Less than two weeks after the May 9 protests in which military assets and facilities in Pakistan were targeted by incensed mobs, Pakistan army’s media wing Inter Services Public Relations [ISPR] issued a press release stating that army chief Gen Syed Asim Munir had said that “legal process of trial against planners, instigators, abettors and perpetrators involved in 9 May […]
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China Prods Pakistan To Ramp Up Security And Governance – Analysis
The Communist Party of China is officially atheist but China’s premier, Li Qiang, recently had a “come to Jesus” meeting with Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif. China is frustrated by Pakistan’s inability to protect Chinese workers on the $62 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a key part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Aside from killing Chinese citizens, the […]
Read more ›Afghanistan’s Necessity To Utilize Domestic Facilities And Alternative Trade Routes, Bypassing Pakistan – Analysis
According to recent reports, Pakistan has increased tariff taxes on Afghan fruits from 15,000 to 60,000 PKR per ton, an increase sixfold this time. Meanwhile, in another move, Pakistan has not allowed Afghanistan’s 300 trucks loaded with Afghan fruits and vegetables between Afghanistan-Pakistan ports due to the absence of a temporary permit to enter Pakistan, a document to be issued […]
Read more ›Judiciary: Justice in Terror
On August 2, 2024, two Policemen were killed and another two sustained injuries when terrorists attacked a convoy carrying three local court judges near Bhugwal on the Dera Ismail Khan Road in the Tank District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Police said that the three judges, including the acting District and Sessions Judge of Tank District, Malik Hasnain; acting District and […]
Read more ›Pakistan envoy concerned Afghanistan is being ‘forgotten’
Another 9/11 could originate from Afghanistan, which has been forgotten by the international community, Pakistan’s special envoy for Afghanistan Asif Durrani said on Monday. “Afghanistan has almost been forgotten. There is no doubt about it and this was in fact highlighted during the Doha 3 session in June. “Humanitarian assistance is not up to the mark. Even last year only […]
Read more ›Pakistan’s Nuclear Datum Point
Abstract: The World’s fifth nuclear power, Pakistan, faces threats to its nuclear security due to political and economic instability. This is rooted in doubt about whether Pakistan has the necessary security measures and resources to protect its nuclear arsenal from threats or if the country’s nuclear weapons are a dangerous liability to the world. Nevertheless, Pakistan has a credible nuclear […]
Read more ›Imran Khan’s U-Turn In Face Of Digital Terrorism – OpEd
For more than four decades, the region surrounding Afghanistan has been in a state of unrest due to foreign aggression and continuous conflicts. This turmoil has caused millions to flee their homeland, seeking refuge in neighbouring countries, with Pakistan bearing the brunt of this mass migration. mraOver the years, nearly five million Afghan refugees have crossed into Pakistan in search […]
Read more ›The Baloch Continuum – OpEd
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) a civil right association in Balochistan, part of Pakistan is actively involved in anti-state activism. Although the BYC claims to be a non-violent political entity, advocating for the rights and justice in Balochistan, this movement has been directly confronted by the Pakistani authorities as a proxy of separatists’ militant and criminal smuggler groups such as […]
Read more ›Pakistani, Afghan Taliban forces trade fire at Torkham border crossing, killing 3 Afghan civilians
Pakistani and Afghan Taliban forces traded cross-border fire near a key northwestern crossing, killing a woman and two children on the Afghan side of the border, officials said Tuesday. There was no immediate word on casualties on the Pakistani side of the Torkham border which was shut, disrupting trade and movement of people between the two countries, local Pakistani official […]
Read more ›Russia’s Reported Drone Sale To Pakistan Aims To Bolster Its Anti-Terrorist ISR Capabilities
This drone deal is admittedly surprising since few could have predicted that Russia either wouldn’t lend credence to reports of Pakistani arms sales to Ukraine or would still bolster its anti-terrorist ISR capabilities in spite of them if they were believed. Sputnik India cited unnamed media reports on Tuesday to tweet about Pakistan’s purchase of Russia’s Supercam S350 drones, which […]
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