New Zealand gears up for Champions Trophy by beating Pakistan in tri-nation series final. New Zealand has rounded off a perfect preparation for the Champions Trophy by thumping Pakistan by five wickets in a tri-nation series final. Five days before the teams meet again to open the Champions Trophy, host Pakistan was dismissed for 242,…
India’s military modernisation will continue in its typical slow, haphazard manner without any big bangs, with defence outlay getting a modest 9.5% hike over last fiscal’s budgetary estimates and 6.3% over the revised ones.The defence Budget was pegged at Rs 6.8 lakh crore ($79 billion), which works out to just 1.9% of the projected GDP…
Fighters reportedly fire at a vehicle carrying Frontier Corps paramilitaries trying to dismantle a roadblock. At least 18 paramilitary soldiers and 24 armed attackers have been killed in two related incidents in southwestern Pakistan, according to officials and local media reports, as sectarian, ethnic and separatist violence escalates in the region. Pakistan’s military on Saturday…
With only two days before Israel bans operations of UNRWA, the U.N. aid agency for Palestinian refugees, Pakistan has warned that the move would cripple humanitarian work in war-shattered Gaza and undermine the ceasefire in the enclave. “For over seven decades, UNRWA has been a beacon of hope for millions of Palestinian refugees across the…
The United States has suspended aid to Pakistan, leading to the temporary halt of several key projects as they await a review to be conducted by officials. This decision, which comes days after President Donald Trump ordered a pause to review if aid allocation was aligned with his foreign policy, impacts 11 governance programmes in…
In addition to debunking Pakistani involvement narrative, we have explored potential Indian link in the context of internal vulnerability exploitation in the following two cases, 1- Canada – rise of far right weakens Sikhs and 2-UK – Pakistanis are the biggest Muslim disapora ethnicity in UK, Both these cases benefit India. Moreover, appointments of India-origin…
Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan entered a new year in a state of relative calm after tumultuous 30 months, marked by volatile politics, a controversial election, and an economy teetering on the verge of collapse. As domestic politics stabilises and economy hopes for a turnaround in South Asia’s second-most populous nation, foreign policy and security challenges are…
Seven-year-old Mariam was excited. Her mother had dressed her up in her favourite powder pink frock, with her hair in two pigtails held with butterfly clips, and had told her she would be going to a surprise birthday party for her cousin. Instead, her aunt took Mariam, holding hands, to a worn-down building with layers…
Afghanistan hits several targets in Pakistan in retaliation for air strikes last week. The Afghan Ministry of Defence says it has carried out several strikes in Pakistan in retaliation for an attack last week. It is the latest act in growing cross-border violence between the neighbours. Pakistan says it was targeting armed groups along its…
The attacks come days after the Taliban pledged retaliation for Pakistani air strikes inside Afghanistan. Afghan Taliban forces targeted “several points” in neighbouring Pakistan, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defense has said, days after Pakistani aircraft carried out aerial bombardments inside the country. The statement from the defence ministry on Saturday did not directly specify that Pakistan…
