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Islamabad, March 6 (IANS) Pakistan’s role in the escalating conflict in the Middle East is concerning, with reports indicating that the country provided bases to the United States for recent drone strikes in Iran. This is not an isolated episode, as Islamabad in the past has “hobnobbed” with Washington, allegedly assisting with intelligence support for US strikes targeting Iranian nuclear facilities, a report has highlighted. According to a report in International Business Times (IBT), such acti…

New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) China has emerged as the dominant supplier of precursor chemicals and technical inputs that sustain the manufacture of synthetic narcotic drugs produced in Southeast Asia, particularly the Golden Triangle region, according to a media report.China’s chemical industry produces the overwhelming majority of the world’s active pharmaceutical ingredients and industrial precursors, many of which have legitimate commercial uses but can be repurposed for synthetic drug production…

New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Dozens of AI‑generated videos and images pushed by accounts linked to Pakistan’s security establishment have flooded the country’s social media in recent months, aimed at inflaming communal tensions and spreading false narratives against India, according to a media report.The International Business Times report said that journalists and analysts found many viral posts came from X accounts tied to Pakistan’s military and intelligence establishment.Fact‑checkers ha…