<p>NEW YORK: Pakistan and Russia agreed on Wednesday to develop a joint strategy against terrorist networks operating in the region, particularly in Afghanistan, as Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi held talks with Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Alexandrovich Kolokoltsev on the sidelines of the<a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2013843"> fifth United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit</a> (UNCOPS-2026).</p> <p>The two interior ministers discussed the regional security situation and ways to enhance

<p>ALTHOUGH it will take time for US-Iran negotiations to produce a durable peace deal, regional states have begun positioning themselves to benefit from the new economic opportunities that are likely to emerge. Anticipating greater regional integration, Türkiye, for example, has announced incentives to attract manufacturing investment.</p> <p>Pakistan, too, is well placed to benefit. It has earned global goodwill for helping reduce regional tensions and supporting diplomatic efforts for peace.

<p>United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Thursday appreciated Pakistan’s efforts for promoting peace during a meeting with Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi.</p> <p>The meeting between the two came on the sidelines of the fifth United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit (UNCOPS 2026) at the UN headquarters in New York.</p> <p>According to state-run <em>PTV News</em>, the two exchanged views on the regional situation and broader international developments, including Pakistan’s <a href

<p>Pakistan and Croatia on Thursday discussed the possibilities and potential for collaboration between the ports of the two countries, the Foreign Office (FO) said.</p> <p>The development came as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met with Croatia’s Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Gordan Grlić Radman, who arrived in Islamabad earlier on a one-day visit.</p> <figure class='media w-full w-full media-- media--embed media--uneven media--tweet' data-original-sr

<p><strong>• Suparco says obstructed floodplain could trigger overbank flooding, debris flows<br>• Satellite imagery shows number of ‘unfrozen lakes’ increased from 24 to 40 in just two weeks</strong></p> <p>ISLAMABAD: With the <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2011619">monsoon season</a> now under way, the Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco) has raised concern over the uncontrolled spread of settlements along a natural glacial lake-fed stream near Gilgit c

<p>PAKISTAN’S economic debate is trapped in a distracting quarrel — whether banks lend too much to government and too little to enterprise. Allocation matters, but it is not the binding constraint. On the State Bank’s consolidated estimates, with the share of development spending shrinking, a rupee of government spending now multiplies about 0.71 in output on average while a rupee of private investment returns 1.2 to 1.3. The private rupee works nearly twice as hard yet, strip out producti

<p>OpenAI will publicly launch its most capable model, GPT-5.6, on Thursday, after delaying the launch last month on the US government’s request amid national security concerns that powerful AI systems could be misused.</p> <p>This comes on the heels of the US government <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2012133">lifting curbs</a> on Anthropic’s latest Fable and Mythos AI models last week, less than three weeks after the company was <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2007652">ordered</a> to

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<p>Experts say cuts have hindered the response to DRC’s Ebola outbreak and resulted in ‘significant numbers’ of deaths</p><p>Elon Musk has an Ebola problem. SpaceX stock dropped precipitously after its initial public offering, and Tesla faces a wave of lawsuits. But instead of focusing on his companies, Musk has posted frequently on X about the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which he helped dismantle – or, in his words, feed into the woodchipper – last year.</p><p>“

<p>President Asif Ali Zardari and Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Zhaparov on Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment to boosting bilateral ties between Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan, particularly deepening trade, economic and investment cooperation.</p> <p>President Zardari <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2013361">arrived</a> in Kyrgyzstan a day earlier for a four-day official visit, from July 6-9.</p> <p>According to a joint statement issued on Tuesday, the two expressed satisfaction over the “developme