PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Monday sought Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s intervention on an ongoing CNG crisis in his province, warning that the shortage was setting the stage for “widespread agitiation” across KP.

The province has been affected by a compressed natural gas (CNG) crisis since April with several filling stations shut and millions of citizens…

Plus, the status of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia.

Plus, would the U.S. or Israel use a nuclear weapon against Iran?

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that talks between Washington and Tehran could resume over the next two days and that “ we’re more inclined to go” to Pakistan, reported _New York Post_.

“You should stay there, really, because something could be happening over the next two days, and we’re more inclined to go there.

“It’s more likely, you know why? Because the Field Marshal is doing a…

The following is a lightly edited transcript of the April 8 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.**
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Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic , produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent.

Donald Trump’s threat to obliterate Iranian civilization entirely has prompted some surprisingly powerful pushback from his own…

Donald Trump’s deranged threat to obliterate Iranian civilization entirely has prompted powerful pushback from some former MAGA allies. Some are suggesting it’s time to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove him, including Alex Jones, Anthony Scaramucci, and Marjorie Taylor Greene, who tweeted that “he has gone insane.” Tucker Carlson called on military officials not to follow illegal orders to…

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi met with Chinese Ambassador Jiang Zedong at the Chinese Embassy in Islamabad on Friday, where the two discussed matters pertaining to counter-terrorism, security cooperation and the Police Exchange Programme.

The interior ministry posted on social media that Naqvi arrived at the embassy in Islamabad’s Diplomatic Enclave earlier today, where he was welcomed by the…

Let us speak plainly about _Trump v. Barbara_ , the Supreme Court’s upcoming case on birthright citizenship. Many of the high court’s cases are about arcane legal doctrines or complex federal statutes. Real-world effects can sometimes be difficult to discern through the time-consuming labyrinth of appellate review. Rarely does the court decide anything that immediately changes everything.

The…