Oil slipped 5 percent after the US and Iran paused strikes over the weekend; the pause is welcome, but it is not permanent.
The country has recorded 107 deaths in total during the monsoon rains since June 26, the NDMA data showed.
Pakistan now holds a mutual defence agreement with Saudi Arabia and a defence cooperation agreement with Kuwait, covering two of the Gulf’s most strategically significant states.
Pakistan’s foreign policy posture is a mediator in the Gulf, an advocate on Kashmir, and a host to Iran’s interior minister.
Security forces killed 15 terrorists and detained eight suspects in Operation Al-Azm launched in Mastung’s Tehsil Khad Kucha on Thursday.
Chenab flows surged at Marala, Khanki, and Qadirabad after India released excess water; Pakistan received no advance warning before the surge.
Delhi Police identified 480 Pakistan-linked handles spreading misinformation, yet not one arrest has been made over who actually leaked the NEET paper.
Chenab flows at Marala swung from 78,276 cusecs to 1,527 in May 2025 with no rainfall to explain it; Pakistan wrote to India each time.
Amnesty’s statement that it did not find evidence describes the limits of its own inquiry; it does not disprove Pakistan’s intelligence.
Direct US military spending has reached $42 billion, while the economic disruption from Hormuz is costing the world $2.2 trillion annually.
