Denials Wear Thin
Pakistan’s latest precision strikes inside Afghanistan have pushed an already volatile frontier into a more coercive phase. Islamabad is no longer treating Afghan-based TTP sanctuaries as a matter for demarches, mediated pauses and Taliban assurances; it is signalling a line of action in which militant infrastructure across the border will be targeted when Kabul refuses […]
Taliban must act against TTP, BLA or face self-defence action, Pakistan tells UNSC
Pakistan has warned the UN Security Council that the time for corrective action by the Afghan Taliban is “rapidly running out”, saying Islamabad will act in self-defence whenever necessary if terrorist groups operating from Afghan soil continue to attack Pakistani civilians and security forces. Speaking during a Security Council meeting on Afghanistan on Monday, Pakistan’s […]
Muzaffarabad Killing Exposes Digital Trail of India-Linked Covert War
The arrest of five suspected RAW-linked operatives in Muzaffarabad amid fresh tensions in Azad Jammu and Kashmir has reopened a larger question for Pakistan’s security establishment: how far has India’s covert playbook shifted from conventional espionage to digitally managed assassinations, local recruitment and instant media exploitation? The question has acquired new urgency after the killing […]
Netanyahu Tests Washington’s Grip on Iran Endgame
The latest exchange of fire between Israel and Iran has opened a new debate in Washington, not only about Tehran’s next move, but about whether US President Donald Trump can still restrain the ally most central to his Middle East policy. The immediate crisis appeared to ease on Monday after Iran and Israel both indicated […]