Pakistan is stepping up efforts to protect its trade and energy supplies as the Iran war disrupts shipping through the Persian Gulf, driving up freight costs and putting pressure on key export routes.
Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Pakistan have turned crisis diplomacy into a habit. The Istanbul meeting will show whether R4 can become more than a room in which four ministers compare notes.
Pakistan says it has added 12 sites to its UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List, taking the total from 25 to 37 and widening the country's roster of potential future nominations.
Google has committed $500,000 to a new digital safety programme in Pakistan, as debate grows over how to protect children from online risks and whether access to social media should be restricted.
Pakistan is deepening engagement with Syria’s new leadership as Israeli strikes add fresh pressure on the country’s fragile political transition, with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani concluding a landmark visit to Islamabad.
Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 20th of August, covering the latest developments.
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday for a two-day visit, marking the first trip by Syria’s top diplomat to Pakistan in 19 years as Damascus seeks to deepen ties with the country.
More than a year after Pakistan and India were involved in their most serious military confrontation in decades, a key airspace restriction between the nuclear-armed neighbours remains in force.
Pakistan is turning to more U.S. crude as disruption around the Strait of Hormuz exposes the risks of its heavy reliance on Gulf energy supplies.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says Egypt could join the newly signed defence agreement between Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, suggesting the pact could eventually grow into a wider regional security framework.
For fishermen along Pakistan’s southwestern coast, the consequences of the U.S.-Iran conflict are being felt far from the battlefield.
Türkiye has unveiled plans for joint military exercises and defence production with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan under a new security pact that includes a collective defence clause.
Pakistan is seeking a cut of up to 50 per cent in the price of Iranian gas and lower supply volumes under the long-stalled Iran-Pakistan pipeline, as Islamabad looks to revive the project despite U.S. sanctions risks.
Afghanistan's Taliban marks five years in power on Saturday, 15 August, five years after taking Kabul as U.S.-led foreign forces withdrew following two decades of war.
Afghanistan and Turkmenistan signed a gas-purchase memorandum for the TAPI pipeline in Herat on Monday, as the two sides pushed for agreement on pricing and faster progress on the regional energy project.
Pakistan is seeking to strengthen its energy security through a proposed Gulf oil storage scheme, $5 billion in refinery upgrades and renewed offshore exploration with Türkiye as global supply disruptions expose its reliance on imports.
Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief. Here are the top news stories for the 10th of August, covering the latest developments.
The 8 August edition of AnewZ's PrimeTime led with the one-year anniversary of the Washington Declaration and progress in Azerbaijan-Armenia relations, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan's new defence pact, and continuing diplomatic efforts over the Strait of Hormuz.
Pakistan’s critical minerals sector is attracting renewed interest from American companies, with investors exploring opportunities in copper, antimony and other strategic minerals as global competition intensifies to secure supplies for defence, artificial intelligence and clean energy industries.
More than 100,000 people entered Afghanistan from Iran and Pakistan between 19 July and 1 August, increasing pressure on communities and humanitarian organisations already struggling with poverty, limited services and funding shortages.
Iran says it is holding “positive” talks with Oman on reopening the Strait of Hormuz to shipping traffic, while an official source familiar with the negotiations has said an “agreement is within reach”.
Pakistan has stepped up flood preparedness after the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned that El Niño is expected to strengthen from August, increasing the risk of more extreme weather worldwide as monsoon rains continue across the country.
U.S. President Donald Trump said there was an "all-day negotiation" on Tuesday with Iran, characterising the talks positively while also threatening to hit Iran "really hard" if a deal was not reached.
More than 800 Afghan families returned from Pakistan and Iran over two days as Afghan authorities continued receiving thousands of people arriving through deportations and voluntary returns from neighbouring countries.
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