
Umair Jamal
Correspondent at The Diplomat Magazine
Head of Politics Desk at Business Recorder
Ph.D. candidate @otago | SA Visiting Fellow @StimsonCenter 2018 | Work @Diplomat_APAC @AJEnglish @SCMPNews @SAVoices
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1 week ago |
thediplomat.com | Umair Jamal
Despite reported frictions over CPEC and security issues in Pakistan, China had no qualms about offering – and even expanding – support for Islamabad. Subscribe for ads-free reading The recent military clashes between Pakistan and India have brought global attention to Islamabad’s relationship with Beijing. The clashes revealed a relationship that is more resilient and strategically active than critics may have assumed.
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3 weeks ago |
pakistanlink.org | Umair Jamal
May 16, 2025 By Umair Jamal A tense quiet has settled along the Pakistan-India border as a fragile ceasefire holds after days of fierce air battles, missile strikes, and drone attacks. And the world watches in relief as one of the most dangerous standoffs between the two nuclear-armed rivals has concluded.
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3 weeks ago |
thediplomat.com | Umair Jamal
Pakistan has established its own “new normal” with India, indicating that it will retaliate to India’s actions with resolve and firepower. Subscribe for ads-free reading A tense quiet has settled along the Pakistan-India border as a fragile ceasefire holds after days of fierce air battles, missile strikes, and drone attacks. And the world watches in relief as one of the most dangerous standoffs between the two nuclear-armed rivals has concluded.
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1 month ago |
thediplomat.com | Umair Jamal
Islamabad’s policy of “quid pro quo plus” in responding to any Indian attacks is likely to see it carry out more attacks in Kashmir and India. Subscribe for ads-free reading India’s military attack on Pakistani cities in Punjab and Azad Kashmir on May 7 is a massive escalation and should be a cause of concern for countries in the region and beyond. The military strikes on Pakistan come two weeks after 26 tourists died in a terror attack in Indian-administered Kashmir’s Pahalgam.
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1 month ago |
thediplomat.com | Umair Jamal
It could prompt China to block the Brahmaputra River, which supplies around 30 percent of India’s fresh water and about 44 percent of its total hydropower potential. Subscribe for ads-free reading Tensions between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan have escalated sharply after a militant attack at Pahalgam in Anantnag district of Indian-administrated Kashmir, which resulted in the death of at least 26 tourists. The attack has triggered angry calls for retaliation in India.
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Indian opposition parties ask whether the ceasefire was a result of US mediation, marking a clear departure from India's longstanding policy of 'no third-party mediation.' https://t.co/ddwgWHrvEm

In a major effort to foster goodwill and mutual cooperation between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the "Pak-Afghan Friendship Hospital" was opened at the Kharlachi Border Terminal in collaboration with the Pakistan Army and the Afghan administration.

پاڑاچنار ضلع کرم پاکستان اور افغانستان کے درمیان خیرسگالی اور باہمی تعاون کو فروغ دینے کی ایک اہم کاوش کے طور پر پاک فوج اور افغان انتظامیہ کے اشتراک سے خرلاچی بارڈر ٹرمینل پر "پاک افغان دوستی اسپتال" کا افتتاح کیا گیا۔ جدید طبی سہولیات سے آراستہ اس اسپتال میں لیبارٹری، https://t.co/jutIiIbuka

RT @husainhaqqani: ‘Pakistan Comes Out Emboldened After Clashes With India.’ @UmairJamal15 in @Diplomat_APAC https://t.co/SQld9tGga0