On 15 January 2026, the Pakistani defence production minister confirmed that an agreement for a new trilateral defence deal between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Türkiye is in the pipeline, other than the Pakistan-Saudi bilateral deal announced last year.
In the third week of September, Qatar convened an emergency meeting of 57 of the most influential Islamic leaders called the Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit. The agenda of the meeting was to discuss a collective response to Israel's unprovoked aggression against Qatar a few days prior, in which it launched aerial strikes against a Hamas negotiating party within the neutral confines of Doha, which was acting as the official mediator.
On the cusp of the Bihar state elections, India has once again ramped up its belligerent rhetoric with Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh threatening to target Sindh through Sir Creek, and the Chief of Army Staff Dwivedi claiming that preparations for Operation Sindoor 2.0 have already begun.
In September 2025, scientists from Japan were finally able to identify the elusive W-state of quantum entanglement, solving a decades-old problem and potentially paving the way for powerful new quantum technologies.
The aviation industry has been under increasing scrutiny for its major contribution to climate change. This rings true globally, including for Pakistan
‘Future risks include terrorists leveraging AI for rapid application and website development;, though fundamentally, generative AI amplifies threats posed by existing technologies rather than creating entirely new threat categories.’
On 18 June, a volley of Israeli missiles burst over Iran’s skies, plunging the nation in digital darkness - cutting
The recent Indo-Pakistan clashes, though following a familiar cycle of escalation and de-escalation, revealed persistent
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The recent Indo-Pak clashes laid bare India’s nationalist agenda and long-standing mechanisms of narrative control.
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