- Pakistan, Afghanistan agreed to temporary pause in fighting in March ahead of Eid Al-Fitr holidays
- Tensions surged this week after both countries traded accusations of resorting to unprovoked firing
- Pakistan football officials meet Saudi Arabian Football Federation President Yasser bin Hassan Al-Misehal in Vancouver
- Both sides discuss women’s football and the possibility of Saudi coaches joining Pakistani youth setups, says PFF
- Currency gains about 0.3 percent since late February despite external pressures, SBP data shows
- Analysts warn current stability may prove temporary without sustained inflows and reforms
- Pilgrim from North Maluku highlights experience made easier by Makkah Route Initiative's streamlined procedures and technology
- Saudi Arabia expanded the initiative this year to 17 ports in 10 countries
- Hassan Fadlallah: ‘These negotiations with all their results do not concern us, and we will not implement them’
- The exchange extends a run of heightened tension between China and the Philippines, a US ally, over Sandy Cay, an unoccupied sandbar in the South China Sea
- Small nation of Eswatini excluded for maintaining formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan
- Trump tariffs driving some of Africa’s top economies to look for new markets
- Inter Miami remain in search of a first win at their new Nu Stadium
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- Islamabad says it supports GCC’s interests regarding Strait of Hormuz, calls for its reopening
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