Pakistan applied to join BRICS in 2023, but its membership bid remains stalled despite efforts to win support from member countries.

Pakistan is among the 29 more countries that have applied for membership in BRICS and its effort to join the bloc is mostly driven by its economic challenges.

The latest developments also include growing tensions around Yemen and the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait, pressure on Pakistan to respond to Houthi activity, changes to UAE artificial intelligence ...

Amid the summit, Pakistan and its intelligence agency ISI allegedly planned an infiltration attempt through Jammu's Hiranagar sector, according to sources cited by ABP News ...

With Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE in BRICS 2026, Pakistan tied to Riyadh through a new defence pact, and India fresh from the SCO’s Iran declaration, New Delhi faces a tougher diplomatic test.

The decision of Pakistan to invest $582 million in the BRICS backed New Development Bank (NDB) is a radical change in the country’s economic direction. Securing a 1.1 per cent stake in the NDB will ...

The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I discussed Pakistan’s Republic Day, the BRICS summit in Durban, South Africa, and the Arab League summit in Doha.

Islamabad: After a failed attempt last year, Pakistan has desperately tried to secure permanent membership in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS). Reports indicate that Islamabad is ...

U.S. President Donald Trump is taking India to task, and we are a long way from what then-President Barack Obama called a “defining partnership of the 21st century.” But India’s neighbor, and enemy, ...

Trump hit India with two 25% tariff rounds, pushing New Delhi to hedge closer to BRICS and reopen channels with China/Russia. Islamabad avoided new tariffs and leans on its long, transactional ...