Pakistan

Pakistan: Ex-PM Imran Khan Handed Over To Accountability Watchdog For Investigation In Land Bribe Case

Former Prime Minister Imran Khan was on Wednesday handed over by an accountability court to the national anti-graft watchdog on eight-day physical remand for investigation in a case in which he and his wife are accused of receiving land worth millions of dollars as a bribe from a real estate …

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Pakistan Needs An Intellectual Revolution – OpEd

Intellectualism refers to the culture of learning, education, and critical thinking. It is a crucial element for the growth and development of any society. The intellectual revolution is a crucial concept that needs to be understood by less developed countries to help them develop and grow. Less developed countries (LDCs) …

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The Pakistani Taliban Test Ties between Islamabad and Kabul

Two large attacks on police installations have rocked Pakistan, compelling the authorities to rethink their approach to countering militancy. Their dilemma is that the insurgents’ main supporters – the new authorities in Afghanistan – are also their long-time allies. Security agencies in Pakistan are on high alert following two major …

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Will Pakistan defy US sanctions to complete ‘Peace Pipeline’ with Iran?

Pakistan risks major financial setbacks if it fails to construct its part of a gas pipeline with Iran. Islamabad must follow India’s lead in resisting US sanctions to secure vital national energy supply. Islamabad has formed a diplomatic channel to convince Washington to ease sanctions on Iran, which would finally …

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New Wave Of Terrorism In Afghanistan And Pakistan – Analysis

Recently a new wave of deadly acts of terrorism in Afghanistan, and from Afghanistan into Pakistan, has erupted again. To understand its raison d’être in general and the focus of its violence on Pakistan and Afghanistan a critical review of the major political upheaval in Pakistan continuing since about a …

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Pakistan: TTP’s Political Violence And Jihad – Analysis

Pakistan witnessed a gruesome suicide bombing in a mosque on 30 January 2023 in Peshawar, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Over 100 people were killed and more than 220 wounded. Omar Mukaram Khorasani, the head of the Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA), a splinter group of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack.1 The …

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Conflict Trends Update

IRAN The government confirmed a drone attack Sunday on what it described as a defence ministry workshop in Isfahan. There were no reported injuries, and officials said the damage was minimal. In a subsequent letter to the UN Security Council, the foreign ministry pinned responsibility on Israel, whose role has …

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Pakistan reels after bombing kills almost 100, fears more terrorism to come

The acting chief minister of this northwestern province, Muhammad Azam Khan, announced that 95 people were killed and 221 injured, making it one of the deadliest attacks ever carried out against Pakistan’s security forces. The blast signaled the brazen revival of violent tactics by the extremist Pakistani Taliban group, which …

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PROTIV PALJENJA KUR’ANA: Protesti u Pakistanu, Iraku, Libanu…

U nekoliko pretežno muslimanskih zemalja održani su protesti kako bi se osudilo nedavno spaljivanje Kur’ana u Švedskoj i Holandiji Protesti su održani u Pakistanu, Iraku i Libanu okončani su mirnim razilaženjem ljudi, preneo je Alo.rs. U glavnom gradu Pakistana Islamabadu, policajci su zaustavili pojedine demonstrante koji su pokušavali da krenu …

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