In April 2025, following the tragic Pahalgam attack, India’s Cabinet Committee on Security took a step that threatens to unravel one of the most resilient achievements of international cooperation in South Asia: the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT). By holding the 65-year-old agreement in “abeyance” and vowing to divert waters to Rajasthan, New Delhi has not...
In Pakistan, political rivalry increasingly extends beyond parliament into police stations and courtrooms. After almost every change of government, FIRs are registered, investigations are reopened, arrests are made, and political leaders face imprisonment. Whether allegations are valid or not is a matter for the courts; however, the repeated pattern has produced a damaging economic consequence....
The halal food economy has quietly become one of the fastest-growing sectors in global trade. What was once considered purely a religious dietary requirement has now evolved into a major international industry. Halal today is not just about religion—it also encompasses food safety, hygiene, traceability, and animal welfare standards. As a result, multinational companies and...
Madrid, (Special Correspondent) __ Chairman of the Overseas Pakistanis Global Foundation, Akhtar Zaheer Ahmed, has urged Pakistan’s top leadership to immediately intervene and suspend the requirement of a police report from Spanish police stations for undocumented Pakistanis applying for new passports in Spain. In open letters addressed to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Chief of Army...
Islamabad, (TW News) __ Pakistan highlighted how record levels of remittances are being leveraged to expand financial inclusion, strengthen economic stability, and support youth employment during IFAD’s special event marking the Decade of the International Day of Family Remittances (IDFR), held during the 49th session of the Governing Council of the International Fund for Agricultural Development...
Glasgow, (TW News) __ The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) Facilitation Desk has been formally inaugurated at the Consulate General of Pakistan, Glasgow, restoring essential identity services for the Pakistani community in Scotland after a gap of seven years. The reopening marks a significant step toward improving access to consular services for overseas Pakistanis...
In Pakistan, dairy and livestock exhibitions are organised almost every year with great publicity — and in some cases even twice within a single year in the same province. Banners are displayed, ministers inaugurate the events, stalls are decorated, awards are distributed, and photographs circulate widely in newspapers and across social media. Press releases describe...
A professional degree is more than a certificate. It is a promise of legitimacy, stability and a secure future. When that promise collapses due to institutional failure, the consequences are immediate and deeply personal. Today, dozens of Kashmiri students find themselves in such a crisis, not because they failed academically, but because the institution they...
Islamabad, (TW News) __ The National Book Foundation (NBF) and Kashmir Institute of International Relations (KIIR) jointly organized the launching ceremony of “Universal Declaration of Human Rights & Kashmir” authored by Mr. Muhammad Yousaf Malik at Kashmir House, Islamabad. The ceremony was graced by Ms. Nabila Ayub Khan, Minister for Kashmir Cause, Art & Languages,...
There are tragedies that arrive like tempests and depart with the season. And then there are those that settle upon a people like an interminable winter. The modern history of Kashmir, since 1990, belongs unmistakably to the latter. What began in 1990 as political unrest soon evolved into armed resistance and an expansive militarized response....
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