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    Talks Ended Without Deal Due to ‘Excessive Demands’ Made by US: Iran

    Iran-US talks in Islamabad ended without a deal as both sides clashed over nuclear demands. Iran cited “excessive demands” by the US but remained open to diplomacy for future negotiations.

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    No Breakthrough in Iran-US Talks as Vance Departs Islamabad

    US Vice President JD Vance said talks with Iran ended without agreement after 21 hours, citing unresolved differences over nuclear commitments and key regional issues despite some progress.

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    Pak PM Hopes US-Iran Talks in Islamabad Yield Peace

    PM Shehbaz Sharif expressed hope US-Iran talks in Islamabad will bring lasting peace. He reaffirmed Pakistan’s role in facilitating dialogue amid fragile regional tensions.

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    High-Stakes Iran-US Talks Begin Amid Fragile Ceasefire

    US-Iran talks in Islamabad begin under fragile ceasefire as Iran sets conditions on Lebanon and assets, raising doubts over success of high-stakes negotiations

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    Pakistan Rolls Out Red Carpet for Iran President

    President Pezeshkian’s visit marks the first high-level bilateral engagement between Iran and Pakistan following the recent 12-day war involving Iran, Israel, and the United States. The region remains tense, but both

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    Tariffs, Oil & Tensions: Trump Stirs South Asia Waters

    In a dramatic realignment of tone and strategy, Washington has sanctioned six Indian companies for trading with Iran, imposed steep new tariffs on Indian imports, and simultaneously announced a new oil deal with Pakistan

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    The Wailing of Parachinar

    What Parachinar reveals about Pakistan is the ugly truth that the state favors the majority while leaving its minorities to fend for themselves. The government’s failure to act is not just an issue of mismanagement; it’s

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    Pakistan's new cyber law sparks free speech concerns

    According to Patricia Gossman of Human Rights Watch, Pakistan's amended Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act "neither respects fundamental human rights nor protects the public from legitimate online security threats."

    South Asia
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    Can Bangladesh-Pakistan Warming Be A Threat To South Asia?

    In India—and consequently, much of the world—the perception of this relationship is deeply shaped by historical events, particularly those of March 1971,

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    Freight train to link Pakistan with Russia; trial in March

    Russia and Pakistan are set to be linked by freight train line that will pass through Iran and Azerbaijan with the first trial run likely to take place in March next year, a Pakistan minister has said in an interview...

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    Fear grips Pakistan’s Kurram district as 50 killed in cold blood

    Fear gripped Pakistan’s northwestern Kurram district on Friday as the death toll from two terror attacks rose to 50, with authorities imposing a curfew and suspending mobile phone services in the remote region

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    Pakistan: Thousands pray for rain in smog-shrouded Punjab

    The faithful gathered at over 600 government-run mosques in the province for "Namaz-e-Istisqa", a voluntary prayer for rain often offered in times of calamities, said Talha Mahmood

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    Sehwan Sharif attack aftermath: Pakistan is growing intolerant of Sufism

    "Why do you visit dargahs yaar? It is shirk (idolatry)," is how most Pakistanis confront me when I tell them about my reverence for the Sufi saints of the subcontinent.

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    10-nation ECO vows to combat terror at summit in Pakistan

    Established in 1985 for promoting economic, technical and cultural cooperation among the member states, ECO now comprises of a region that stretches from the Himalayas in the East to the West of Dardanelles from the Ara

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    Iran’s Rouhani in Pak for ECO summit

    Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday reached Islamabad to attend the 13th session of the Economic Cooperation Organisation.The session will begin in Islamabad on Wednesday.

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    Pakistanis Economically ‘More Free’ than Indians: Report

    The Washington DC-based Heritage Foundation recently published a report pertaining to the economic freedom around the globe, wherein Pakistan, albeit being quite low in ranking, beat India in what is its second.

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    Business world hopeful about Erdoğan's visit to Pakistan

    Turkish business world anticipates that trade and investments between Turkey and Pakistan will advance into a new phase with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's upcoming visit to Pakistan.

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    Tajikistan To Reach Arabian Sea Via Kashmir Route

    Pakistan is mulling a trade route linking land locked Central Asian Republic of Tajikistan to warm waters of Arabian Sea via parts of Kashmir it controls.Pakistan conveyed the decision to Tajikistan.

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    In 10 days, Pak has seen 7 terror attacks,death toll at 126

    The last ten days have been particularly violent for Pakistan, as the country grapples with one terror attack after another. The combined death toll in the last ten days stands at 126 right now.

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    Suicide bombers hit court in Pakistan, 6 killed

    Six people were killed and more than 20 others injured when a group of suicide bombers from a Taliban faction attempted to storm a court complex in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, the latest in a string of attacks.

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    Pakistan moves heavy artillery to Afghan border

    The Pakistan Army has moved heavy artillery towards the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, security officials said on Monday.The move came just two days after the military"decimated" camps of the Jamaat-ul-Ahrar.

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    No ‘solid evidence’ against Azhar :China to India

    New Delhi hasn’t provided “solid evidence” against Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar for Beijing to support the move to sanction him at the UN, China said on Friday ahead of a strategic dialogue.

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    Pakistan 'kills 100 militants' after blast in Sufi shrine

    Pakistani forces said Friday they had killed more than 100 "terrorists" after 88 people died in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group on a Sufi shrine which stoked fears of a fresh surge in militancy.

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    Backgrounder: The Qalandar's magnetism

    Sindh's centuries-old bond with Sufis and Sufism is no secret. And among the great mystics that draw devotees from across the province — and indeed across the country — is Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar.

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