As it tries to prevent Israel-related conflicts from getting any worse, the Biden administration is dealing with complicated dynamics in the Middle East. The Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday as part of a diplomatic tour aimed at bolstering relations with Iran’s Arab neighbors while the Middle East remains on edge in anticipation of a possible retaliatory attack by Israel on Iran. Wednesday’s scheduled important diplomatic meeting will not take place: Yoav Gallant, Israel’s defense minister, was scheduled to meet with American officials in Washington to discuss the Middle East situation. However, Mr. Gallant stated…
Author: Raja Zahid Khanzada
For the majority of the yearlong conflict, Najia and Hammam Malaka have been stranded with their young children at opposite ends of the Gaza Strip. It has been devastating emotionally. When everything was still normal, the new baby was supposed to arrive at the beginning of October. Hammam, Najia Malaka’s husband, had been counting down the days. However, they claimed that they were still waiting when the war broke out in Gaza. Israel’s military ordered everyone in the north to leave as Israeli bombs rained down on Gaza City. A choice was made by the Malakas. He headed south with…
A deserted and largely destroyed village. A video suggests that an Israeli military-controlled explosion brought down scores of homes, destroyed a health clinic, and reduced a centuries-old mosque to rubble. A week after Israel began its ground invasion of southern Lebanon as part of its multifaceted fight against Hezbollah, these are some of the first glimpses that have emerged there. The New York Times has confirmed that video and satellite images show them. In Saturday’s commercial satellite images taken by Planet Labs, you can see tank tracks from Israel across the border to the Lebanese village of Yaroun. The Israeli…
At Aiwan-e-Sadr on Wednesday, Karate champion Shahzaib Rindh received a check for Rs100 million for winning a global competition. The Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighter made history by becoming the first Pakistani-born world champion when he won the Karate Combat Championship (KC-49) in Singapore last month. According to Karate Combat, which bills itself as the “world’s premier full contact striking league,” he defeated Brazil’s Bruno Roberto De Assis in the championship match. The 26-year-old Balochistani said that his victory was a “dream come true” in a post on X that included a picture of him with the championship belt. A…
The Finance Ministry clarified on Wednesday that the two Chinese engineers killed in the terrorist attack in Karachi on Sunday night were not involved in talks with the government about being independent power producers (IPPs). “These were our brothers, these were those IPP engineers with whom Minister Leghari — Awais Leghari sahab— and I were negotiating in terms of requesting them to reprofile debt for a bit and extend maturities so we can bring a reduction in tariff,” Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said in a televised address the previous day. A massive explosion that occurred late on Sunday night…
The CIA police detained YouTuber Saad Ur Rehman, better known as Ducky Bhai, and his wife Aroob Jatoi on Tuesday night in Lahore’s Model Town after they displayed a weapon in a social media video. After the content was removed, the couple was released, and no case was filed against them. A statement has not been issued by the YouTube star and his spouse. Ducky Bhai is a well-known YouTube vlogger with more than eight million subscribers. He is also well-known for Ducky Extra, a gaming channel with more than two million subscribers. The vlogger occasionally gets into trouble, like…
In light of reports of violence leading up to the three-day Pashtoon Qaumi Jirga in Khyber district, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Wednesday criticized the recently banned Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) for its rhetoric. If done “properly,” he stated, the government would be willing to discuss rights-related issues with anyone. The PTM was banned by the federal government on Sunday because it posed a threat to national security and peace. The three-day Pashtoon Qaumi Jirga, also known as the Pashtun Qaumi Adalat, organized by the PTM, was banned from participating by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government a day ago and a…
LAHORE: On Tuesday, the Punjab cabinet approved the largest program of mass weddings, providing financial support to 3,000 girls from poor families in the province. The 17th meeting of the cabinet was presided over by Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz. At that meeting, the cabinet approved a Rs100,000 “wed money” (Rs0.1 million) ATM card for a bride. There will be up to 13 gifts, including dinner sets, clothes, and furniture. The CM ordered an expansion of mass marriage. It also approved leasing 100,000 acres of land to farmers without land for three and five years to cultivate temporarily throughout Punjab. 27…
He stated that prior to the country’s hosting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting on October 15-16, a Saudi Arabian delegation is anticipated in the country. From October 9 to 11, a Saudi delegation led by Investment Minister Khalid Bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih will travel to Pakistan. It is anticipated that representatives from both government agencies and the private sector will attend, indicating a broadening of the economic partnerships between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. During the meeting of the federal cabinet, the prime minister talked about a number of positive developments, including how Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Pakistan free from the severe eye disease “trachoma” and has provided the government with a certificate to that effect. The ceremony to announce Pakistan’s “trachoma-free” status took place in Islamabad, where the WHO’s country director presented the certificate to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. With this declaration, Pakistan has become the 19th country in the world to be recognized as free from trachoma by the global health organization. Trachoma is an eye disease caused by an infection from the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis, which, if left untreated, can lead to permanent blindness. Experts explain that…
