Mrityunjoy Kumar Jha

Taliban deputy PM Mullah Baradar and Haqqani minister clash again, this time over cricket board chief

<p> The Taliban’s deputy prime minister Mullah Baradar and Interior Minister and chief of terror outfit Haqqani Network Sirajuddin Haqqani…

3 years ago

Pakistani high court acquits 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s 6 aides convicted for terror financing

<p> Once again history is repeating itself. Pakistan’s Lahore High Court has acquitted six dreaded militants of Hafiz Saeed’s Jamat-ud-Dawah…

3 years ago

Pakistani Taliban seeks release of 5 militants but jittery Imran Khan offers to free over 100

<p> The Pakistani government has offered to release more than 100 prisoners of the banned militant organisation Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP),…

3 years ago

Rattled by ISIS-K attacks, Taliban supremo Akhundzada urges commanders to weed out infiltrators

<p> The Taliban supremo Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada has warned against the danger of turncoats and infiltrators in the group that…

3 years ago

Desperate Pakistan knocks on Haqqani terror chief’s door for truce with arch-foe TTP

<p> Afghanistan’s Interior Minister and chief of dreaded terror organisation Haqqani Network. Sirajuddin Haqqani is hosting  face- to -face talks…

3 years ago

This Diwali don’t let a dark shadow loom over beautiful owls

<p> It was a great pose in the sunset light—an owlet sitting quietly. Normally they are in pairs, but this…

3 years ago

ISIS-K jolts Taliban as Kabul area military chief Hamdullah killed in attack on hospital

<p> In a daring attack on the high security military hospital in Kabul, the suicide bombers of the Islamic State…

3 years ago

Pakistan’s Imran Khan signs secret pact with TLP to defuse protests

<p> The  Imran Khan government claimed on Sunday late night that it had  signed a secret agreement  with the proscribed…

3 years ago

Imran Khan reaches out to Barelvi school Islamic scholars to quell radical protests in Pakistan

<p> Pakistan’s mercurial Prime Minister Imran Khan, continues to pursue a zig-zag policy with the Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), the radical…

3 years ago

Imran Khan in a fix as radical Islamic TLP group’s Long March closes in on Islamabad

<p> Ignoring the Imran Khan government’s ultimatum, the radical banned outfit Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) continues its march with thousands of…

3 years ago

Pakistan is on edge after PM Imran Khan gets ready to confront TLP protestors

<p> Fearing that the closing down of the French embassy in Pakistan will invite a global outcry and trigger sanctions,…

3 years ago

Taliban’s elusive defence minister Mullah Yaqoob makes his first media appearance

<p> Finally, the elusive defence minister of Taliban regime Mullah Yaqoob made his debut in front of the media in…

3 years ago

China gets tough with Taliban–demands curbs on Uyghur radicals nesting in Afghanistan

<p> <strong>China’s patience with the Taliban appears to be running out with Afghanistan once again showing signs of becoming a…

3 years ago

Imran Khan bows to hardline Islamist party TLP yet again

<p> Once again, the Imran Khan government has surrendered to the hardliner extremist party, Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP). On Sunday,  thousands…

3 years ago

President-in -exile Amrullah Saleh resurfaces, warns Pakistan that its days in Afghanistan are numbered

<p> After more than a month former Afghan Vice President and now president- in- exile, Amrullah Saleh has appeared on…

3 years ago

Has FATF failed in its duty to blacklist Pakistan ?

<p> Once again, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has failed to blacklist Pakistan.</p> <p> FATF, the global body working…

3 years ago

Is everything OK? Pakistan foreign minister Qureshi and ISI Chief Hameed land up in Kabul

<p> Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and chief of Inter State Intelligence (ISI) Lt Gen Faiz Hameed landed in…

3 years ago

Imran Khan targets Pak Army Chief Bajwa, citing Madina Riyasat template

<p> It has been two weeks but Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has yet to choose one out of the…

3 years ago

Taliban Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani’s ultimate shocker– Suicide bombers are heroes of Islam and homeland

<p> Finally,  some news of the elusive  Interior Minister of Taliban regime Sirajuddin Haqqani has emerged. And it is not…

3 years ago

Khalilzad steps down as flawed Afghan trouble-shooter with a troubled legacy

<p> The message was loud and clear for the US Special Representative for Afghan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad, when he  was…

3 years ago

Ahead of its meeting, the FATF has sufficient proof to blacklist Pakistan

<p> The failed Pakistan and IMF talks on Sunday, before the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Plenary session which is…

3 years ago