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Norwegian FM to visit Pakistan after decade-long hiatus
ISLAMABAD, AUG 12 /DNA/ – At the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, the Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Norway, H.E. Mr. Espen Barth Eide, will undertake an official visit to Pakistan on 13–14 August 2026. This marks the first official visit by a Norwegian Foreign Minister to Pakistan in a decade. During the two-day visit, the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister will lead the Pakistani delegation in talks with the Norwegian Foreign Minister. The high-level discussions will cover the full spectrumRead More
US intelligence says Iran shifted priority from nuclear program to Hormuz: Report
WASHINGTON, AUG 12: A US military intelligence assessment has concluded that Iran’s strategic priority has shifted from its nuclear program to the Strait of Hormuz, NBC News reported on Tuesday, citing two US officials familiar with the assessment. The officials said the assessment found that Tehran now views the strait as a stronger and more effective source of leverage than its nuclear program, particularly after strikes targeted its nuclear facilities during earlier stages of the conflict. Military officials have also warned President Donald Trump that any US operation to seizeRead More
DPM condemns Houthi attack on vessel in Red Sea killing three Pakistanis
ISLAMABAD, Aug 12: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Wednesday strongly condemned the Houthi attack on a non-combatant commercial vessel in the Red Sea, in which three Pakistani nationals have lost their lives and one has sustained injuries. “I have learnt with deep concern about the unfortunate incident involving an attack on a commercial vessel in the Red Sea…Pakistan strongly condemns the Houthi attack on a non-combatant commercial vessel,” Deputy Prime Minister Dar wrote on his X timeline, extending his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families. HeRead More
‘Offset spoilers’: FO says Naqvi in Iran to discuss bilateral ties, regional security
ISLAMABAD, AUG 12: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi is visiting Iran to discuss regional security, stability and other developments, the Foreign Office said on Wednesday, reaffirming Pakistan’s commitment to “offset spoilers” of US-Iran talks. Naqvi held separate meetings with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and other key officials during his visit, with sources saying he conveyed a special message from Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Asim Munir to the Iranian president. “He [Naqvi] is discussingRead More
Beyond the Burden of History
Sayed Anwar | Dr. Muhammad Akram Zaheer Pakistan is set to celebrate its Independence Day on 14 August, marking 79 years since the country emerged from the partition of British India, with a heavy heart over the legacy of 1971 but with renewed possibilities ahead. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, in a 2024 speech in Indian Lok Sabha, said that Indira Gandhi never bent to Washington, that she “divided Pakistan into two parts and created Bangladesh.” The sequence deserves more attention than it has received in Dhaka or Islamabad. Division came first.Read More
What Have We Returned?
by Muhammad Mohsin Iqbal Pakistan was achieved on the fourteenth of August in the year nineteen hundred and forty-seven, after sacrifices of a magnitude that still stir the soul and a struggle whose tirelessness remains an enduring lesson. Millions crossed borders in those turbulent months, leaving behind ancestral homes, familial graves, and the familiar soil of generations, so that a new homeland might rise where Muslims could live according to their faith and their free will. We stand now upon the threshold of the eighth decade of that hard-won independence.Read More