Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The PTI has expressed deep alarm over the rapidly deteriorating regional security environment and called upon the government to immediately convene an emergency meeting of the OIC to forge a united response and foil any attempt to once again drag the region and the Ummah into a foreign-imposed and catastrophic conflict. In a statement issued on Saturday, PTI Central Inf­ormation Secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram said urgent diplomatic action was imperative to prevent the Muslim world from being dragged into another devastating war. He warned that rapidly escalating tensions could destabilise the entire Middle East and have grave consequences for global peace, economic stability and the security of the Ummah. He said the unprovoked American and Israeli attacks on Iran constituted a blatant violation of international law and the sovereignty of a neighbouring Muslim state, warning that such reckless military actions risk igniting a wider regional conflict with catastrophic consequences for the Middle East ...

• Under India’s chairmanship, the expanded bloc has remained silent • Pezeshkian, Araghchi urge Indian counterparts to spearhead a ‘strong and constructive’ intervention • New Delhi caught in a diplomatic bind amid domestic LPG crisis; balances pro-Israel comments with its ‘friend of Iran’ status NEW DELHI: Iran’s top leaders have urged their Indian counterparts to activate the BRICS to play a “strong and constructive role” in the escalating war with the US and Israel, according to Iranian government readouts of recent telephone conversations. The issue was raised during calls late on Thursday, March 12, between Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and separately between Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. Tehran pressed New Delhi, which currently chairs the BRICS bloc, to help address the West Asia conflict that has disrupted global energy supplies and shipping routes, The Wire reported, citing an Iranian readout. The Iran...

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ISLAMABAD - The Chairperson of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, Vicky Hartzler, said in a post on X on Saturday that the Indian government “continues to implement and enforce discriminatory legislation, including harsh anti-conversion laws” used to target and harass religious minorities, as.

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Saturday took notice of an incident in which a police official was injured after being struck by a kite string in Lahore.

LAHORE - Punjab Information and Culture Minister Azma Bokhari congratulated the newly-elected office-bearers of the Islamabad Press Club and extended her best wishes to the new leadership.

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday directed the relevant secretaries to personally ensure the implementation and monitoring of the government’s announced austerity and simplicity measures and submit daily reports to the review committee.

Peshawar - Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi has directed all provincial departments to complete the PC-1 documentation for development schemes proposed under the Annual Development Programme (ADP) 2026–27 by June this year.

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