Pakistani opposition leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi was detained on Saturday, his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party said, just hours after he said it would challenge any delay to the country’s election in the courts. Party spokesman Zulfi Bukhari told Reuters the specific reason for the detention of Qureshi, twice Pakistan’s foreign minister, was not immediately clear. The caretaker information minister did not […]

The Ministry of Interior has confirmed four kidnappers were killed during an operation in Paghman district of Kabul province on Saturday night. The ministry said in a statement that the operation by special units was launched at 9:45 p.m. on Saturday in Pusht Badam area of Paghman district. According to the statement, the kidnappers had abducted a citizen named Mohammad […]

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Saturday that at least 30 humanitarian aid workers were killed in Afghanistan in the last two years. In a video message on the occasion of World Humanitarian Day, OCHA’s humanitarian coordinator for Afghanistan, Daniel Endres, said that many of the humanitarian workers killed were polio vaccinators and deminers. […]

The Islamic Emirate’s Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Afghanistan on Sunday warned that the government has the ability to respond to any type of aggression, following Pakistani authorities threatening to carry out military operations in Afghanistan. Speaking at the government’s accountability program, Fasihuddin Fitrah said that Pakistan should stop accusing Afghanistan, but address the problem of insecurity […]

Abdulsalam Hanafi, the administrative deputy prime minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, on Saturday, claimed that the IEA has more than 400,000 security force members between the ministries of defense and interior and the intelligence agency. Hanafi revealed this during a ceremony to celebrate the 104th anniversary of Afghanistan’s independence from Britain. He emphasized that the Islamic Emirate wants […]

In a recent deal struck between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Pakistan negotiated another lifeline in the form of a $3bn Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) to survive as a country. To the present date, IMF provided loans to Pakistan twenty-two times. A lending agreement between IMF and Pakistan simply means a credit line for Pakistan […]

The hard-line Taliban regime of Afghanistan has bannd political parties by describing it as unIslamic, against peoples interests, and alleging that parties have caused turmoil for decades in the country. The situation with respect to democracy in Afghanistan during the past two years of the Taliban 2.0 was worst and this move will further dent democratic evolution. The world had […]

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a landmark project that aims to connect Gwadar Port in southwestern Pakistan to China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang, via a network of highways, railways, and pipelines. CPEC is a crucial component of China’s Belt and Road Initiative and holds significant economic and geopolitical implications for both countries. CPEC has allocated a considerable amount of […]

The state of Punjab in India, known as the heartland of Sikhism, has a history deeply intertwined with the Sikh faith. Sikhs have played a significant role in shaping the cultural, social, and economic landscape of the region. However, beneath the vibrant surface of Punjab’s history lies a tale of struggle, discrimination, and unfulfilled promises. The plight of Sikhs in […]

America’s economic siege of Iran has been costly for Tehran’s neighbors, and now it is Pakistan’s turn to pick up the tab. On 7 August, Pakistan announced it was suspending its natural gas pipeline project in Iran under threat of U.S. sanctions, and issued a Force Majeure and Excusing Event notice to Iran under the Gas Sales and Purchase Agreement […]