Kabul, May 7 (IANS) Pakistan’s defence systems fell below expectations when they were tested against real-time targeting, integrated air defence and electronic warfare during India’s Operation Sindoor last year, a report has detailed. It stated that India’s Operation Sindoor was the “clearest example” of how Pakistan’s defence systems fell below confidence.“While modern air defence networks do not need to intercept everything, they are expected to protect core military nodes from repeate…
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Kabul, April 11 (IANS) Pakistan’s commitment under the bilateral defence pact with Saudi Arabia appears to be largely symbolic, with Islamabad’s response to Iranian strikes in the Kingdom proving hollow, a report has mentioned. According to Afghan Diaspora Network, Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, addressing the Senate on March 3, said that he reminded the Iranian Foreign Minister of the Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement (SMDA) with Saudi Arabia.However, citing a treaty is not the s…
Islamabad, March 29 (IANS) Amid the economy suffering with many loose ends on energy, logistics, digital infrastructure, education, poverty, and employment, the Pakistani government wants to establish itself as a major exporter of fighter jets, according to a report. “To be clear, an economy struggling to meet its ends-meet needs to focus on producing necessary goods for mass consumption, in order to ensure the welfare of its citizens; otherwise, the scarcity can lead to a spiral of rising infla…
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) The resolution passed by the Senate of Pakistan condemning Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, over remarks about forming regional alliances with India and other countries, is a clear sign that Islamabad is rattled.Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a two day visit to Israel, during which the focus has been on strengthening ties with Israel in the defence, trade and security sectors.India and Israel signed a security MoU which will bring the two countries toget…
Kabul, Feb 22 (IANS) Pakistan’s military establishment is providing radical Islamist groups like Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood operational space, enabling support for local terror outfits, including Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), and seeking backing from Islamic nations on Gaza and Kashmir. However, this convergence increases the risks of “miscalculation, ideological spillover, and proxy entanglement” across two already “volatile” regions of South Asia and the Mid…
Kabul, Feb 13 (IANS) Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif’s recent statement that his country acted as a “hired force” in Afghanistan is one of the most direct admission of a policy failure. His remarks expose Pakistan’s internal reckoning with its Afghan policy and indicate a renewed effort to shift responsibility for Islamabad’s security crisis onto Kabul, a report mentioned. In his recent remarks in Pakistan’s National Assembly after the Islamabad suicide attack, Asif condemned terrorism an…
Islamabad, Feb 5 (IANS) Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province faces a deepening political confrontation between Chief Minister Sohail Afridi and Governor Faisal Karim Kundi, increasing the escalating terrorism threat in the volatile region, a report has stated. Afridi’s recently reviewed the Safe Cities project. However, Kundi accused him of causing violence through protests while ignoring security duties, a report in Afghan Diaspora Network detailed. Pakistan’s Federal Information Minister Att…
Islamabad, Dec 9 (IANS) The militarisation of resource governance in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB) reflects a broader pattern of Islamabad’s economic centralisation, with the region treated more as a strategic buffer than a socio-economically integrated area. Also, while the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) promised development, it has instead deepened local disillusionment, a report said on Friday. According to a report in the Afghan Diaspora Network, Pakistan’s Army Chie…