US-Iran deal in sight as CDF wraps up trip – World
• ISPR says ‘intensive negotiations’ resulted in ‘encouraging progress’ towards agreement• Trump claims MoU on peace deal ‘largely negotiated’, will only sign when ‘we get everything we want’• Tehran says accord in ‘finalisation’ stage• Ghalibaf asserts Iran has rebuilt military capabilities during lull in fighting ISLAMABAD: Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir concluded […]
Cabinet seeks checks on vaccine monopoly
ISLAMABAD: Some members of the federal cabinet have raised serious questions over the pricing of locally manufactured vaccines and monopolistic practices of pharmaceutical companies. The government has also agreed to give a buyback guarantee for the locally manufactured vaccines. During a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday, the cabinet gave in-principle approval […]
A war-weakened Trump shows up at Xi’s door
PUBLISHED May 24, 2026 KARACHI: If there was a geopolitical theatre, it was set in Beijing earlier this month, where US President Donald Trump arrived with a jet full of CEOs and tech bosses in tow, turning up at Xi Jinping’s doorstep in a way that felt less like a routine diplomatic visit and more […]