{
  "id": 6888871,
  "title": "Applied, invested, still outside: Pakistan is still waiting at the Brics door",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/12/applied-invested-still-outside-pakistan-is-still-waiting-at-the-brics",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-12T07:42:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/applied-invested-still-outside-pakistan-is-still-waiting-at-the-brics-door/articleshow/134111200.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Pakistan publicly confirmed its Brics membership application in 2023, when the grouping was preparing for a major expansion under Russia’s presidency. Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch announced the move during her weekly press briefing.\"Yes, I can confirm that Pakistan has made a formal request to join Brics, which we believe is an important grouping of developing countries,\"…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}