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Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned on Sunday that his country would respond to any US attack, but held out hope for a diplomatic solution, saying he expected another round of talks in Geneva later in the week. Speaking in an interview on the US network CBS, the minister said there was a “good chance” that talks with US negotiators would head off renewed military strikes. He insisted, however, that Iran had a right to continued uranium enrichment for civilian purposes – and to strike US interests in the Middle East in response to any aggression. “If the US attacks us, then we have every right to defend ourselves. If the US attacks us, that is the act of aggression. What we do in response is an act of self-defence,” Araghchi said. “It is justified, legitimate. So our missiles cannot hit the American soil. So obviously we have to do something else. We have to hit, you know, the American base in the region.” Read More: US envoy Steve Witkoff says Trump questioning why Iran has n...

Though every other day, every event affecting the public and the powerful, every queue at the airport, every desperate effort and struggle for justice and survival, every legal and constitutional tweak, and every other move of powerful circles in the country might be suggestive enough of what and who has and hasn't a future in Pakistan, suggestions sought, or questions asked by aspirants, students and their parents about promising career paths open one to brutal truths and bleaker realities. Over the past few weeks, I have come across many an instance of grim thoughts and realities that are seemingly and increasingly encroaching on the hopes, dreams and efforts of many a person around us. Recently, a couple of students and their parents connected with me and sought my suggestions on their potential career pursuits in or outside Pakistan. What I have seen and observed in them is gloom, hopelessness, desperation and weariness of the de facto and de jure rulers. Honestly, though not a...

NASA chief Jared Isaacman on Saturday ruled out a March launch for Artemis 2, the first crewed flyby mission to the Moon in more than 50 years, citing technical issues. Workers detected a problem with helium flow to the massive SLS rocket that will "take the March launch window out of consideration", Issacman said in a post on X. After overnight data showed an interruption in helium flow in the SLS interim cryogenic propulsion stage, teams are troubleshooting and preparing for a likely rollback of Artemis II to the VAB at @NASAKennedy. This will almost assuredly impact the March launch window. @NASA will… — NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman (@NASAAdmin) February 21, 2026 "I understand people are disappointed by this development. That disappointment is felt most by the team at NASA, who have been working tirelessly to prepare for this great endeavour," Isaacman said. "During the 1960s, when NASA achieved what most thought was impossible, and what has never been ...

The federal government on Saturday announced plans to produce two historical web series on the life and services of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and philosopher-poet Allama Muhammad Iqbal to mark their 150th birth anniversaries. The decision was taken at a high-level consultative meeting chaired by Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal, which brought together leading media houses, producers, directors, and prominent figures from the creative sector. Speaking at the meeting, Iqbal said the 150th anniversary celebrations of Quaid-e-Azam and Iqbal would go beyond formal ceremonies, serving instead as a milestone in national renewal and intellectual revival. A consultative meeting chaired by Minister for Planning @betterpakistan in Islamabad deliberated on development of two landmark historical web series on Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Allama Muhammad Iqbal@PlanComPakistan #RadioPakistan #news https://t.co/oCqbF5YGDU pic.twitter.com/DHpJ1qL71k — Radio Pakistan (@RadioPakistan) Februar...

The politics of the MQM-P has once again entered a decisive phase. What began in the 1980s as an organised assertion of urban Muhajir identity gradually revealed deeper contradictions within Sindh's political economy. Today, visible divisions between the party's factions led by Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui and Mustafa Kamal underscore a structural crisis rather than a temporary disagreement. Muhajir politics was never merely a spontaneous cry for recognition. It emerged from material shifts that unsettled the urban middle classes of Karachi. The sweeping nationalisation policies of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in the 1970s disrupted banks, industries and educational institutions where many Urdu speaking 'muhajirs' were concentrated. Loss of economic control translated into political grievance. Identity hardened as access to state employment and influence appeared to narrow. Out of this dislocation, a disciplined organisational machine took shape, mediating jobs, contracts, housing an...

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry said on Friday that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan would be transferred to a hospital on February 25 for medical treatment, clarifying that the hospitalisation would be limited solely to administering his second injection to treat his eye. Speaking to the media in Islamabad on Friday, Chaudhry said that Imran, 73, received his first injection on January 25, with two further injections still pending. “Regarding the matter of his eye, on January 25 he was given one injection, two more are still to be administered. For that, the proposed date for the injection is February 25, and one month later he will be given the third injection at the best available facility in Pindi and Islamabad,” he said. When asked if the former prime minister would be moved to the hospital for the injections, Chaudhry responded in the affirmative, adding that the injections could only be administered in a hospit...