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South African team suffers major setback ahead of white-ball series against Pakistan

A renewal of allegiance between AJK and Pakistan

Oct 24, 2025

By Sardar Khan Niazi Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) commemorates its day of freedom on October 24 each year, which holds particular significance as it marks the unwavering bond between the region and Pakistan. AJK Day serves not only as a reminder of the…

China and Pakistan: shaping the region

Jul 11, 2025

Asif Mahmood In an increasingly volatile South Asian landscape, the Pakistan-China partnership stands as a pillar of regional stability, strategic balance, and mutual development. Anchored in shared interests and long-term vision, this alliance is tran…

Gaza: A city of death and the silence of the powerful

Jul 11, 2025

By Sardar Khan Niazi The Gaza Strip stands today as one of the darkest chapters in modern human history -- a place where the international order has failed, where war crimes are daily occurrences, and where the silence of powerful nations echoes louder…

Federal Minister for Information hosts dinner for APNS

Jul 10, 2025

By Sardar Khan Niazi Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Atta Tarar hosted a dinner in honor of APNS. Federal Secretary Ambreen Jan, PIO Mubashir Hassan, APNS President Sarmad Ali and me, along with other officials, were present at the di…

ITNE Wakes Up?

Jul 08, 2025

Asif Mahmood Justice, in this land, is never served hot. It comes cold, often too late — if it comes at all. For working journalists in the print media, this truth hits harder than most. While cameras flash and headlines blaze, the people who fill the …

A rogue order: The US-led West and the illusion of rules

Jul 05, 2025

By Sardar Khan Niazi The United States and its Western allies, while no longer deploying the old colonial language of civilizing missions, have devised new and equally insidious means of maintaining global hegemony. Beneath their invocation of a rules-…

A nation gasping for breath: Pakistan’s air pollution crisis demands urgent action

Jul 04, 2025

By Sardar Khan Niazi Pakistan’s descent into the ranks of the world’s most polluted countries is no longer just a seasonal news cycle story--it is a full-blown public health emergency. Despite contributing less than 1% to global greenhouse gas emission…

SAARC deserves revival, not replacement

Jul 03, 2025

By Sardar Khan Niazi The leaders of South Asia stand at a crucial juncture. In a region home to nearly two billion people, where over half still struggle with poverty, the time has come to make a collective choice: to further fragment South Asia or to …

“Maryam’s Message, Media Team Magnifies”

Jul 02, 2025

By Sardar Khan Niazi When the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa recently expressed frustration with his media team, lamenting that they had failed to build a compelling narrative around his government’s performance, I couldn’t help but think of Punj…

Urban flooding: a crisis of neglect, not nature

Jun 22, 2025

By Sardar Khan Niazi Each monsoon season, the same distressing scenes replay across Pakistan’s major cities--Rawalpindi’s roads turn into torrents, Lahore’s underpasses flood within minutes, Karachi’s low-lying areas vanish beneath brown, disease-ridde…

The case for overhauling urban public transport in Pakistan

Jun 21, 2025

By Sardar Khan Niazi More than 75 million people live in Pakistan’s cities, a dynamic mosaic of cultural, social, and economic activity. Cities like Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar, and Quetta are hubs of opportunity, but they are also scenes of d…

October 24, 2025 Pakistan

Qatari Trade Minister meets PM; agrees to increase investment and cooperation

October 24, 2025 Pakistan

TLP was banned during Imran Khan’s tenure, current PTI leadership has been hired, says Fawad Chaudhry

October 24, 2025 Pakistan

Anti-terrorism court dismisses case against Maryam Nawaz

October 24, 2025 Pakistan

The government is not against religious parties, TLP was not politics but spreading chaos, Uzma Bukhari

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In the shadow of war: a call for global peace and responsibility

Jul 12, 2025

By Sardar Khan Niazi The recent string of conflicts across the globe--spanning from the prolonged Russia-Ukraine war to the intense but short-lived Iran-Israel confrontation--has once again brought to light the alarming trajectory of global politics. A…