The launch of the Pakistan–Iran–Central Asia transport corridor opens new opportunities for regional trade, energy cooperation, and the development of alternative logistical routes across Eurasia. The international transport corridor is a collection of main transport systems that connect the parties and enable the international transport of goods and passengers. A new transit corridor originating in southern Pakistan and connecting to […]
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Balochistan: Mining Nightmare
On the evening of April 22, at least 10 people, including a Turkish national, were killed while several others sustained injuries in an attack at a copper and gold project site in Darigwan area of Chagai District in Balochistan. Around 40 gunmen, suspected to be Baloch insurgents, on motorcycles and other vehicles stormed the mining project site of the Pakistani […]
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Manipur: Renewed Violence Fresh violence has erupted across Manipur, signalling a renewed phase of instability. A series of incidents involving inter-group clashes, targeted attacks on civilians, and the use of heavy weaponry has heightened tensions, particularly in Ukhrul and Bishnupur Districts. The resurgence of violence underscores the persistence of deep ethnic divisions, the active presence of multiple armed formations, and […]
Read more ›L’exercice d’équilibriste du Pakistan entre l’Iran et l’Arabie saoudite
L’équilibre entre les relations avec l’Arabie saoudite et l’Iran demeure un élément clé de la politique étrangère du Pakistan, le pays cherchant à la fois à renforcer ses partenariats stratégiques et à préserver son rôle de médiateur dans le contexte géopolitique tendu du Moyen-Orient. La position de l’Arabie saoudite et de l’IranLe Pakistan entretient des relations étroites avec l’Arabie saoudite […]
Read more ›Pakistan Will Always Face Significant Challenges In The Soft Power Sphere
It lacks any importance outside of its immediate region, thus making interest in its affairs and what it has to say about developments elsewhere in the world niche, so it would be better for Pakistan to focus on targeted soft power efforts than invest enormous sums of money in English-language media. The New York Times published a report in late […]
Read more ›Pakistan’s diplomatic gamble: How an unlikely peacemaker emerged
Despite brokering a ceasefire and hosting historic US–Iran talks, Pakistan faces a complex balancing act between rival alliances if no lasting deal emerges Pakistan’s attempt to broker peace between the United States and Iran ended without a breakthrough on Sunday, leaving the outcome of the talks uncertain and placing Islamabad in a delicate diplomatic position as it struggles to balance […]
Read more ›Why do Kashmiris praise Pakistan’s diplomacy?
Most Kashmiris who had looked at Shahbaz Sharief with hatred until yesterday, on the charges of Imran Khan’s captivity and election theft, and had left with no love for Pakistan, were carrying the picture of the same Shahbaz Sharief and loudly saying that the Kashmiri-born had succeeded in bringing about a ceasefire between Iran and the US. That is, they […]
Read more ›Taliban will hold ‘responsible’ talks with Pakistan in China
Taliban said on Thursday they would hold “comprehensive and responsible” talks with Pakistan in China, as the two sides seek to ease tensions after weeks of cross-border fighting. In a statement, the Taliban’s Foreign Ministry confirmed that it had sent what it described as a mid-level delegation to the Chinese city of Urumqi, where talks with Pakistani officials were expected […]
Read more ›Inside the History of Pakistan’s Fight Against the Pakistani Taliban
Amid ‘open war’ between Pakistan and Afghanistan over the militant group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, the 2015 documentary ‘Taliban Hunters’ offers relevant history on the group and the fight against it by authorities in Pakistan. In the nearly five years since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan, there’s been a dramatic increase in attacks within neighboring Pakistan by the militant group Tehreek-e-Taliban […]
Read more ›Taliban send five-member delegation to China talks with Pakistan: Report
A five-member Taliban delegation has taken part in talks with Pakistani officials in China, according to Taliban-affiliated media, as efforts to ease weeks of cross-border violence continue without a clear breakthrough. Radio Hurriyat, a media outlet linked to the Taliban, reported that the delegation included officials from several Taliban institutions, among them Mohibullah Wasiq and Abdul Hai Qanit from the […]
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