Mideast Ties
The US president’s current policy towards Iran, and potentially a host of others, can be summed up in three words: ‘submit, or die.'
Updated 13 Mar, 2026 09:42am
PAKISTAN has to maintain a delicate balance where the geopolitics of the US-Israeli aggression against Iran are...
Updated 13 Mar, 2026 09:24am
Prices unlikely to hit $200 a barrel, US energy secretary says.
Updated 13 Mar, 2026 08:26am
Regional states need to sit down and talk. They must also pledge and work towards collective security.
Updated 12 Mar, 2026 09:21am
Outlook for inflation and global economic growth amid increasing geopolitical turmoil remains volatile.
Updated 12 Mar, 2026 08:39am
Petroline ramps up activity to bypass Hormuz blockage.
Updated 12 Mar, 2026 08:12am
“There is no petrol at the depot for the past four days,” says one tanker driver.
Published 11 Mar, 2026 02:42pm
PM defends "difficult decision" on fuel prices, says global oil market "not in Pakistan’s hands".
Updated 10 Mar, 2026 09:00am
US president calls Mojtaba’s appointment "bad idea"; says war could be "over soon".
Updated 10 Mar, 2026 07:45am
Opposition leaders criticise petrol price hike, court rulings and ‘Board of Peace’ plan.
Updated 10 Mar, 2026 08:27am
Says mission would be aimed at escorting container ships and tankers in order to gradually reopen the strait.
Updated 10 Mar, 2026 08:10am
Hamas confirms talks ‘frozen’; meeting with Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediators cancelled.
Updated 10 Mar, 2026 08:05am
The political calculation in Tehran was simple — the country cannot afford a leadership vacuum.
Updated 10 Mar, 2026 09:07am
Lebanese parliament postpones legislative elections for two years; Lebanese president suggests full truce, direct talks.
Updated 10 Mar, 2026 07:58am
The war in the Middle East seems to be settling into a gruelling stalemate. The outcome will now be decided by who has the stomach to carry on like this and who asks for a ceasefire first.
Published 09 Mar, 2026 02:24pm
Pakistan Cables’ new manufacturing could help it weather supply disruptions and rising metal prices.
Updated 09 Mar, 2026 08:31am
The ongoing US-Israel-Iran conflict means higher oil prices, volatile LNG markets, transport inflation and uncertainty in cross-border electricity supplies.
Published 09 Mar, 2026 07:51am
As the conflict-ridden global front carries on, Pakistan grapples with its first wave of supply disruptions as domestic oil prices rise by Rs55 per litre.
Updated 09 Mar, 2026 08:44am
Lessons have not been learnt from past US interventions that ended in disaster.
Updated 09 Mar, 2026 09:45am
Who stands to gain in the war against Iran?
Updated 09 Mar, 2026 10:02am
While there is little doubt that Iran is involved in many of the retaliatory attacks, the facts raise suspicions that another player may be at work.
Updated 09 Mar, 2026 09:27am
Ahmed Barakat, head of the Kurdish Progressive Democratic Party in Syria, says Iranian Kurdish forces should exercise “extreme caution”.
Updated 09 Mar, 2026 09:02am
Saudi minister urges Iran to “exercise wisdom and avoid miscalculation”.
Updated 07 Mar, 2026 12:57pm
Govt plan to revive a range of Covid-era steps reflect a recognition that early restraint can limit disruptive interventions.
Updated 07 Mar, 2026 04:53pm
Containers to be transhipped from Karachi to Jebel Ali in the Middle East; Strait of Hormuz not expected to open in coming days.
Updated 07 Mar, 2026 08:03am
Only an internally robust, united Pakistan can deal with a complex, dangerous external world.
Updated 06 Mar, 2026 09:23am
The war is disrupting a sector that had been booming in the region.
Published 05 Mar, 2026 11:33am
With the prospect of protracted conflict on the entire western flank, Pakistan must now take sober stock of its resource position.
Updated 05 Mar, 2026 09:34am
Ex-Khamenei aide says Tehran has no intention of negotiating; Israel plans another "one, two weeks" of attacks; death toll in Iran crosses 1,000.
Updated 05 Mar, 2026 07:39am
Bilawal, Fazl, Khalid Maqbool attend meeting on Pak-Afghan situation and Iran war; PTI skips; Rana Sanaullah says Islamabad "communicating" between Riyadh, Tehran.
Updated 04 Mar, 2026 07:10pm
