Pakistan

US special envoy on Afghanistan to visit India this week

The US special representative for Afghanistan, Thomas West, will be travelling to India this week to hold consultations on working…

8 months ago

“Pakistan is committing heinous crimes in Balochistan”: Baloch rights activist at UN

Highlighting Pakistan's heinous crimes, prominent Baloch rights activist Hakeem Baloch has urged the Unitied Nations to recognise the legitimate aspirations…

8 months ago

Pakistani boat with narcotics worth Rs 480 cr seized near Gujarat coast, six crew members arrested

A Pakistani boat carrying drugs worth Rs 480 crore was intercepted near Gujarat's Porbandar in an overnight operation, an official…

9 months ago

Pakistan: Report reveals ‘worrisome’ statistics on severe human rights abuse in Balochistan

Pakistan's prominent human rights organisation, Baloch National Movement's human rights department, Paank, in their monthly report highlighted worrisome statistics about…

9 months ago

Shehbaz Sharif sworn in as Pakistan Prime Minister

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shehbaz Sharif was on Monday sworn in as the 24th prime minister of Pakistan, Dawn…

9 months ago

Can This Verdict End Imran Khan’s Political Career?

A special court sentenced former Pakistan PM Imran Khan and ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi to 10 years in jail.…

10 months ago

‘Understand self defence’: India on Iranian strike on Pakistan

India on Wednesday said that the Iranian attacks on bases of a terror group in Pakistan were a matter between…

10 months ago

“TTP has been growing in the backyard of Baloch separatist groups”—Abdul Basit

As AfPak simmers, there is considerable speculation that secular Baloch rebels and the anti-Pakistan Islamists under the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)…

11 months ago

Inflation, unemployment are the top concerns for most Pakistanis, survey reveals

For most Pakistanis the country's current fragile economic situation is the prime concern. Market research firm Ipsos in its recently…

1 year ago

Is disgruntled Pakistan targeting Afghan Taliban with a demographic bomb?

In an unprecedented move, the Caretaker Government in Pakistan, led by former lawmaker Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar, had announced 1.7 million Afghan refugees…

1 year ago

Pakistan to finally hold polls on February 8, if not ‘delayed’ more

The Election Commission of Pakistan, on Thursday, announced that much-awaited elections will be held on Feb 8, 2024. Though the commission…

1 year ago

Taliban slams ‘abusive’ crackdown on Afghan refugees, asks Pak to show ‘magnanimity, Islamic brotherhood’

Pakistan is using “threats, abuse, detention and coercion” to throw out Afghan refugees as the deadline for them to voluntarily…

1 year ago

Afghan exodus gathers steam as countdown to deport ‘aliens’ from Pakistan begins

The announced crisis has finally arrived in the camps of Afghan refugees languishing in Pakistan for years. Irked over Afghan…

1 year ago

Party problems in Punjab prick Sharif ahead of possible 4th PM term

Despite having been given a favourable pitch for the final political innings of his life, the “reconciled” return of former…

1 year ago

India slams Pakistan for raising Kashmir issue during Israel-Hamas debate at UNSC

India slammed Pakistan for raising the Kashmir issue in the midst of a debate meant for the Israel-Gaza situation and…

1 year ago

Watch: Nawaz Sharif arrives in Lahore from London via Dubai after four years in exile

Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo, Nawaz Sharif Saturday returned to Pakistan via chartered plane named “Umeed-e-Pakistan”…

1 year ago

US sanctions 3 Chinese firms for supplying ballistic missile parts to Pakistan

The United States has imposed sanctions on three Chinese companies for supplying missile-applicable items to Pakistan's ballistic missile programme, the…

1 year ago

Will Nawaz Sharif’s return today turnaround Pakistan’s fortunes?

Nawaz Sharif, former and most exiled prime minister of Pakistan, will fly home from London via Dubai today in a…

1 year ago

NIA’s hurricane war against separatism gets stronger, property of Pak based Khalistani terrorist Rode’s confiscated in Punjab

In yet another crackdown against Khaliatani terrosrists, National Investigation Agency (NIA) special court in Mohali has ordered the confiscation of land belonging…

1 year ago

In blow to terror, Pathankot attack mastermind Shahid Latif shot dead in Pakistan

Wanted Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist Shahid Latif, the mastermind behind the 2016 Pathankot attack, has reportedly been shot down by unknown assailants…

1 year ago

Taliban slams Pakistan’s riot order on refugees, calls expulsion ‘inhumane, unfair and barbaric’

The Taliban interim government in Afghanistan has slammed Pakistan's decsion to expel refugees as  “inhumane, unfair and barbaric”. Interim Defence Minister,…

1 year ago