Pakistani writer Muzaffar Ijaz, in a recent article, criticized Western-funded NGOs for driving a "non-Islamic agenda" in Pakistan, especially related to women's rights and the rights of LGBT communities.
In a recent editorial, the Pakistani Urdu-language newspaper Roznama Jasarat, which is owned by Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, warned the Islamic countries to remain aware that the current crisis in Sudan will test their unity, which is emerging following the Saudi-Iran rapprochement brokered by the Chinese leadership. In the editorial, titled "A New Front In Sudan – Beware the
On March 10, 2023, with Chinese mediation, Saudi Arabia and Iran signed an agreement in Beijing to foster bilateral ties, thereby ending years of conflict between the two Islamic neighbours – one of whom, Iran, is a nuclear power – and posing a challenge to Western strategic dominance of the Middle East. The delegations from Saudi Arabia and Iran held talks in Beijing from