Pakistan’s Exports Surge 16.4% in July 2025, Textile Sector Leads Growth

Pakistan’s exports witnessed a significant 16.43% year-on-year increase in July 2025, the first month of the fiscal year 2025-26, reaching $2.68 billion, according to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). Textile Sector Shows Robust Growth Textile exports, the backbone of Pakistan’s economy, rose by 32% to $1.67 billion. Major contributors included ready-made…

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Pakistan’s Vanishing Forests: Conflict, Development and the Making of Deadlier Disasters

Muhammad Younas In Pakistan, disasters no longer strike as rare shocks. They return year after year, reshaping valleys and uprooting lives. Floods submerge villages, landslides tear down mountain slopes, and glacial lakes burst without warning. Each season, the destruction deepens. Climate change is often held responsible, and rightly so. But there is another story, one…

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Independence Day in Kabul: Pakistan Celebrates Freedom and Maarka-e-Haq Triumph

The Embassy of Pakistan in Kabul marked the nation’s Independence Day with a solemn yet spirited ceremony, celebrating both the country’s historic freedom and its recent victory in Maarka-e-Haq against India. Speaking at the flag-hoisting ceremony, Pakistan’s Ambassador to Afghanistan, Ubaid-ur-Rehman Nizamani, hailed the resilience of the Pakistani nation in the face of “India’s naked…

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خیبر پختونخوا میں طوفانی بارشیں؛ 170سے زائد اموات، چار اضلاع آفت زدہ قرار، بونیر سب سے زائد متاثر

خیبر پختونخوا، گلگت بلتستان اور آزاد کشمیر میں کلاؤڈ برسٹ، لینڈ سلائیڈنگ اور سیلابی ریلوں نے تباہی مچا دی۔ مختلف حادثات میں اب تک 110 سے زائد افراد جاں بحق اور درجنوں زخمی ہو چکے ہیں۔ ریسکیو حکام کے مطابق خیبر پختونخوا کے ضلع باجوڑ کی تحصیل سالارزئی میں گزشتہ رات آنے والے سیلابی ریلے…

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Between Shells and Shelters: A New Generation of Bajaur’s Children Grows Up Displaced

By Muhammad Younas : BAJAUR, Pakistan — The scorching August heat hangs heavy over Bajaur’s deserted streets. Markets remain shuttered, homes lie abandoned, and the sound of children’s laughter has been replaced by the distant thud of artillery. Since July 29, the northwestern tribal district has been gripped by Operation Sarbakaf, a precision military campaign…

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Five Policemen Martyred in Coordinated KP Terror Attacks; Security Forces Launch Counter-Operations

Riaz Hussain The night turned deadly across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa when terrorists struck almost simultaneously in multiple districts, leaving at least five policemen martyred and as many injured. Police officials said unidentified militants targeted law enforcement in Upper Dir, Lower Dir, Peshawar, and Khyber’s Jamrud area in what appeared to be a coordinated assault. In Upper…

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Field Marshal Asim Munir’s U.S. Visit Signals Warmer Ties, Sparks Regional Debate

Riaz Hussain : Washington/Islamabad, August 2025 — Pakistan’s Army Chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, has completed his second visit to the United States in just two months, signaling a renewed push to strengthen military, strategic, and economic cooperation between the two countries. During the trip, Munir attended the change-of-command ceremony at U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM)…

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KP Launches Master Plan for Kaghan, Naran & Batakundi Valleys to Boost Sustainable Tourism

Peshawar, August 12, 2025 — In a major step to transform Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s top mountain destinations into world-class, sustainably managed tourist hubs, the provincial government has kicked off work on Master Plan Package No. 1 for the Kaghan, Naran, and Batakundi valleys. The initiative, launched under the directives of Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, aims…

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U.S. Blacklists BLA’s Majeed Brigade as Terror Group

Washington : The United States has formally designated the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and its militant wing, the Majeed Brigade, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), the State Department announced on Monday. The move adds the Majeed Brigade as an official alias to BLA’s earlier Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) status, imposed in 2019. According…

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