Pakistan

Doval and Wang Yi note 'gradual normalisation' and an 'early harvest' sectoral track even as the MEA calls CPEC infrastructure in the China-held Shaksgam Valley 'illegal and invalid'

An Anti-Terrorism Court in Quetta convicted the Baloch Yakjehti Committee's chief organiser inside Quetta jail; a province-wide shutdown followed in seven or more districts

New Delhi ties restoration to an end of cross-border terror as ministers vow to choke Pakistan's flows; Islamabad calls water security a casus belli

Modi inducts INS Dunagiri, Sanshodhak and Agray as a marker of self-reliant defence, and an answer to PLAN's Indian Ocean push

Pakistan recasts itself from war-adjacent bystander to lead mediator; Pezeshkian's thank-you visit and Nobel chatter follow a 14-point deal reopening Hormuz and extending the truce

A year after the 2025 ceasefire, troops still die at 20,000 feet on the world's highest battlefield, mostly to altitude, not to each other

With India's suspension still in force, Sindh says it is starved of Indus flows during peak kharif sowing while Punjab draws near its full share

Aurangzeb cuts salaried tax rates and scraps the surcharge while holding to the $7bn IMF programme's consolidation targets and a 17.6% higher revenue goal

June airstrikes on Khost, Kunar and Paktika break a brief calm; Islamabad claims 26 militants dead, Kabul and the UN count 13 civilians including 11 children

BLA's 'Herof 2.0' hit nine Balochistan districts while the army battled the TTP in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; a May suicide truck bombing of a Quetta train killed 30+ as the internal insurgencies escalate

A US deal could permit Saudi enrichment while a new defence pact with Pakistan reopens old proliferation fears

Shenzhou 23 takes over with China's first yearlong stay; a Pakistani astronaut due on Shenzhou 24

A decade after Modi vowed to quarantine Pakistan, Islamabad signs minerals and crypto deals with Trump's circle and an 'all-weather' upgrade with Xi, and India is left protesting from the sidelines

Anti-corruption probes, contract delays and a Pakistan buying collapse drag Chinese sales to a 15-year low

China's overseas corridor programme posts record deal value as it pivots from megaports to energy, critical minerals and 'small but smart' projects