Until internal strife and reform succeed in overpowering the civil-military oligarchy, an authoritarian slide is likely to continue in Pakistan.

Hajj 2025: In yet another major diplomatic setback on the global, amid rising tensions with India, Pakistan is now pleading Saudi Arabia to restore its private Hajj quota for the Hajj 2025 pilgrimage.

The warning came at a time when Pakistan formally commenced its Haj flight operations on Tuesday with the first batch of 442 pilgrims departing from Islamabad to Madina under the Makkah Route ...