Journalist
Editor, World & Geopolitics
Bilal Javed edits The Indus Compass’s world and geopolitics coverage. He follows the United Nations, NATO, US politics, wars and conflicts, democracy and the global economy, and he also writes on business and sport.
His reports for the site include the US-Iran war and the mediation efforts around it, the Israeli election count, cases at the International Court of Justice, and the markets and oil prices that move with them. In stories on the Middle East he gives particular weight to the human cost of conflict and says where every casualty figure comes from.
He explains what each story means for readers in Pakistan.
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Bangkok was hit by about 320mm of rain in two to three days. Floods affected 1,267 businesses, and Thai Airways called in the air force to clear a baggage backlog.
Israel moved against Dutch diplomats in Ramallah after the Netherlands banned imports from settlements. The Dutch minister called it 'unnecessary'.
A study in JACC: Asia found Pakistani women had the region's highest death rate from heart disease, as doctors on World Heart Day urged earlier screening.
The Public Procurement Rules 2026 replace the 2004 rules, make the e-PADS system mandatory and add blacklisting and appeals, as IMF talks on $1.2bn continue.
Up to 33mm of rain fell on the twin cities on Monday. WASA declared a rain emergency in Rawalpindi; Nullah Lai stayed normal and two flights were diverted.
More than 70pc of Swiss voters rejected a stricter neutrality rule that would have barred sanctions without UN approval and closer ties with NATO.
Gaza's health ministry says 74,016 Palestinians have been killed since October 2023, including 1,145 since the ceasefire, as Israel expels Dutch diplomats.
Air-raid alerts, boarded-up school windows and Patriot missiles: how the Ukraine war is closing in on Dorohusk, a Polish village 2km from the border.
New US mileage rules would cut the 2031 fleet target to about 34.5mpg from 50.4mpg. The White House says cars will be cheaper; critics warn of higher fuel bills.
Trump says US negotiators will engage Iran this week after he rejected Tehran's offer; Araghchi says Hormuz will reopen only if a ceasefire deal is revived.
An IMF mission led by Iva Petrova begins the fourth EFF and third RSF reviews today. Success would release about $1.2bn by late November or early December.
Pope Leo XIV pressed French Catholic leaders to sustain their fight against clerical sexual abuse on Sunday, delivering the message
Swiss voters decided whether to enshrine strict 'armed and perpetual' neutrality and ban sanctions not backed by the UN. Polls pointed to a clear rejection.
UK counter-terrorism police are investigating an overnight incident near RAF Fairford, the base used by US bombers for strikes on Iranian missile sites.
Israel's far-right finance minister urged war against the Palestinian Authority and annexing Gaza up to the 'yellow line' and Lebanon up to the Litani River.
The information ministry dismissed Kabul's claim that Pakistan-backed men were behind clashes in Nuristan, saying not a shred of evidence had been produced.
PNS Hangor, the first of eight Hangor-class submarines built with China, fired an anti-ship cruise missile at a long-range target in the Arabian Sea, ISPR said.
India's rushed theatre command reform collides with an air force down to 29 squadrons against 42 sanctioned, plus army and navy shortfalls.
At a CISS workshop in Gilgit, a senior SPD official said India's Hindutva-driven strategic behaviour threatens stability in South Asia.
Speaking at Unesco in Paris, Pope Leo said the UN faces a crisis of effectiveness and criticised leaders who use the law only when it suits them.
SCO national coordinators meet in Islamabad from September 28 to 30 to plan the programme of Pakistan's chairmanship, ahead of the heads of state summit in August 2027.
In his UN General Assembly address, PM Shehbaz Sharif urged that Hormuz stay open, defended the Makkah defence pact and said blocking Indus waters would be an act of war.
Ping Ping and Fu Shuang left Chengdu on a chartered flight for Zoo Atlanta, where they will spend 10 years, a gesture of goodwill after a summit short on breakthroughs.
In its right of reply at the UN General Assembly, Pakistan accused India of sponsoring terrorism and 'weaponising water', and restated its Kashmir stance.
Pakistan, Saudi and Turkish military chiefs pledged to 'immediately' put the Makkah defence pact into practice. What that means, and what it does not.
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye's foreign ministers met in New York and agreed to convene their military chiefs after Houthi missile attacks.
Trump and Xi ended a lavish White House summit promising cooperation on AI and trade, while Beijing pressed Washington to change its language on Taiwan.
Dozens of delegations walked out as Israel's prime minister began his UN speech, while more than 100 protesters were detained across Manhattan.
Noor Zaman and Ashab Irfan reached the Asian Games squash semi-finals in Nagoya, the first time since 2002 two Pakistanis have made the last four.
