Pakistani Taliban: a Cause of Concern For Islamabad
OP-Ed Manish Rai OCTOBER 21, 2021 Attacks carried out by Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) aka Pakistani Taliban have increased to the highest level in over four years after the US left […]
Time for Kashmiris to determine their own future
BY GHULAM NABI FAI OP-ED OCT 22, 2021 12:05 AM GMT+3A woman walks past a barricade erected by Indian forces during restrictions imposed on the eve of Martyrs Day in the old […]
Pakistani capital partially closed as banned religious party marches on Islamabad
Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan supporters chant religious slogans during a sit-in protest demanding the release of their leader, Saad Rizvi, in Lahore on Thursday. (AP) Short Url https://arab.news/8688x AAMIR SAEED October 23, […]
Savarkar: the original divider-in-chief of India
BY SHUBHAM SHARMAOCTOBER 20, 2021 The last few years have seen a revival of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar’s ideology, with much post-truth reinterpretation adding to the myth that is his legacy. SHUBHAM […]
Decoding why minorities in Bangladesh and Pakistan continue to face persecution
The root causes behind all the attacks were to thwart dissent, freedom and secularism. In short, minorities at any corner of the world are increasingly at risk of losing their […]
The missing third: An out-of-school children study of Pakistani 5-16 year olds
The missing third: An out-of-school children study of Pakistani 5-16 year-olds Serious efforts need to be made to ensure that Pakistan has a large population of literate and educated girls […]
IMF warns Afghanistan’s economic slump will impact neighbours
Published 7 hours ago bbc.com Afghanistan’s economic woes could fuel a refugee crisis impacting neighbouring countries, Turkey and Europe, the International Monetary Fund has said. The economy will contract by […]
Biden picks career diplomat for top posting in Pakistan
This content was published on October 19, 2021 – By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden plans to nominate Donald Blome, currently ambassador to Tunisia, as his […]
Moral panic
Moral panic Umair Javed Published October 18, 2021 – IS Pakistan in the middle of a moral crisis? Is cultural breakdown afflicting all aspects of social life? Have Pakistanis, as a collective […]
Taliban warns of ban the PIA if PIA didn’t justify the Ticket price
October 14, 2021 Afghanistan’s Civil Aviation Administration in a statement said that Pakistan’s PIA and Afghanistan’s Kam Air will be banned to conduct flights from Kabul to Islamabad if they […]
Carnage in Kandahar
Carnage in Kandahar Editorial Published October 17, 2021 FOR the second time in a week, carnage has been visited upon Shia worshippers during Friday prayers in Afghanistan. Over 40 people were […]
Turkey avoids dealing unilaterally with Afghanistan dossier
SINEM CENGIZ October 16, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/cggmk As the world has become “a single country” in the last century, the issues of the countries not only concern them but […]
Dr Abdus Salam and Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons Program
13th October 2021 Ata-ul-Haye Nasir, Al Hakam Of the eight nuclear powers of the world, Pakistan was the seventh to announce its nuclear capability on 28 May 1998. Nuclear tests were […]
Afghans search for escape routes to flee Taliban’s rule
BY AGENCIES ISTANBUL ASIA PACIFIC OCT 14, 2021 Najia (2nd L) poses with her family in Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 1, 2021. (AP Photo) Afghans are looking for a way out of Afghanistan, mulling […]
Violence surges in Pakistan’s tribal belt as Taliban, IS-K go on attack
By Abid HussainBBC Urdu, Orakzai District Seventeen-year-old Israr was fast asleep when his phone rang. It was 2am and the teenager was exhausted. He’d been working all day as a […]
REHMATUL-LIL-ALAMEEN AUTHORITY
Imran Khan gives more legitimacy, authority to clerics by establishing ‘Rehmatulil Alameen Authority’ ANI13 Oct 2021, 02:19 GMT+10 Islamabad [Pakistan], October 12 (ANI): Prime Minister Imran Khan is giving more […]
Unstable neighbour
Unstable neighbour Touqir Hussain Published October 12, 2021 REGARDLESS of who ruled Afghanistan the country has always been a problem for Pakistan. And that will change little with the Taliban’s return to power. Since the overthrow of monarchy in Afghanistan and the wars that followed it is not just the Soviets […]
US blame games vs unrecognised Pak sacrifices
National Senator A Rehman Malik October 11, 2021 It was good to see US Deputy Secretary of State Ms. Wendy R Sherman in Pakistan. Though the agenda of her visit […]
Tense Pak-US ties
Tense Pak-US ties EditorialPublished October 10, 2021 – IT is no secret that ties between Pakistan and the United States are going through a difficult phase. The recent visit to Pakistan of the US […]