Thursday, January 1st, 2026
Pakistan United States Enter New Strategic Partnership Era
On New Year 2026, Pakistan and United States reaffirm decades-long partnership, expanding cooperation from security to economics, technology, energy, tourism, and people-to-people ties, committing to transform shared vision into action. Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Raheem ISLAMABAD, JAN 1 /DNA/: On the eve of the New Year 2026, I bring season’s greetings from the Embassy of Pakistan, Washington, D.C. 2025 was a year that carried transformative tenor for Pak-US relations. We saw, witnessed and lived with a positive momentum in our bilateral relationship spanning over almost eight decades. Not only that we continued with ourRead More
Will 2026 be better — or worse?
Qamar Bashir The year 2025 will be remembered as one of the most turbulent in recent history. Global diplomacy struggled under the weight of escalating violence, unpredictable political shifts, and competing visions of world order. From nuclear-armed neighbours in South Asia to Middle Eastern confrontations, from renewed clashes in Eastern Europe to growing tension in the Western Hemisphere, humanity faced a litany of conflicts that reshaped geopolitics. As the calendar turns to 2026, the central question is whether the world will break the cycle of violence or simply perpetuate it.Read More