Pakistan wins Indus waters battle at The Hague, but India threat remains
The Permanent Court of Arbitration says the treaty remains binding. But India has rejected the findings.

The Permanent Court of Arbitration says the treaty remains binding. But India has rejected the findings.



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Recent hospital fires expose how little decades of national achievement mean when basic public safety still fails.
From Kuwait to Saudi Arabia, Gulf states are deepening defence ties with Pakistan, but its own gains remain unclear.
Sulaiman and Kasim Khan are increasingly worried after hearing their father is ‘agitated’ and suffering from anxiety.
England battled back from 80-4 at lunch to 248-9 by the end of the rain-shortened first day at Lord’s.

Funerals have begun for the 14 babies who were killed in a fire at Islamabad’s Institute of Medical Sciences.
A nursery for critical infants — supposedly the safest place in Islamabad’s PIMS hospital — turned into a deathtrap.
Only one infant rescued from the neonatal facility where the fire broke out, in Pakistan’s capital.
After Brydon Carse dropped by England for second Test against Pakistan, captain Joe Root blasts ‘stupid mistakes’.
Pakistan says progress was made in Tehran, but Iran’s security establishment remains wary of Washington.
The talks were held during a daylong diplomatic mission to Tehran by Pakistan’s army chief and interior minister.