US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to bomb Oman if it “gets in the way” of a deal with Iran on the Strait of Hormuz and called for Iran to surrender.
“If Oman gets in the way, we’ll bomb the s- out of them,” Trump told Fox News correspondent Trey Yingst, referring to ongoing talks...
BREAKING: Yemen’s Houthis say they attacked what they described as a Saudi military ship and four escort vessels in the Red Sea with missiles, according to the group’s military spokesperson Yahya Saree.
Waiting for a miracle to happen is an old practice of Pakistan’s power elite. Every few years, the ruling establishment constructs a new narrative of hope: that a breakthrough is just around the corner, prosperity is waiting beyond the horizon, and Pakistan need only remain patient for the...
Pakistan’s digital payments revolution is real, but so is the country’s stubborn dependence on cash. As money increasingly enters the financial system digitally, only to be withdrawn again for settlements, the real challenge lies not with consumers scanning QR codes but with the wholesalers...
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If you took a trip to a livestock market this past Eidul Azha, you could see Pakistan’s cash paradox performing itself live.
On one side, a bank kiosk with a QR code taped to a pole and some digital transactions happening. A few feet away, a bigger deal...
At least two Bayraktar Akıncı unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been deployed to Al-Khadim in eastern Libya in another apparent reflection of growing Turkish influence in Benghazi.
Vantor satellite imagery from 8 August shows the two Akıncıs in the open at the airbase, which is controlled by...
A recent image (April 2025) suggested that the J-10CE 02 batch is being constructed at CAC for an unspecified foreign customer (Uzbekistan?). The latest image (August 2026) claimed that the initial batch of 24 J-10CE ordered by the Uzbekistan AF has been delivered, wearing a medium gray color...
Pakistan’s petroleum exports reached an all-time high of $939 million in FY26, increasing 3.9 percent from $903 million in FY25, as lower domestic furnace oil (FO) demand and a shift toward low-sulphur petroleum products supported export growth...
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As Pakistan marks its 79th Independence Day, it is worth pausing to recall that the country was born of a civilian movement. Our forefathers secured a homeland through political struggle, not conquest. The real question is whether we have learnt to...
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KARACHI: Abdul Majeed kisses his donkey after winning a cart race through the streets of Pakistan’s port city of Karachi. The high-speed contest, held up to three times a year, sees dozens of donkeys race on a two-kilometer (1.24-mile) circuit on roads...