World leaders on Saturday reacted warily to US and Israeli strikes on Iran that sowed concerns of a broader conflict. The UN Security Council scheduled an emergency meeting, called at the request of Bahrain and France. The meeting will take place at 4pm (local time, 2 am PST Sunday). United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and […]
Pakistan on Saturday condemned both the Israeli and US strikes against Iran and Iran’s retaliatory attacks on several Gulf countries, in what appears to be a carefully calibrated diplomatic response aimed at maintaining balance amid a rapidly escalating regional crisis. In a strongly worded statement, the Foreign Office expressed regret over the “breakdown of talks […]
International energy markets are bracing for severe turbulence following coordinated United States and Israeli air strikes on Iran and retaliatory missile attacks across the Gulf region. The confrontation has heightened concerns over oil exports from the Middle East, a region responsible for roughly 20 per cent of global crude supplies. Although there has been no […]
The Punjab School Education Department has placed all schools in the province on high security alert, issuing directives aimed at preventing any untoward incident. The district education authorities have been instructed through a notification to ensure strict implementation of security measures in both government and private schools. The directives include enhanced monitoring of visitors, alertness […]
Agriculture experts have issued fresh guidelines for wheat farmers across Punjab to mitigate the impact of rising temperatures on crop yield, as the mercury has shown a steady upward trend over the past five days and is expected to remain high for another week. A spokesperson for the Punjab Agriculture Department said temperatures across the […]
Police have arrested six suspects, including a woman and a former security guard, for their alleged involvement in an armed robbery at a private university near Data Darbar, recovering stolen equipment worth millions of rupees. The police said the suspects had allegedly entered the university at night by scaling the boundary wall. They had reportedly […]
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Saturday extended the judicial remand of Falak Javed, sister of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Sanam Javed, for 14 days in connection with the alleged attack on Islamabad police officials at Zaman Park. Falak Javed was presented before the court after the expiry of her previous remand. The prosecution requested an […]
An otherwise invincible Roman Empire fell in the 5th century CE. The classical Maya’s mighty civilisation collapsed, and so did the empires of Ad, Thamud, Pharaoh, biblical Sodom, Gomorrah, Plato’s Atlantis and Homer’s Troy. The fates of the medieval Khmer and Byzantine empires were no different. What elevates a nation to the pinnacles of power […]
War is here. What are our options? Let’s do a deep dive. 1. We are faced with a three-border problem. The conflict with Afghanistan is escalating, US/Israel attack on Iran is widening, and India continues to glower from across the eastern border. This is the most serious poly-crisis we have faced in a very long […]