Pakistan, which possesses nuclear weapons, is nevertheless almost totally dependent on the People’s Republic of China for military weapons systems, infrastructure improvement and energy projects. Pakistan is also in debt to China, its largest creditor, to the tune of $29 billion. Without continued Chinese financial assistance, Pakistan would fail to meet scheduled repayments of its international debt, which now amounts […]

When Fatima Bhutto opened her recent Zeteo essay with the line that as a Pakistani she is “used to politics as a theater of the absurd,” she was not indulging in hyperbole. She was simply stating the only law that never fails in our political life: if there is a move to be made that defies logic, tramples public sentiment, […]

Afghanistan is hosting a key trilateral meeting today, bringing together the foreign ministers of Pakistan and China for discussions on counter-terrorism, regional trade, and connectivity. According to the Afghan foreign ministry, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar arrived in Kabul on Tuesday to join Afghan Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi […]

Taliban are set to host a trilateral meeting with China and Pakistan in Kabul on Wednesday, August 20, sources familiar with the matter said. The sources told Amu that Pakistan’s foreign minister has accepted the Taliban’s invitation and will attend the talks, accompanied by Pakistan’s special envoy for Afghanistan, Mohammad Sadiq. Pakistani media outlet The Nation also reported that the […]

India’s, Russia’s, and possibly even China’s interests could be adversely affected. It was assessed in January that “The Pakistani Regime Destroyed Their Country & Betrayed Its National Interests For Nothing”, but that appraisal has since drastically changed due to the Trump Administration’s unexpectedly hard line towards India and how deftly Pakistan then played its cards with him. Regarding the first, […]

Balochistan, Pakistan’s largest and most resource-rich province, has long been a center of resistance where aspirations for autonomy, dignity, and justice have repeatedly clashed with the centralizing tendencies of the state. The province’s contentious accession on March 27, 1948—signed by the Khan of Kalat under pressure—is widely seen by Baloch nationalists as coerced, sparking a protracted struggle for self-determination. Since […]

The Jamiat-e-Islami party, led by former foreign minister Salahuddin Rabbani, called on Iran and Pakistan to reconsider their policies of forcibly deporting Afghan migrants, warning that Afghanistan’s current conditions are unsafe for return. In a statement issued Tuesday, the party said many returnees face serious threats under Taliban rule and emphasized that the internal situation in Afghanistan is not conducive […]

Amir Khan Muttaqi, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), has announced ongoing efforts to resolve Afghanistan’s transit issues with Pakistan and India during a meeting with a group of Afghan traders. In the meeting, Muttaqi emphasized that India and Pakistan should separate their political disputes from trade matters and not allow political tensions to […]

At least 13 soldiers were killed when a suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden car into a military convoy in northwestern Pakistan. On June 28, officials in North Waziristan, a district in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, said the bombing near the region’s Mir Ali town during a curfew injured 15 more soldiers. At least 14 civilians were wounded in the […]

Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir also warned India of a “befitting response” in case of any future attack, weeks after the two nations briefly locked horns in a dangerous conflict. Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir on Saturday claimed what has been “labelled” as terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir is a “legitimate struggle for freedom,” and said his country would always […]