India is one of the world’s largest armaments importers and continues to expand the scope and range of its defence and strategic cooperation with countries like the U.S., France, Israel, and Russia. In 2016, the U.S. recognised India as a “Major Defence Partner”, a title that consents on India buying more cutting-edge and sensitive technologies from the U.S. at par […]

The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab claims to have arrested six alleged terrorists including a commander of a banned outfit during the multiple operations. A CTD spokesperson said that the department has arrested Bakht Sher, a high-profile commander of a banned militant organisation and caught five other terrorists in other intelligence-based operations (IBOs). He further added that explosive material, mobile […]

Rugged border regions near Afghanistan have seen years of fighting between the army and insurgent groups An attack on a military base by suspected militants in northern Pakistan killed several soldiers. Nine soldiers were killed at the base Islamist militants stormed into armed with guns, hand grenades and rockets, army and security officials said. All five militants who stormed the […]

Imran Rehman, a 32-year-old Catholic Christian man, has been unjustly detained in Camp Jail Lahore for the past ten months on charges of blasphemy and terrorism. Imran, a devoted father of two daughters, was working at the Lahore Metro Bus ticket office when he was taken into custody by the Cyber Crime Wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for […]

Pakistan is located at a junction where its strategic importance has been a huge factor in shaping its foreign relations. Due to its proximity to the Middle East and central Asian countries, it has become an epicenter of world rivalries_owing to which, in the war of others, the country itslef has been suffering. Hence, in the current multipolar world Pakistan […]

The two terror suspects from an Al-Qaeda affiliated group, arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) around last week, were planning a massive attack for which they were “very much” in touch with the Pakistani and Kashmiri handlers, sources have told News18. The UP ATS has recovered a series of videos from the social media account of arrested Saddam […]

Afghan refugees have been a significant concern for Pakistan over the past several years, with their impact projected to intensify in the coming years. As these refugees flee conflict in their homeland, they are forming a large and growing population in Pakistan, particularly in the region of Baluchistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to official reports, about 250, 000 Afghans have […]

As stated clearly by Pakistani Ambassador to China, Moin Ul Haque, the China Pakistan Economic Corridor has withstood controversies, criticisms, censure and castigation to become a panacea for peace and stability within Pakistan and beyond. In an interview with the Chinese press, Ambassador Moin further went on to state that power generation projects initiated by both Beijing and Islamabad have […]

Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has claimed that his country and Tajikistan are facing similar security challenges and threats from Afghanistan. Khawaja Asif said this in a meeting with Tajikistan’s Defense Minister Sherali Mirzo in Rawalpindi. The sides discussed bilateral defense cooperation in the meeting. Khawaja Asif said being neighbours of Afghanistan, both Pakistan and Tajikistan were facing similar […]

Pakistani soldiers have killed a member of ISIS in the rugged, semi-mountainous borderland between Afghanistan and Pakistan. It comes as five security forces were killed in clashes with Tehreek-ei-Taliban-e-Pakistan the local branch of the movement that has waged an insurgency against the government since around 2007. Afghan news agency Tolo reported the border clash in Paktika province in Afghanistan on […]