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Saudi Arabia, Pakistan to Launch Economic Cooperation Framework

Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud and Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif if (SPA) By Habib Toumi RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have agreed to launch an Economic Cooperation Framework, based on the two countries’ shared economic interests. In a joint statement that followed the meeting…
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Tamachi: From Sindhi Legend to Japanese Rice Fields

By Nasir AijazThe Asian Representative Rice field in Tamachi area of Japan ISLAMABAD: Across continents and centuries, words often take on lives of their own, bridging cultures in unexpected ways. One such fascinating coincidence is the name “Tamachi” which evokes very different worlds: in Sindhi folklore, it recalls a tale…
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Domestic Violence Against Women in Pakistan: A Legal and Social Challenge

By Pirah AijazKARACHI: This is a harsh fact that we are dwelling in a male-oriented society where domestic abuse is rife and women are expected to tolerate injustice in all walks of life. They are forced to endure bad marriages or even brutality to protect their family’s honor, while a…
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Polio drive under fire in Pakistan

By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: As Pakistan launched its latest nationwide anti-polio campaign, gunmen struck again, killing members of the teams meant to protect the country’s children, and exposing how deep the distrust, political violence and operational fragility around vaccination work remain. During the current drive this month, at…
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Pakistan Agrees to Afghan Taliban’s Request for Temporary Ceasefire

By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban have agreed to a temporary 48-hour ceasefire on the request of the Afghan Taliban regime, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Wednesday. “At the request of the Afghan Taliban regime, and with mutual consent, Pakistan and the Taliban…
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Economic Strain Deepens as Afghanistan- Pakistan Torkham Border Crossing Stays Shut

By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Due to the tension between the Pakistan and Afghanistan forces, the main commercial passage at Torkham remains shut to all kinds of commercial movement and pedestrian traffic for the second day. The border closure for the second day is causing daily losses of millions…
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Pakistan Army Destroys Taliban Posts, Kills Over 200 Militants

Afghanistan-Pakistan border By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army destroyed all the Taliban locations along the Pak-Afghan border last night while twenty-one hostile positions on the Afghan side of the border were also briefly physically captured. Moreover, multiple terrorist training camps, used to plan and facilitate attacks against Pakistan,…
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Border Without Mercy: Indian Border Force kill 8 goats in Pakistan’s Desert District Tharparkar

An injured goat By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: In the vast, wind-swept desert of Tharparkar, a district of Sindh province of Pakistan, where the golden dunes stretch endlessly between Pakistan and India, a tragedy unfolded that has once again exposed the fragility of life along one of the world’s…
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Where the Feudal Lords Rule, Even the Animals Suffer

Camel, tortured in Sukkur, is being operated By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Across Pakistan in recent years, a disturbing pattern of cruelty has emerged, revealing a brutal undercurrent in rural life: livestock such as camels and buffaloes have been deliberately maimed as punishment for straying into farmlands or becoming…
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Himalayan Activist Sonam Wangchuk Detained Under National Security Law in India

Sonam Wangchuk By Gunjeet Sra The arrest of Sonam Wangchuk, India’s pioneering climate activist and education reformer, has ignited a debate over democracy, dissent, and the future of Ladakh — a fragile, strategically vital Himalayan region where environmental and political stakes collide. NEW DELHI: The arrest of Sonam Wangchuk, one…
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