Interim Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani on Wednesday said Pakistan’s “positive outreach and peace overtures”, including the opening of the Kartarpur corridor for visa-free visits from the Indian Sikh community, have been met with negativity.
“Pakistan desires peaceful and cooperative neighbourly ties with India,” he said in a speech at...
A terrorist was killed and another injured during an intelligence-based operation by security forces in the Kulachi area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan district on Wednesday, according to the military’s media affairs wing.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement an “intense fire exchange” took place between...
When finding a job feels as unlikely as winning the lottery, playing the actual lottery may seem like a more productive use of time. In the first half of 2023, faced with a struggling economy, Chinese consumers spent 273.9bn yuan ($37bn/£30bn) on lottery tickets, an increase of more than...
Over the summer, Beijing limited Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin to a single handshake with sanctioned Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu at a top military forum. Now, Li’s drop from public view could help reboot senior-level military talks between the superpowers.
The Chinese defense chief is reportedly under probe after not being seen in public...
The main border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan was reopened on Friday after remaining shut for nine days. The Torkham border, a lifeline for Afghanistan’s economy, was closed on September 6 when Pakistan and Afghan security forces exchanged fire.
The clashes, as per Pakistan, were triggered by illegal construction of...
The Pakistani Army and terror outfits need jihad against India not for Islam, but to maintain their high-profile lifestyle and sponsor the education of their children abroad, according to intelligence sources from India.
“Jihad and non-state actors complement each other. Generals need jihadis and jihadis need Generals for their lifestyle....
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed responsibility for a recent attack on a Pakistani military camp located in the Wali Thangi area of Quetta. The attack reportedly resulted in the deaths of 11 military personnel, including Subaidar Qaisar Raheem.
Jeeyand Baloch, the spokesperson for the BLA, stated that the...
KARACHI: Calling the current caretaker administration “a continuation of the legacy of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) government”, the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) on Sunday announced to stage citywide protests on Tuesday (tomorrow) against the exorbitant rise in prices of petroleum products and growing inflation.
Addressing a press conference at the party’s...
The curtain fell in the old-fashioned way: The state-of-the-art Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident jet exploded in the great emptiness of outer Mongolia’s Öndörkhaan desert in 1971. Lin Biao, the revolution-era military hero and Marshal of the People’s Republic of China, who was on the flight with his wife Ye...
