Umar Khalid Dar

4 POSTS
The writer is a freelance contributor based in Manchester, UK.

14 Newborns Die in Fire at PIMS...

A devastating fire at Islamabad’s PIMS hospital killed 14 newborns, triggering conflicting accounts over the rescue response and serious concerns about inadequate fire safety arrangements.

Iran war drives US farmers into worst...

US grain farmers have been plunged into their worst financial crisis in four decades as the war with Iran drives up diesel and fertilizer costs, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. The latest price shock compounds years of weak crop prices and falling incomes.

India and China to continue to seek...

India and China agreed to continue to seek a political settlement of their border dispute in talks between top officials held in Beijing on Tuesday.

Pakistan says ‘significant progress’ made after army...

Pakistan's powerful army chief Asim Munir met with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran on Monday, state television reported, as Islamabad tries to mediate a resolution to the Middle East war.

US removes Syria from state sponsor of...

The United States on Monday removed Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, rescinding a decades-old designation that came with severe economic restrictions and marking another step in warming ties between the countries.

Netanyahu got his Iran war, but maybe...

After decades of urging the United States to attack Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finally got his wish. But after six months of inconclusive hostilities, Israel may ultimately find itself in a worse position than it was before the war.

Iran denies receiving invitation to join Mecca...

Tehran says regional security talks have been proposed as the Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani alliance elicits concern in Israel

Netanyahu claims ‘Iran tried to murder one...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed that Iran attempted to assassinate one of his sons, making the explosive allegation without saying which of his children was targeted, when the supposed plot took place, or how close it came to being carried out.