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America Must Rebuild Within
Qamar Bashir On September 17, Mayor Zohran Mamdani marked the repair of New York city’s 200,000th pothole this year. That work represents essential public service, but its scale also reveals the maintenance burden. In Michigan, the 2025 roads and bridges report recorded 67 local agency bridges closed because of poor or severe conditions. Deterioration carries costs in disrupted journeys, damaged vehicles and lost time. Nationally, the engineering assessment is sobering. America’s infrastructure received a C in the 2025 report card, with roads graded D+. Bringing infrastructure into good repair wouldRead More
Trump denies he offered Iran release of frozen funds
DNA WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Monday denied a report by the news outlet Axios that he offered Iran sanctions relief and the release of frozen funds, as the Mideast war drags on. “Axios just released a story that ‘Trump’ offered Sanctions Relief and Frozen Funds to Iran. This is untrue. I offered them NOTHING!,” Trump said on his Truth Social platform. The Axios story reported that Trump “is willing to give Iran sanctions relief and release Iranian frozen funds in return for concrete Iranian steps regarding the nuclear program.”Read More
Webinar highlights Israel’s escalations in Occupied Palestine, Pakistan’s diplomacy
DNA ISLAMABAD, SEP 29: The West Asia Program of the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS) successfully organized an Eminent Speaker Series webinar titled “Israel’s Renewed Escalations in Occupied Palestine: Pakistan’s Role in Advancing Principled Diplomacy”. The session featured Dr. Sami Al-Arian, Director of the Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA), Istanbul Zaim University, as its speaker. In his introductory remarks, President of the Institute of Regional Studies, Ambassador Jauhar Saleem, stated that Muslim countries have remained committed to peace for decades. Yet, the continued violence against Palestinians demonstrates theRead More
US, Iran set to hold separate talks with mediators
NEW YORK, SEP 28: Qatari mediators are likely to hold talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in New York and separately with the US side on Monday or Tuesday, an official briefed on the negotiations told Reuters, in a fresh push to end the war. The talks are expected to focus on an amended version of a seven-day proposal that Iran presented last week on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Araghchi remains in New York after attendingRead More
Arshad falters again as Sri Lanka’s Pathirage strikes gold
KARACHI: Pakistan’s Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem endured another disappointing outing on Monday, finishing fourth in the men’s javelin at the 20th Asian Games in Nagoya, while Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage produced a late surge to claim gold. Arshad, who won Olympic gold in Paris with a record 92.97 metre throw, struggled to find his rhythm throughout the competition. He opened with 76.69 metres, fouled his second attempt and managed 80.29 metres on his third before fouling each of his final three throws. Sri Lanka’s Pathirage left his best untilRead More
Korean Ambassador Han Sungho meets Pakistan’s chief justice
DNA ISLAMABAD, SEP 28: Han Sungho, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, called on the Hon’ble Chief Justice of Pakistan at the Supreme Court today. The meeting was attended by Hon’ble Mr. Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb and senior official of the Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Welcoming H.E. the Ambassador, the Hon’ble Chief Justice of Pakistan referred to the 20th Conference of Chief Justices of Asia and the Pacific held in Seoul, where Hon’ble Mr. Justice Miangul Hassan AurangzebRead More