The top contenders include Lt General Azhar Abbas, Lt General Sahir, Lt General Nauman Mahmood, and Lt General Faiz Hameed who is the popular choice. However, to qualify for the post of COAS, a Lt General has to become a Corps Commander first.

Defence Minister Florence Parly said Sahrawi died following a strike by France's Barkhane force, which battles jihadists in the Sahel. Sahrawi in 2015 formed the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS), which is blamed for most of the jihadist attacks in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso.

FM Qureshi in an interview to Independent on Thursday rejected the notion of building Afghan refugee camp on Pakistan soil and called for their resettlement in Afghanistan. He added that countries should streamline aid to Afghan people without any strings attached.

As Abraham Accords marks one year, UAE, Israel eye vested trillion dollars economic perks while the Palestinian cause remained unresolved. Palestinians still view this rapprochement as a "stab in the back" while UAE visualizes mounting opportunities for itself.

Pakistani restaurant "Clay Handi" in Buffalo New York, has gone viral for its truck art. The owner, Murshid Masood Qazi, a Pakistani-American built a car representing Pakistan's famous truck art culture, depicting the beautiful floral design, with beautiful messages in Punjabi/Urdu.

UN report highlights rural Afghans facing "food emergency" as agriculture, indispensable for the country crushes due to drought. Will malnutrition, hunger, poverty and excessive mortality be the Afghan fate or can aid revert these perils?

On her visit to the psychiatric hospital, the administrative staff kept informing her about the restoration of the hospital’s buildings. However, Bushra Bibi advised that the priority should be the patients. The restoration of the building should be secondary. 

Iranian Envoy said that Pakistan-Iran bilateral trade can boost through digital and joint border markets, tourism, bringing in private sector and mutual investment. He added that mutual political will is essential to remove the existing stumbling blocks in trading.

UAE's Foreign Minister calls FM Qureshi and expressed the resolve to continue the countries' close collaboration at multilateral fora. The two sides discussed various dimensions of the Pakistan-UAE relations, including Afghanistan.

As the U.S. has removed its most advanced missile defense system and Patriot batteries from Saudi Arabia in recent weeks, Saudi Arabia is out in the market shopping for its own missile systems. Thus, talks about Israeli Iron Dome or Bakar ER are underway.

It seems as if a lot of work went into actress Minal Khan's wedding dress. Her designer shared the images of preparing the dress on his social media page. He added that 55 artisans had worked day and night to complete the dress.

Experts believe that China's refusal to further cut carbon emissions at the US' request will undermine the progress at the upcoming global climate summit in Glasgow in November. However, China argues its current commitments are strong.