In a significant diplomatic development, India’s External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar held a telephonic conversation with the interim Foreign Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) Amir Khan Muttaqi, on May 15. Coming on the heels of Operation Sindoor – India’s retaliatory strikes against terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan in response to the Pahalgam attack – the EAM reiterated […]

The 2025 White Paper China’s National Security in the New Eraappears to be a major turn in how the People’s Republic of China envisions its security matrix. Released by the State Council Information Office on 12 May 2025, this document outlines a sweeping redefinition of national security. Moving far beyond the traditional confines of military defence, the White Paper introduces […]

On May 21, 2025, the people of Khuzdar woke to one of the most heinous acts of terrorism in Pakistan’s recent memory. A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a school bus carrying children to a military-run educational institution. The attack killed at least five people, including three innocent children, and injured over fifty others. For Pakistan, this was […]