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Pakistan in the limelight as US, Iran ‘open backchannel’

NewsMarch 24, 2026

• Efforts alongside Egypt and Turkiye seen as key to pausing threatened US strikes on Iran’s energy infrastructure• Administration sources say diplomatic efforts saw Islamabad leveraging its pos...

War Diary Day 24: Trump’s tactical pause buys time, not resolution

NewsMarch 24, 2026

On the 24th day of the US-Israeli war on Iran, President Donald Trump’s decision to defer planned strikes on Iran’s power plants and energy infrastructure by five days introduced a tactical pause ...

War Diary Day 23: US ultimatum pushes war to the brink

NewsMarch 23, 2026

On the 23rd day of the US- Israeli war against Iran, the conflict entered its most dangerous phase yet as US President Donald Trump’s 48-hour ultimatum imposed a hard deadline on an already grinding...

War Diary Day 21: Muted Nowruz, Eid in Iran

NewsMarch 21, 2026

On the twenty-first day of the US-Israeli war on Iran, a sombre Nowruz and Eidul Fitr eve set the domestic mood in Iran, as fresh military developments and a shifting coalition posture pointed to an i...

Violence over events abroad won’t be tolerated: CDF Munir

NewsMarch 20, 2026

ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir warned religious leaders that violence in the country, triggered by events abroad, would not be tolerated, Inter-Ser...

War Diary Day 20: Energy war pushes region to the brink

NewsMarch 20, 2026

On the 20th day of the US-Israel war against Iran, the conflict stood on the threshold of an all-out regional war, with strikes on energy infrastructure now defining its deadly trajectory while diplom...

War Diary Day 19: Nuclear shadow deepens as energy war expands

NewsMarch 18, 2026

On the 19th day of the US-Israeli war against Iran, the conflict is being shaped by two interlocking dynamics wherein the nuclear threshold has not been crossed but is increasingly blurred, while the ...

War Diary Day 18: Diplomatic space appears narrower amid Israeli claim of killing Iran’s security chief

NewsMarch 18, 2026

The Israeli claim of killing Iran’s top security official Ali Larijani, if confirmed, would mark the most consequential setback for Iran since the assassination of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei ...

War Diary Day 17: Middle East conflict hits decisive inflection point

NewsMarch 16, 2026

The US-Israel war against Iran entered a decisive inflection point on Monday, the 17th day of fighting, as persistent restricted movement through the Strait of Hormuz and Israel’s large ground assau...

War Diary Day 16: Trump losing initiative as allies reluctant, Iran defiant

HealthMarch 16, 2026

On the sixteenth day of the US–Israel war on Iran, the conflict continued to rage across multiple theatres as Tehran and its regional allies sustained pressure through missile strikes, proxy attacks...