The Pakistan Stock Exchange experienced volatility throughout the week ended on July 29, 2024, heavily influenced by political noise. The benchmark index lost 2,088 points 0r 2.61%WoW at close at 78,029 points. With Pakistan’s agenda yet to be included in the IMF board meeting, authorities are focusing on fulfilling other external financing requirements, with efforts including visit to China for […]

Terrorist violence, it appears, is making a comeback in Jammu & Kashmir after a lull of a few months. A series of terrorist attacks and encounters in the Jammu region in the last few weeks have led to fears that militancy, which had been in its final gasps, has come back stronger to target the security forces operating in the […]

It could snowball into a broad-based movement covering a variety of issues against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Calm has returned to Bangladesh after for 20 days of unprecedented turmoil. On Saturday, media reported that 209 people were killed. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that 3,800 vehicles, 29 trains, and eight river launches were set ablaze, with the agitators using gunpowder […]

Modi’s trip to Moscow was to allay Russian apprehensions over a perceptible shift in India’s foreign policy favoring the West over Russia. Another purpose of the PM’s long overdue visit to Moscow, after half a decade, was to gauge the subtle shift in Russia’s foreign policy favoring China over India, or the so-called ‘China pivot’. For the last two years, […]

At the very beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it was difficult for Kyiv to seek military assistance from third countries. The first allies of Ukraine were the countries of Europe and the United States, but it soon turned out that the amount of weapons that they were able to transfer was quite limited. Vladimir Putin came to the […]

Terrorism in Pakistan and particularly in KP has become active again after the Taliban captured the power in Afghanistan. Taliban mostly through Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which is regarded as responsible for instigating this violence more often. This has not gone well with the Afghan Taliban’s main patron, the Pakistani government, who has put a lot of pressure on the Afghan […]

Suicide bombers and gunmen penetrated a military base in northwestern Pakistan last week, killing eight soldiers. It was just the latest in a string of deadly attacks to hit the South Asian country, where militant violence has surged in recent years. But what was significant about the July 15 attack in the city of Bannu was the group that claimed […]

The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is Pakistan’s main intelligence agency, established in 1947. Initially a small military unit, it has grown into a powerful organization, often seen as more influential than the country’s government. Over the years, the military’s control over politics has allowed the ISI to operate almost like a separate state. Today, the ISI not only gathers intelligence, but […]

Afghanistan’s Taliban claimed Tuesday that their crackdown on illegal drug production in the country has helped address a major global challenge but expressed frustration at the ongoing lack of international support in response. Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi told a national labor conference in Kabul that his country used to be the world’s largest opium-poppy producer. It was detrimental […]

The appearance of Indian-made ammunition in Ukraine has caused a heated discussion in the expert community, creating a ground for speculations regarding India’s political course. A number of expert assessments boil down to the fact that India made a mistake by trusting the importing countries, which did not miss the opportunity to supply Indian ammunition to Ukraine. Some experts believe […]