Islamabad, July 8 (IANS) Pakistan is facing an escalating water crisis, with cities such as Lahore and other parts of Punjab province witnessing worsening shortages. However, instead of addressing structural failures and excessive groundwater extraction that has aggravated the water crisis, Islamabad continues to blame India, a report has stated. According to a Eurasian Times report, Pakistan has one of the most inefficient irrigation systems, with massive water losses caused by seepage and leak…
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New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The ongoing unrest in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) is not a sudden flare-up, but the culmination of decades of political marginalisation, economic injustice, and reprisal, meted out by the political and military masters in Islamabad and Rawalpindi. While Pakistan projects PoJK as “independent” or “free”, the reality is starkly different. It has always been under the masters’ thumb, with a skewed representation in governance and regular crushing of…
Islamabad, July 5 (IANS) A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Group Captain was shot dead on Sunday by unknown gunmen near Shaheen Chowk in Islamabad, local media reported.”According to preliminary reports, an unidentified young man was allegedly attempting to force a woman into a vehicle. Group Captain Asim Tariq, who happened to be passing by, reportedly intervened in an effort to defuse the situation,” the Pakistan Observer reported.The youth then opened fire with a pistol, striking Group Captain Tariq…
Islamabad, July 5 (IANS) The core of the dispute between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), is a problem of Islamabad, which was created by Pakistan’s own wars, policies, deals, betrayals and ideological infrastructure, according to a report.According to Pakistan, the TTP operates from the territory of Afghanistan with the protection or at least toleration of the Afghan Taliban, while Kabul denies this and calls the TTP Pakistan’s internal problem.”The TTP is inde…
Islamabad, July 3 (IANS) The recent conviction of Baloch human rights activist Mahrang Baloch represents an inflection point in Balochistan’s already strained relationship with Islamabad, carrying far-reaching implications for the restive province’s fractured political and security landscape, a report has highlighted.On June 22, a Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentenced four activists, including Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leader Mahrang Baloch, to life imprisonment in connection with a cas…
Islamabad, July 3 (IANS) Pakistan’s longstanding narrative of representing the interests of Kashmiri Muslims on global platforms while alleging that India violates their rights is increasingly contradicted by the ground realities in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).In the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Legislative Assembly elections were held in 2024 alongside sustained infrastructure investment. This included the inauguration of the Chenab Bridge in June 2025, the world’s highest…
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) on Thursday witnessed 24th day of anti-government protests, which drew over 80,000 passionate protesters to the Eidgah grounds in Rawalakot. What began as demands for basic rights has transformed into a powerful challenge against Islamabad’s long-standing control, with local leaders delivering scathing accusations that strike at the heart of Pakistan’s narrative on regional terrorism. On Thursday, Sardar Aman Khan, the prominent chief …
Islamabad, July 2 (IANS) Pakistan’s decision to host a so-called ‘international summit’ on the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in Islamabad recently was an attempt to gain global support while threatening India. However, Pakistan’s narrative overlooked terrorism that has resulted in India placing the IWT in abeyance. Only a few prominent foreign participants attended the event, despite the summit being promoted as ‘international’, according to a report in StratNews Global. Reportedly, foreign particip…
Chandigarh, July 1 (IANS) Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Kewal Singh Dhillon on Wednesday condemned the incident in which a portion of the nearly 125-year-old historic Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha in Pakistan’s Farooqabad was demolished by land mafia elements. He criticised the Pakistan government in strong words over this unfortunate act.Dhillon said in a statement that the building had itself been declared a “historic monument” by the Pakistan government, and there is a complet…
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Pakistan’s slow growth is more than an economic challenge – it is the country’s foremost national security threat, and no amount of military strength, diplomacy, or managed stability can rescue a nation that is sliding deeper into poverty while its population keeps growing, according to an article in the Pakistani media. The security establishment’s greatest adversary is not India, Afghanistan, or terrorism, but Pakistan’s own slow economic decay. This is not about GDP; …