BRUSSELS/ISLAMABAD, (Unib Rashid) – The latest decision of the Court of Arbitration on the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) has marked a significant legal development in the longstanding dispute between Pakistan and India over the implementation of the water-sharing agreement, reaffirming that the Treaty remains fully in force. In a unanimous finding, the Court held that the Indus Waters Treaty cannot...
PM Shehbaz Sharif Meets Uzbek President on Sidelines of SCO Summit in Bishkek.
BRUSSELS/BISHKEK, (Unib Rashid) – Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif met President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of State meeting in Bishkek, with the two leaders discussing ways to further strengthen bilateral strategic cooperation, trade, investment and regional connectivity. The Prime Minister conveyed his warm felicitations to President Mirziyoyev and...
Pakistan Ambassador Urges Citizens Seeking Jobs in Uzbekistan to Use Legal Channels.
BRUSSELS/TASHKENT, (Unib Rashid) – Pakistan’s Ambassador to Uzbekistan Muhammad Mudassar Tipu has urged Pakistani nationals travelling to Uzbekistan for employment to use only legal and authorized channels for obtaining visas and securing jobs, while completely avoiding unregistered agents and informal arrangements. In his message, the ambassador advised Pakistani citizens who wish to travel to Uzbekistan for employment or seek job...
Pakistan, Türkiye and Saudi Arabia Hold High-Level Defence Meeting in Istanbul Under Makkah Accord.
BRUSSELS/ISTANBUL, (Unib Rashid) – Senior civil and military officials from Pakistan, Türkiye and Saudi Arabia met in Istanbul on Tuesday under the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement, also known as the Makkah Accord, to discuss matters of mutual defence and security cooperation. Pakistan was represented at the high-level meeting by Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and...
HEAL Pakistan Organizes Twin Cities’ Largest Cleanup Drive at Rawal Lake.
Over 500 Volunteers, Mostly Youth and Gen Z, Join Major Cleanup Drive in Collaboration with CDA Brussels/Islamabad, (Unib Rashid) – HEAL Pakistan Organization, in collaboration with the Capital Development Authority (CDA), organized what was described as the Twin Cities’ largest cleanup drive at Rawal Lake, bringing together more than 500 volunteers, predominantly from the younger generation. The three-hour cleanup campaign...
Saudi Arabia’s Growing Meat Demand: A Golden Opportunity for Pakistan’s Livestock and Meat Industry.
Pakistan possesses enormous potential in the livestock and meat industry, yet this potential remains largely underutilized in international trade. The country produces more than 6 million metric tonnes of meat annually, but its total exports of meat and meat preparations are only around US$530 million a year. Pakistan’s reported share of the global halal meat market is only around 0.4...
Hockey World Cup Final: FIH Legend Shahbaz Ahmed Senior Presents Award to Player of the Tournament.
BRUSSELS, (Unib Rashid) – Pakistan hockey legend, Olympian and former captain Shahbaz Ahmed Senior presented the Player of the Tournament award to Tomas Domene at the final of the FIH Hockey World Cup 2026 in Belgium. Shahbaz Ahmed Senior was invited by the FIH Hockey World Cup 2026 management to attend the final as an FIH Legend and present the...
Democratic Deficit in Indian-Occupied Kashmir: Media, Assembly and Civil Liberties.
In 2025, Mehraj Malik did the safest thing a politician can do: he won an election. The Aam Aadmi Party legislator from Doda took his assembly seat after voters elected him. Months later, the district magistrate detained him under the Public Safety Act, without trial or conviction, for the better part of a year. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, no separatist,...
WHEN BUSINESS BECOMES ACTIVISM: THE NEW LANGUAGE OF GLOBAL LEADERSHIP.
Sadat Choudhary is a Canada-based entrepreneur working at the intersection of cultural diplomacy, activism, and social justice. A few months back I sat in a community hall in Toronto, folding chairs, a coffee urn nobody ever quite empties, listening to a group of young Pakistani-Canadians talk about a housing project back home. Half of them were engineers. One was a...
Kashmir Under Securitisation: The BJP’s Political Assault on IIOJK.
Seven years have passed since 5 August 2019, when the Indian government revoked the State of Jammu and Kashmir’s special constitutional status and reorganised the former state into two Union Territories. Yet the central political question of Kashmir, an internationally disputed territory, remains unresolved. The region has experienced profound institutional change, but questions of political rights, political agency and a...