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Editorial stance of the outlets covering Pakistan most this month.
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Pakistan under Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Army Chief Asim Munir is balancing a deepening diplomatic role as a conduit between the US and Iran against a deteriorating domestic security and economic outlook, marked by a deadly train explosion, IMF pressure for fiscal adjustment, and a severe water crisis in Karachi.
Editorially curated conflicts and rivalries Pakistan is party to. Open a panel to see the specific friction points inside it.
The contested borders of South Asia, where two nuclear-armed states and their neighbours dispute territory, water and responsibility for cross-border violence. Five fault lines run through it: the air campaign and border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan along the Durand Line; the Kashmir territorial dispute between India and Pakistan; the separatist insurgency in Balochistan; the Indus Waters Treaty, suspended by India and contested by Pakistan; and the militant attacks that each state attributes to the other. Pakistan is a party to four of the five.
Editorial stance of the outlets covering Pakistan most this month.
Pakistan's economy is under dual pressure from IMF fiscal demands and regional energy disruptions. The IMF has called for replacing excise tax cuts with targeted measures for vulnerable households, while oil and LNG tankers from Hormuz are reaching Pakistan and China, and talks with Iran seek more Qatari LNG via the strait.
Pakistan has become a central diplomatic channel in US-Iran peace talks, with Army Chief Asim Munir visiting Tehran and Iran sending a revised proposal via Pakistan. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif simultaneously secured praise from US War Secretary Hegseth and from China's Xi Jinping for 'unbreakable' ties during a Beijing visit.
Domestic security is under severe strain from a train explosion in southwest Pakistan killing at least 24 and a car bomb killing 12 police officers. Regionally, Pakistan sent 8,000 troops and fighter jets to Saudi Arabia amid Iran tensions, while the US closed its Peshawar consulate citing safety concerns.
Karachi's chronic water shortage has entered its second month, with dry taps during Eid, compounded by a deadly heatwave that killed eight. Urbanization is described as 'haphazard' by researchers, and a truck carrying Afghan refugees overturned, killing 22.
