Pakistan's endless bailout cycle: Selling national assets to stay afloat (IANS Analysis)

IANS | November 2, 2025 9:11 PM

New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Pakistan’s Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has become one of the busiest travelers in global finance. One week he’s in Washington, lobbying the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for yet another tranche of emergency funding; the next, he’s in Riyadh or Abu Dhabi pitching the sale of Pakistan’s national assets from Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to airports and energy infrastructure.

‘Empowerer of women’: People hail PM Modi in Patna after roadshow

IANS | November 2, 2025 8:29 PM

New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s roadshow in Patna on Sunday drew an overwhelming response from women, many of whom described the Prime Minister as a leader who transformed their lives through welfare schemes and social empowerment initiatives.

China-Pakistan's 'iron brotherhood' may now be re-forged in fires of pragmatism: Report

IANS | November 2, 2025 8:00 PM

Islamabad, Nov 2 (IANS) The bond between China and Pakistan has been described in the warm and familial terms of an 'iron brotherhood'. However, the changing global politics demand ties based on the solid ground of mutual delivery and strategic clarity and not through poetic words. The Pakistan-China bond described as 'iron brotherhood' may now be re-forged in the fires of pragmatism, a report has stated.

Four years on, father in PoJK accuses police of shielding son’s killers

IANS | November 2, 2025 6:33 PM

New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Nearly four years after his 22-year-old son was murdered, a grieving father in Pakistan-Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (PoJK) continues his fight for justice, alleging that law-enforcement officials have deliberately sabotaged the case to protect influential suspects.