Saturday, March 7th, 2026
DPM felicitates Sec Gen. Botchwey on Commonwealth Day
ISLAMABAD, MAR 7 (DNA): Deputy Prime Minister/ Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar extended felicitations to Secretary-General Shirley Botchwey and the entire Commonwealth family on the occasion of Commonwealth Day (9 March). The DPM/FM spoke last night with Secretary-General of Commonwealth and underscored Pakistan’s contributions, the Foreign Office Spokesperson said in a press release on Saturday. He also conveyed that due to the ongoing and evolving regional situation, he would be unable to attend the forthcoming meetings of the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) and the Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers’ MeetingRead More
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71 students benefit from HEC’s law graduate scholarships programme for Balochisan ISLAMABAD, MAR 7 /DNA/ – Committed to achieving professional excellence, 71 students from various parts of Balochistan have so far won scholarships under the Law Graduate Scholarships Programme for Balochistan for Study Abroad. The Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan is executing the scholarship programme, initiated on the direction of the Prime Minister of Pakistan to strengthen the judicial system in Balochistan. The initiative was started in 2018-19 for award of 100 scholarships in view of the shortage of seniorRead More
Iran War: The Energy Trap for China and Russia
Qamar Bashir This war may be presented as a fight over nuclear fear, missiles, or regime behavior, but beneath the headlines lies a far larger strategic contest: who will command the chokepoints through which the lifeblood of the global economy flows. Wars are often sold to the world in moral language, but fought for strategic outcomes. The ongoing confrontation centered on Iran is no exception. To the United States, Israel, Britain, France, and much of the Western media, the war is projected as a campaign of necessity: a preemptive effortRead More