New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The origins of the Pakistani Armed Forces are rooted in the colonial history of British India. When the Indian subcontinent was partitioned into two sovereign states, India and Pakistan, based on the Muslim League’s ‘Two-Nation Theory’, the division extended beyond territory. Resources and personnel, including the military, were also split. The nascent Pakistani state inherited the Muslim segment of the British Indian Army. While India opted to remain a secular democratic…
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Kabul, May 4 (IANS) Three people were killed and 14 others injured during Pakistan army’s fresh strikes on Dangam district in Afghanistan’s Kunar province, the Taliban regime said on Monday. A Taliban district official said that two schools, a clinic and two mosques were destroyed in Pakistan’s attack, Afghanistan International reported. However, the official have not revealed the exact timing of the attacks.Taliban district governor in Dangam, Mohammad Omar Sadiq, stated that Pakistani army has…
Quetta, April 30 (IANS) A Baloch student organisation on Thursday expressed grave concern over a large number of curriculum books found discarded as waste in Balochistan’s Gwadar district. Sharing a video on social media platform X, which showed piles of curriculum books of the Balochistan Textbooks Board lying in garbage, the Baloch Students Action Committee (BSAC) said that these books were printed and distributed in Gwadar for the 2024-25 academic year.However, the group stated that the boo…
Kabul, April 27 (IANS) As many as three people have been killed and 45 injured in attacks carried out by Pakistani military in Afghanistan’s Kunar province on Monday, local media reported citing the provincial information and culture department. Speaking to Pajhwok Afghan News, Information and Culture Director Najibullah Hanif said that the attacks took place after 2 pm (local time) when Pakistani forces launched drone strikes and fired artillery shells later on areas around the provincial capit…
Kabul, April 27 (IANS) As many as six Pakistani soldiers have been killed in a clash between Afghanistan’s border forces and Pakistani military personnel in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province, Afghan media reported on Monday. The tensions escalated late Sunday night when Pakistani military forces reportedly shot and killed an Afghan child. The incident provoked an immediate response from the Afghan security forces.”The clash occurred in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province, a key…
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman chose the country’s National Day for his official car to mark the first time to bear the national flag since he assumed office as head of the government, according to reports from Dhaka. The image, while on way to pay homage to the Liberation War martyrs at the National Memorial in Savar on Thursday morning, should serve as a lesson for those who had declared a subtle intent to rewrite the country’s history and legacy.Rahman als…
Srinagar, March 24 (IANS) Javed Beigh, a prominent human rights defender and Kashmiri activist from Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam, highlighted multiple terror incidents and grave human rights violations during the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva.Speaking to IANS, Beigh said his speech touched on three major areas of concern, including terror attacks in Pahalgam and Delhi, systemic violations in Pakistan-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), and atrocities in P…
Washington, March 24 (IANS) US President Donald Trump spoke over the phone with Pakistan Army Chief Gen Asif Munir on the Iran war, the White House said.“(I) can confirm (the phone call),” a White House official told IANS when asked about the talk between Trump and Munir over the weekend on the Iran war. The official, however, refrained from giving any further details, given the sensitivity of the talks and the efforts by key players to end the war between the US and Iran.“These are sensit…
Quetta, March 23 (IANS) Leading Baloch human rights defender Mir Yar Baloch rejected the observance of ‘Pakistan Day’ on Monday as “fake”, stating that the decision to cancel the military parade by the Pakistani authorities on the occasion reflects rising insecurity and mounting internal pressure. “The people of the Republic of Balochistan categorically reject the fake day of 23rd March, which Pakistan calls its so-called ‘Defence Day’. The decision by the Pakistan Army to cancel or significan…
Islamabad, March 21 (IANS) Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir’s “ill-considered decision” to declare war on Afghanistan amid the fragile situation at home has plunged Pakistan into a crisis with little prospect for a swift exit. By conducting airstrikes across the Durand Line, Rawalpindi has placed the Afghan Taliban alongside its long list of adversaries, a report highlighted. “Despite applying brute force, including the use of drones and armed helicopter gunships, ongoing attacks on the Pakis…