Tag: Pakistan

Is Pakistan heading down the same path as Afghanistan? (Mohammed Ayoob, The Strategist)

Recent events in Afghanistan and their fallout in Pakistan clearly demonstrate that the problems plaguing the two countries can’t be separated. That the trajectories...

Dreaming of escape: The Pakistani women fleeing domestic violence (Shazia Khan, Al Jazeera)

When my mother was two years old, she was given as a “gift-child” to a wealthy widowed aunt who did not have any children...

IMF revives $6BN bailout for Pakistan’s economy (Al Jazeera)

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Monday it had agreed with Pakistan on measures needed to revive a stalled $6bn funding programme for...

Amnesty urges Pakistan to end ‘abhorrent’ enforced disappearances (Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera)

Human rights group Amnesty International has called for Pakistani authorities to end the use of enforced disappearances as a tool of state policy, as...

Pakistan rejects India defence minister’s ‘provocative’ statement (Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera)

Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has reacted strongly to remarks by India’s defence minister over the weekend, terming threats to carry out military...

New hacker group from India exposed, targeting defense units in China, Pakistan (Guo Yuandan, Global Times)

A new report published by Antiy Labs, one of China's renowned cybersecurity companies, disclosed an active hacker team whose members are based in Delhi...

Pakistan’s Deal with Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan: Statesmanship or Surrender? (Syed Fazl-e-Haider, The Jamestown Foundation)

On November 1, supporters of Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) abandoned their two-week long protests and marched to the Pakistani capital Islamabad after the group signed a...

Afghan FM confirms Kabul ‘mediating’ talks between Pakistan, TTP (Al Jazeera)

The Taliban is acting as a mediator between the Pakistani government and the Pakistan Taliban, known by the acronym TTP, Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister...

Pakistan’s looming water crisis (Aneel Salman, East Asia Forum)

In 2025, Pakistan may face an acute water crisis. To avoid this outcome, Pakistan must frame a rational, politically unbiased and holistic water policy that...

Iran, Pakistan vow to strengthen border, maritime cooperation (IRNA)

The Border Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Director General of Pakistan Maritime Security Agency have met to discuss promotion of...

Pakistan hosts US, China, Russia to discuss Afghanistan (Al Jazeera)

Pakistan has hosted senior diplomats from the United States, China and Russia in Islamabad to discuss the situation in neighbouring Afghanistan, where a deepening...

China willing to further deepen all-round cooperation with Pakistan: Foreign Ministry (Global Times)

China is willing to further deepen all-round cooperation including trade with Pakistan to enrich the content of the China-Pakistan all-weather strategic cooperative partnership and...

Pakistan receives new Chinese-made frigate. How will it fare against India’s Navy? (Usman Ansari, Defense News)

Pakistan on Monday commissioned the first of four Type 054A/P frigates during a ceremony at the Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding yard in Shanghai, China. Named Tughril,...

Adding India to the Five Eyes Would Cause a New Cold War, Pakistani Official Says (Patrick Tucker, Defense One)

Adding India to the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing club would hurt U.S.-Pakistan relations as Islamabad tries to coordinate a regional response to a growing Afghanistan...

China delivers largest, most advanced warship to Pakistan (Liu Xuanzun, Global Times)

China on Monday delivered to Pakistan the largest and most advanced warship China has ever exported, in a move that highlights the friendship between...

Taliban acting FM reportedly to visit Pakistan, ‘a step toward recognition of legitimacy’ (Bai Yunyi, Global Times)

The acting Foreign Minister of the Taliban government in Afghanistan is expected to visit Pakistan in the coming days as part of efforts by...