Two explosions near electoral candidates’ offices in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan killed 26 people and wounded dozens on Wednesday, officials said, raising concerns over security on the eve of a general election, Reuters reported. Pakistan goes to the polls on Thursday amid rising militant attacks and the jailing of Imran Khan, the winner of the last national election, who […]

Pakistan’s national and state assembly elections began on Thursday, at more than 90,000 polling stations across the country. As many as 270,000 army soldiers along with more than 150,000 police, border forces and anti-terrorism forces have put Pakistan under strict security measures in cities across the country, including Islamabad. Voting started at 8am local time in the presence of local […]

The Pakistani economy has always been a delicate tightrope walk, riddled with challenges and precariously balanced between progress and peril. Recent events, however, have ignited a fiery debate regarding the nation’s financial trajectory, thrusting two starkly contrasting narratives into the spotlight. On one side stands the legacy of Imran Khan’s ousted government, is remembered by many for bold reforms and […]

On February 1, 2024, a violent mob desecrated an Ahmadi grave at Sahwala village in the Sheikhupura District of Punjab. Filmmaker and activist Ali Raza on X (formerly Twitter) brought attention to the incident, stating, “There are reports of Maulvis in Sheikhupura excavating an Ahmadi grave and vandalizing the tombstone. These are the same impoverished individuals we assist through charity, […]

Pakistan has its own reasons to spy on Russian-Indian military and diplomatic ties, but it also can’t be discounted that some of the secrets obtained by this agent were also passed along or sold to the US after Pakistan’s pivot back to it in April 2022. The latest spy scandal to rock Russia doesn’t involve Western agents for once but […]

The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Sunday said that they have arrested an employee of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) posted in Moscow for spying for Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI. According to the ATS, the accused has been identified as Satyendra Siwal, working as a Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) at the MEA, and was arrested in Meerut. In a […]

Fasihuddin Fitrah, Afghan army chief of staff, called the recent remarks of his Pakistani counterpart, Asim Munir, over security as “insulting”, saying it suggests desperation of Pakistani government officials. Munir recently said that the life of a single Pakistani is more important than the entire Afghanistan. Enayatullah Khwarazmi, the spokesman of the Ministry of Defense, said on X on Saturday […]

Acting Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs Noorullah Noori while visiting the Torkham crossing said that Afghanistan does not have an “official border” with Pakistan. The ministry released a video where Noori said that Kabul and Islamabad have a “hypothetical line” and the border between these two countries is still not clear. “We have a hypothetical line with Pakistan, we […]

Pakistan faces multifaceted challenges, spanning an economic downturn, high unemployment and political turbulence. The major ingredients in Pakistan’s economic and social malaise are the Pakistan Democratic Movement coalition government’s election year policies, such as exchange rate caps and import controls, and delays in the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Extended Fund Facility program. Growth dipped sharply to -0.2 per cent in […]

The Pakistani Taliban have pledged not to attack election rallies, saying their targets are limited to the military and security forces, as political parties and independent candidates ramp up their campaigns ahead of the Feb. 8 vote ISLAMABAD — The Pakistani Taliban pledged Thursday not to attack election rallies, saying their targets are limited to the military and security forces, […]