Pakistan

Pakistan’s debt under Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has continued to rise and rise at a pace of 15 per cent. Between July—the beginning of the new financial year in Pakistan– …

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has written a letter to Pakistan Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial requesting adequate security arrangements for his court appearances as there are “clear indications …

Unknown gunmen have killed Syed Noor Shalobar, who was involved in steering terror in Kashmir, making him the third  target of assassination inside Pakistan. Shalobar was killed in the Bara …

Even as cash starved Pakistan managed to get a lifeline after old ally China approved rollover of a loan of $1.3 billion, default risks continue to loom large. The rise …

Amritsar/Ferozepur: The menace of Pakistan’s ISI-sponsored drone-dropping of drugs in the border villages has become a curse for farmers who have chunks of cultivable land across the barbed fence in …

In his seminal address on August 15, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid out a clear road map for turning India into a fully developed nation in the next 25 years, …

In another setback to Pakistan, global ratings agency Moody’s today downgraded the country’s rating to Caa3 from Caa1 as it struggles with depleting foreign exchange reserves and mounting debt levels. …

Of the 59 migrants who lost their lives after their boat sank on Sunday near south Italy, 28 were Pakistanis. Another 12 Pakistani migrants on the boat are still missing. …

“Must we starve our children to pay our debts?” former Tanzania President Julius Nyerere in 1986 had once asked. Many in Pakistan are now asking the same question even as …

The Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) released the January 2023 report about its activities and attacks on Friday. A most important aspect it highlighted was the intensity of conflict in Balochistan …

Within days of the killing by the Taliban of Aijaz Ahmad Ahangar, a Pakistani delegation led by Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif landed in Kabul. More importantly, Asif’s entourage that …

Amritsar/Ferozepur:  Friday is a dry day for drug smugglers on the Punjab border when it is all quiet on the western front. The reason being that ISI-backed smugglers in Pakistan, …

Hizbul Mujahideen chief and designated terrorist Syed Salahuddin publicly held prayers for Bashir Ahmad Peer alias Imtiyaz Alam who was killed in Rawalpindi by Pakistan-based gangs. Peer, the launching commander …

Amritsar: Pakistan’s notorious spy agency ISI is exploiting the poverty of India’s border villagers some of whom are desperate to make quick money despite the high risk involved in the …

The Urdu language issue in Bangladesh is perhaps the best example that shows, nothing can be forcibly imposed on anyone – whether it is a country or an individual, especially …

Hunger levels in Pakistan will further rise in the coming months. As the Shehbaz Sharif government thrashed out a harsh diktat–raising fuel prices to meet the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) …

China has closed down its consular section in its Islamabad embassy citing “technical issues”. The short notice does not specify the reasons nor does it say when it will be …

Citing the 2019 Pulwama attack which killed at least 40 CRPF jawans, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has resoundingly called for a strong and developed India as a befitting tribute to …

Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has promised to provide proper security to Chinese nationals as well as other foreigners in the country. At a high-level meeting on anti-terror measures and …

Was General Musharraf really a man of peace or was he a schemer and a manipulator who was determined to obtain his objectives on Kashmir by hook or by crook? …

Hit by acute shortage of imported raw materials, rising prices and sliding currency, Pakistan’s pharmaceutical companies have threatened to halt production as Islamabad continues to fire-fight to stay afloat. This …